4-6 November 2025 in Poznan, Poland
Directions EMEA 2025
Join us for Directions EMEA 2025 - experience the latest updates from Microsoft and the ecosystem while connecting with the entire Business Central community, including resellers, add-on providers, Microsoft, CSPs, MVPs, developers, consultants, sales and marketing professionals, and business leaders. Fuel your motivation, inspiration, and success through sharing and collaboration.
BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat)
Repeat for Consultants: Are you a proficient Business Central Consultant? Put your skills to the test in this hands-on escape room challenge—designed by MVPs as part of the BCTalent program and now accessible to all Directions EMEA participants. This immersive experience will push your knowledge in a fun, fast-paced environment!
Just bring your laptop—we'll take care of the rest. Oh, and yes… there will be prizes.
Speakers:
Arend-Jan Kauffmann
CTO at Lumos 365 Ltd. | MVP
Arend-Jan Kauffmann is CTO at Lumos 365 Ltd., a UK-based partner with a Business Central solution for the energy sector.
With over 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central and 30 years of experience in the IT industry, he has a solid track record in this business. With a strong focus on architecture, design and integration, he worked in different roles and with a broad range of technologies and platforms, including C/SIDE & VS Code development, C/AL and AL, Microsoft .Net, Microsoft Azure and Office 365.
He strongly believes that knowledge increases by sharing it, not by saving it. By delivering workshops and being a frequent speaker at conferences, he can put this into practice. Since 2013 Arend-Jan is awarded as Microsoft MVP Business Solutions.
Arend-Jan Kauffmann
CTO at Lumos 365 Ltd. | MVP
Arend-Jan Kauffmann is CTO at Lumos 365 Ltd., a UK-based partner with a Business Central solution for the energy sector.
With over 20 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central and 30 years of experience in the IT industry, he has a solid track record in this business. With a strong focus on architecture, design and integration, he worked in different roles and with a broad range of technologies and platforms, including C/SIDE & VS Code development, C/AL and AL, Microsoft .Net, Microsoft Azure and Office 365.
He strongly believes that knowledge increases by sharing it, not by saving it. By delivering workshops and being a frequent speaker at conferences, he can put this into practice. Since 2013 Arend-Jan is awarded as Microsoft MVP Business Solutions.
Sessions
BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (for consultants) BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (for developers) OAuth revealed Advanced coding for OGs BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat) BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat)
Eric "waldo" Wauters
Because you can doesn't mean you should
Eric "waldo" Wauters
Eric is one of the founding partners of  iFacto  Business Solutions and Dynex bv.
With his 21 years of technical expertise, he is an everyday inspiration to its development teams.  As development manager he continually acts upon the technical readiness of  iFacto  and Dynex.
   
Apart from that, Eric is also very active in BC community, where he tries to solve technical issues and shares his knowledge with other Dynamics enthusiasts. Surely, a lot amongst you will have read some of Eric's posts, which he invariably signs with "waldo".
Lots of people have been using and even contributing to tools he shares for free on github.
His proven track record entitled him to be awarded since 2007 as MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional).
Eric "waldo" Wauters
Because you can doesn't mean you should
Eric "waldo" Wauters
Eric is one of the founding partners of  iFacto  Business Solutions and Dynex bv.
With his 21 years of technical expertise, he is an everyday inspiration to its development teams.  As development manager he continually acts upon the technical readiness of  iFacto  and Dynex.
   
Apart from that, Eric is also very active in BC community, where he tries to solve technical issues and shares his knowledge with other Dynamics enthusiasts. Surely, a lot amongst you will have read some of Eric's posts, which he invariably signs with "waldo".
Lots of people have been using and even contributing to tools he shares for free on github.
His proven track record entitled him to be awarded since 2007 as MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional).
Sessions
BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (for consultants) BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (for developers) Advanced coding for OGs Chalk ‘n Talk: Business Central Telemetry BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat) BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat)
Kurt Juvyns
Principal Product Manager
Principal product manager focusing on partner capacity ISV Success
Kurt Juvyns
Principal Product Manager
Principal product manager focusing on partner capacity ISV Success
Sessions
Microsoft presents: Business Central for new partners BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (for consultants) BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (for developers) Microsoft presents: The future of talent! BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat) Microsoft presents: Rethinking the Partner Led Localization strategy. BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat)
Stephanie Sørensen Amador
Program Manager
As part of Microsoft's global Partner & Customer Growth team for Dynamics 365 Business Central, I drive partner capacity, enablement, and community building to strengthen our partner ecosystem worldwide.
Stephanie Sørensen Amador
Program Manager
As part of Microsoft's global Partner & Customer Growth team for Dynamics 365 Business Central, I drive partner capacity, enablement, and community building to strengthen our partner ecosystem worldwide.
Sessions
BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (for consultants) BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (for developers) Microsoft presents: The future of talent! BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat) BCTalent: Think You Know Business Central? Prove It in Our In-Product Escape Room (Repeat)