No one wants to discuss the elephant in the room; however, the role of humans has changed drastically forever. What does the future of the workforce look like, and are there dangers to the future generation of leaders?
Archives: Agenda
Lunch and Networking
Data as a backbone of AI – management and utilisation
- Why data readiness, not model selection, is the true determinant of AI success
- Building the data foundations: quality, lineage, governance and access at enterprise scale
- Unlocking unstructured data: turning documents, communications and market content into AI-ready assets
- Practical steps for aligning data strategy with your AI roadmap
Build, buy or partner? Choosing your route to enterprise AI
- Weighing up in-house development, off-the-shelf platforms and strategic partnerships as the vendor landscape matures
- The hidden costs of each route: integration, maintenance, talent and technical debt
- How leading institutions are combining approaches to accelerate time to value without sacrificing control
Networking Drinks Reception
AUTOMATING WORKFLOWS AND THE HUMAN ELEMENT
Bridging the skills gap
- Upskilling at scale: building AI literacy across the whole organisation, not just the technology function
- The new roles emerging in the AI-enabled enterprise, from prompt engineers to AI product owners
- Competing for scarce talent: recruitment, retention and the case for growing your own
- Redesigning roles and career paths as AI reshapes the day-to-day work of your teams
Automating workflows and streamlining operations with AI
- Identifying the highest-impact processes for automation across the middle and back office
- Combining AI, RPA and workflow tooling: choosing the right technology for the right problem
- Quantifying the impact: efficiency gains, error reduction and capacity released for higher-value work
- Scaling from single-process wins to an enterprise-wide automation programme
Empowering decision making with Agentic AI
- Deploying agentic workflows in practice: where autonomous agents are adding value across research, operations and client servicing
- Designing the right level of human oversight: guardrails, escalation paths and approval checkpoints
- Integrating agents with legacy systems and existing workflows without disrupting the business
- Honest reflections on what worked, what did not, and what comes next