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AI & Data ecosystem
For the people who have to make AI work on Monday morning.
Engineers running it in production, leaders answering for it in board papers, and teams somewhere in between trying to get something useful past procurement.
Most of the AI conversation is being had by people selling something. This one isn't. Vendors are welcome, and several sponsor us, but they don't set the agenda and they don't fill the room.
- Communities
- 8
- Communities
- Upcoming conferences
- 5
- Upcoming conferences
- Meetups, always
- Free
- Meetups, always
- Where we meet
- UK & online
- Where we meet
About this ecosystem
Practitioners comparing notes on what actually works.
Our AI & Data communities meet across the UK and online, from open practitioner groups to closed leadership forums, with conferences on top. The meetups are free and always will be. The conferences are priced so the people who benefit most aren't priced out.
What you get here is what colleagues would tell you after three drinks at the conference dinner: what they actually shipped, what broke, what it cost to run, and what they'd do differently.
Who comes to these events
AI Engineer
building and deploying models in production
Data Scientist
moving from notebooks to real systems
Platform Engineer
running the infrastructure AI sits on
ML Engineer
owning the whole path from training to serving
Head of AI
answering for strategy and delivery
CTO
navigating AI transformation at speed
VP Engineering
building teams that can actually ship AI
AI Governance Lead
keeping things legal, safe and auditable
Product Manager
getting AI-native products past procurement
Solutions Architect
designing the systems that make AI work at scale
Communities
8 communities. Find the one that fits.
From open practitioner meetups to closed leadership forums. Every one is free to join.
Conferences
5 conferences. Bigger rooms, deeper conversations.
Flagship summits and specialist events that sit on top of the communities. Every one is taking talk submissions.
- 3Nov 2026
Manchester · in person
AI Leaders & Operators Summit
A senior summit for leaders and operators responsible for AI adoption, governance, delivery and operating models.
- 19Nov 2026
London · in person
Claude Operators Summit
A specialist summit for practitioners building with Claude, agents and applied AI systems in real organisations.
- 24Nov 2026
Edinburgh · in person
AWS Cloud & AI Summit Edinburgh
Community Stack's first conference in Scotland, for cloud engineers, platform teams and technical leaders building, running and scaling cloud and AI workloads on AWS.
- 26Nov 2026
Chester · in person
Azure Cloud & AI Summit
A practitioner summit for teams building on Azure, covering cloud adoption, AI integration and modern infrastructure operations.
- 11Feb 2027
Leeds · in person
AWS Cloud & AI Summit
A summit for teams building AI systems and cloud infrastructure on AWS, covering architecture, operations and AI adoption.
Recent event
Data & AI Leaders: Agentic AI
Hosted with Lloyds Banking Group in London. 120+ attendees exploring what agentic AI actually looks like inside a major bank: not the roadmap version, the operational reality.
- In person
- 120+
- In person
- Speakers
- 6
- Speakers
- Host
- LBG
- Host
Joanna Crown
Director of Data, Moonpig
Dylan Ratcliffe
Founder & CEO, Overmind
Sultan AI Awar
Solutions Architect, Databricks
Joseph Reeve
Growth, ElevenLabs
Astitva Karunesh
AI Business Lead, Lloyds Banking Group
Lara Vomfell
Senior Data & AI Scientist, Lloyds Banking Group
Watch the talks
What we cover
Topics across every community and event.
- Applied AI in production environments
- Claude and LLM integration patterns
- AI agents and orchestration
- Enterprise AI adoption and change management
- AI governance, compliance and responsible AI
- AI product strategy and operating models
- MLOps and AI infrastructure
- AI leadership and team structures
- Evaluation, observability and AI quality
- AI security and risk management
- Building AI-native organisations
- Procurement and vendor assessment for AI tools
Speaking
Practitioners on stage, not just presenters.
Shipped something, led a team through a difficult decision, or built something worth talking about? Submit a talk idea. The speaking guide explains what we look for and what to expect.
Sponsors & partners
Organisations supporting the AI & Data ecosystem across communities and conferences.
- Colibri DigitalHeadline Data & AI SponsorA data and AI engineering consultancy helping organisations design, build and scale production-grade data platforms and AI systems.
- NearformAI Native SponsorA global digital engineering partner helping organisations build, ship and scale AI-native products and platforms.
- Skipton GroupPlatinum
- OvermindPlatinumHelping engineering teams understand and act on their cloud infrastructure with AI-powered platform intelligence.
- ANSPlatinum
- SearchabilityPlatinum
- Digital EndeavoursPlatinum
- Ada MeherPlatinum
- AppviaPlatinum
- AccenturePlatinum
- CGIPlatinum
- Digital FuturesPlatinum
- X4 TechnologyPlatinum
- AxiologikPlatinum
- T5 DigitalGold
- ValarianGold
Find your place in AI & Data.
Join a community for free, come to a conference, or share what you've learned on stage.