08:30 - 09:00
Arrival, registration & breakfast networking
09:00 - 09:10
Introduction from the Network Group & Chairperson
A brief introduction to the event software, SNS — this software, unique to the industry, empowers our attendees to make the most effective use of their time at the event by maximising networking opportunities. The software designs a personalised agenda & enables attendees to arrange one-to-one meetings with each other. This will be followed by a welcome from the Chairperson.
09:10 - 09:40
Understanding the Challenges of Data Consumed by & to Build AI
- How data enables digitisation
- A look at the increasing complexities of ‘accountability’ in an increasingly diffuse ecosystem
- How rapidly shifting privacy and sovereignty rules force constant data‑strategy rewrites
Leanne Bridges, Head of Digital & Data Risk, Lloyds Banking Group
09:40 - 10:15
Fireside Chat: Inside the Boardroom: How Data Leaders Build Credibility with the Board & CFO
- How boards assess risk, focusing on accountability, visibility, and consequence rather than technical detail
- What “good governance” looks like to directors in practice, beyond frameworks, policies, and committees
- The types of evidence boards trust when seeking assurance around data, AI, and control
- What builds executive credibility in board and CFO conversations—and what quickly erodes it
Mridul Mathur, Head of Global Data Governance, Chanel
10:15 - 10:45
FCA Case Study: How to find the insights with LLM across billions of data
- Using large-scale market surveillance and transaction reporting data to identify and reduce market abuse across the UK
- The evolution of LLM deployment to strengthen risk insight, detection capability, and regulatory intelligence
- Scaling AI-driven analysis through agile delivery and a new market data processor handling 30 million data points per day
- Building governance, trust, and accountability in algorithm-led regulation to support confident decision-making
Helen Packard, Head of Market Oversight Data & Intelligence, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
10:45 - 11:00
Coffee break & networking
11:00 - 11:25
Workshop 1
Hosted by Veezoo
11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15
Workshop 2
Hosted by Informatica
12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40 - 13:05
Workshop 3
Hosted by Lightdash
11:00 – 13:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Advanced Analytics
- IOT
- Digital Transformation
- Enterprise Information Management
- AI/Machine Learning
- Big Data
- Business Intelligence
- Data Privacy/Security
- Cloud
- Data Management
- Data Integration
- Risk, Compliance & Regulation
- Data Visualisation
- Data Storage/Infrastructure
- Data Governance
13:05 - 14:00
Networking Lunch hosted by Veezoo
Stream 1 - AI
14:00 - 14:35
AI at Scale – From Pilots to Permanence
- The organisational conditions required to move AI from pilot to production
- Ownership, operating models, and incentives that enabled scale
- What had to change in leadership behaviour for AI to stick
- Why technically strong pilots still failed to become permanent
Masood Alam, Chief Data Architect, The Scottish Government
Stream 2 - Governing Platforms
14:00 - 14:35
Governing Platforms, Lineage, Ownership & Technical Debt
- How technical debt, legacy integration, fragmented lineage, and unclear data ownership erode control, trust, and decision confidence
- The challenge of portfolio sprawl—overlapping platforms, duplicated capabilities, and diffused accountability
- How leaders rationalise, converge, and retire legacy estates while clarifying ownership, decision rights, and remediation authority
- Whether data quality remains the primary battleground—or if enterprise coherence, accountability now define success
Mark Beckwith, Director of Data, Governance and Architecture, Financial Times
Stream 1 - AI
14:35 - 15:10
Building Data Foundations Fit for AI
- Why data quality at scale matters more in an AI environment
- Architecture decisions that enable or constrain AI use
- The role of semantics, metadata, and lineage in maintaining trust
- Preventing hallucinations and confidence breakdown
Nivedh Iyer, Head of Group Data Management, Danske Bank
Stream 2 - Operating Models
14:35 - 15:10
Operating Models That Hold Under Pressure: Designing Data Functions for Scale, Risk & Control
- Centralised vs federated vs hybrid realities
- Where operating models collapse under regulatory, commercial pressure or AI adoption
- Embedding governance, accountability, and control into delivery, not layering them on as oversight
- Leadership behaviours required to sustain accountability
15:10 - 15:25
Coffee break & networking
15:25 - 15:50
Workshop 4
Hosted by ClickHouse
15:50 - 16:15
Networking
16:15 - 16:40
Workshop 5
Hosted by DataGalaxy
16:40 - 17:05
Networking
15:25 – 17:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Advanced Analytics
- IOT
- Digital Transformation
- Enterprise Information Management
- AI/Machine Learning
- Big Data
- Business Intelligence
- Data Privacy/Security
- Cloud
- Data Management
- Data Integration
- Risk, Compliance & Regulation
- Data Visualisation
- Data Storage/Infrastructure
- Data Governance
17:05 - 17:50
Panel Discussion: When AI Goes Wrong: Governance, Trust & Enterprise Consequence
- What failure looks like when AI value, risk, and accountability break in production
- Where governance models collapse under regulatory, reputational, or financial stress
- How boards and regulators respond when assurance proves insufficient
- What resilient organisations do differently to prevent systemic trust failure
Ramneet Hora Julka, Head of Data & Analytics CoE (VOIS – Vodafone Intelligent Solutions), Vodafone
19:00
NETWORKING DINNER & DRINK RECEPTION
08:30 - 09:00
Morning registration & breakfast
Informal Networking over breakfast before the sessions begin.
