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AI & Data · Manchester
AI Leaders & Operators Summit
A senior summit for heads of AI, chief data officers and engineering leaders responsible for AI adoption, governance, delivery and operating models across UK organisations.
- 2026 · 24 days to go
- 3 Nov
- 2026 · 24 days to go
- In person
- Manchester
- In person
- Capacity
- 250
- Capacity
- Speakers
- 20+
- Speakers
About the conference
The AI Leaders & Operators Summit is designed for the people responsible for making AI work inside real organisations.
It brings together heads of AI, data leaders, product leaders and engineering leaders to explore what it actually takes to adopt AI at scale, govern it responsibly, build the right operating models and deliver value in production. The focus is strategy and execution, not demos and hype.
- Date
- Tuesday, 3 November 2026
- City
- Manchester, England
- Format
- Single-track, in person
- Call for speakers
- Open now
Call for speakers open
Shipped something, learned something hard, or made a decision that mattered? That's a talk.
Who attends
Built for the people doing the work.
Senior leaders and decision-makers responsible for AI strategy, adoption and operations across UK organisations.
Who you'll meet
Executive Leadership
- Head of AI
- Chief AI Officer
- Chief Data Officer
- CTO
- VP Engineering
Strategy & Governance
- AI Governance Lead
- Responsible AI Lead
- Strategy Director
- Transformation Lead
Product & Data
- Head of Product
- Data Leader
- Product Director
- AI Product Manager
Engineering Leadership
- Engineering Director
- VP Engineering
- Head of Platform
- Delivery Lead
What we'll cover
AI Strategy & Adoption
- AI adoption operating models
- Enterprise AI platforms
- AI product strategy
- Vendor selection & evaluation
- Measuring AI ROI
Governance & Risk
- AI governance frameworks
- Risk & compliance
- Responsible AI ethics
- Board-level AI literacy
- Regulatory readiness
Organisation & Culture
- Building AI teams
- Change management
- AI leadership culture
- Organisational design
- Capability building
Data & Delivery
- Data strategy for AI
- Data readiness
- AI procurement
- Value delivery in production
- Executive AI education
People at our events work at
- Decathlon
- Experian
- Anthropic
- Bank of England
- Home Office
- Engine by Starling
- Starling Bank
- Capital One
- Bloomberg
- NatWest Markets
- Apple
- NHS England
- Zopa
- Rightmove
- American Express
- AXA
- Citi
- JP Morgan
- BAE
- Airbus
- Sainsbury's
- Channel 4
- OpenAI
- Vodafone
- BP
- Legal & General
- UBS
- Unilever
- ClearBank
- Meta
- Co-op
- Trainline
- Stripe
- E.ON
- Accenture
- AWS
- Microsoft
- Barclays
- HSBC
- Lloyds Banking Group
- KPMG
- Capgemini
- BT Group
- Sky
- ITV
- Nokia
- Thomson Reuters
- Gartner
- Bupa
- Aviva
- NatWest
- Glencore
- Mimecast
- Sophos
- Endava
- HCLTech
- NTT DATA
- Virtusa
- Defra
- Ofsted
- South Yorkshire Police
- Medical Protection Society
- UCL
- King's College London
- University of Leeds
- Skipton Building Society
- Leeds Building Society
- Flutter
- DeepL
- Moonpig
- Cockroach Labs
- Chainguard
- Daiwa Capital Markets
- EBRD
- Swift
- Finbourne
- Cleo
- Curve
- Teya
- Karbon
- Abound
- Cutover
- DataArt
- Pythian
- WSO2
- Rasa
- QuantCo
- Syntasso
- Luminovo
- Utiq
- Totaljobs
- JD.com
- Evoke
- Harvey Nash
- KnowBe4
- Phrase
- Transunion
- Optum UK
- CGI
- Axiologik
- Burendo
- Hippo
- Nearform
- Perforce
- Conflux
- Dash0
- Overmind
- Searchability
- Digital Endeavours
- Doza Consulting
- Nimble Approach
- T5 Digital
- Engaging Data
- NetMind.AI
- IT Experts UK
- Rig
- Enablis
- Go Reply
- Espire Infolabs
- Frequentis
- Incedo
- MSQ DX
- OpenAsset
- Searce
- IMG.LY
- Morson Edge
- WRK digital
- ROQ
- Bit Zesty
- Build Circle
- Cera Care
- CFP Energy
- cheqd
- constellr
- Eddyfi
- Electric Miles
- Beeline
- itim
- The Skills Network
- Barnsley College
- City, University of London
- Ravensbourne University London
- University of Essex
- University of Staffordshire
- University of Westminster
- V&A
Sponsors & partners
Backed by the industry.
Partner with us to reach the senior leaders and decision-makers shaping AI strategy across the UK.
Community partners
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