09:00 - 10:10
Roundtable discussions
Join group discussions with your peers on some of the most challenging & significant data topics—please confirm attendance prior to the session. Each host will facilitate the discussion & give a short presentation of key findings in the wrap up session.
Roundtable 1: Data Governance
Michael Sinclair, Head of Data, Analytics and Insight, London Borough of Lambeth
Roundtable 2: Data Products
Roundtable 3: AI
Murtz Daud, Director of Data & AI , British Gas
Roundtable 4: Data Architecture
Roundtable 5: Data Platforms
Sandip Seal, Director of Data Technology, The Open University
Roundtable 6: Operating Models
Ioannis Grigoriadis, Director, Analytics & Decision Science, (Cencora) World Courier
Roundtable 7: Data Management
Roundtable 8: Next Generation of Data Leaders
10:10 - 10:45
Wrap-up session
Each host gives a short overview of key findings from their discussion & creates an ideas board to be distributed post event with the presentations.
10:45 - 11:00
Coffee break & networking
11:00 - 11:25
Workshop 6
Real-Time is Not a Buzzword: A Live Personalization Lab
Steve Overton, Senior Director Solution Consulting, Tealium
11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15
Workshop 7
Data Stewardship
12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40 - 13:05
Workshop 8
The Optimal Role of Human Intelligence
11:00 – 13:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Advanced Analytics
- IOT
- Digital Transformation
- Enterprise Information Management
- AI/Machine Learning
- Big Data
- Business Intelligence
- Data Privacy/Security
- Cloud
- Data Management
- Data Integration
- Risk, Compliance & Regulation
- Data Visualisation
- Data Storage / Infrastructure
- Data Governance
13:05 - 14:00
Networking Lunch
Stream 1 - Data Quality
14:00 - 14:35
Incorporating Data Quality Policies to Strengthen Data-Informed Working Processes
- Establishing formalised data collection processes to provide uniformity in company data
- Working with senior leaders to develop data processing systems that meet organisational needs
- Utilising processed data to inform analytics tools and support business strategies
Stream 2 - Building Teams that Scale
14:00 - 14:35
Leading the Human System in an AI-Enabled Organisation
- What a fit-for-scale data and AI organisation looks like beyond org charts
- How inclusive leadership, team design, and incentives drive adoption and trust, and prevent burnout or resistance as AI scales
- Why organisational design, culture, and ways of working shape AI outcomes more than technology choices
Sandip Seal, Director of Data Technology, The Open University
Stream 1 - Data Strategy
14:35 - 15:10
From Insight to Action: Crafting a Winning Data Strategy
- Understanding how to tailor data initiatives to achieve measurable business outcomes
- Considering how different strategic approaches might suit your organisation & drive growth
- Transforming raw data into clear, actionable insights that improve efficiency & decision-making
Stream 2 - The Human Factor
14:35 - 15:10
The Human Reality of Data & AI: Trust, Psychology & Organisational Readiness
- Trust as the foundation of effective human–data and human–AI interaction
- Transparency, ethics, bias, and privacy in AI-enabled decision environments
- Psychological barriers to adoption, including fear of failure, risk aversion & resistance to change
Kinga Kadziela, Global Operations, Global Head of Data Operations, Hogan Lovells
15:10 - 15:55
Panel Discussion: Judgement Under Pressure: What Will Actually Matter in the Next 18 Months!
- Where CDOs should concentrate leadership energy
- Maintaining a business-first, trust-anchored mindset as AI, regulation, and cost scrutiny converge
- What it takes to build the next generation of data leadership, including capability, inclusion, and sustainable talent pipelines
- How experienced leaders exercise judgement under prolonged uncertainty without burning out themselves, their teams, or their organisations
Gavin Meggs, VP of Advanced Analytics, QVC
Basit Tanveer, Head of Business Platforms & Data Engineering, Lebara
15:55 - 16:00
Closing remarks from the Chairperson