Meet your speakers
Architecture and dev
Rachel Brown
Managing Director at Conjure
"Beyond the Algorithm: How Inclusive Design Fuels Digital Innovation"
Rachel explores the intersection of multicultural design and coded bias in emerging technologies, exploring how these issues show up in the real world, why diverse cultural inputs are critical to innovation, and what digital product teams can do differently.
Product
Clare Sudbery
Technical coach at Sudbery Software Engineering Ltd
"Ensemble Working: The ultimate in collaboration"
Clare dives deep into Ensemble Working (aka “mob programming”). When teams work well together, this can have a considerable impact on the quality of the software they deliver. But how can we help this to happen? Clare examines the benefits in detail, explains how she teaches the technique to new teams, and describes why it is her approach of choice in many different situations.
Architecture and dev
Anthony Harrison
Founder at APH10
"Beyond the build: Essential techniques for modern application security"
Anthony provides an introduction to Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) and demonstrates how their implementation within your Secure Development Lifecycle can provide insights and mitigate risks. As the landscape of software development has shifted to one increasingly focused on the assembly and rapid integration of third-party components, understanding the components that make up our solutions is critical.
Product
Tim Benjamin
CTO at Softwire
"The Beauty of a Big Hairy Audacious Goal"
Tim presents a framework for implementing "Big Hairy Audacious Goals" (BHAGs), drawing on his experience with successful projects. Attendees will learn to transform conventionally-defined goals into breakthrough catalysts while maintaining measurability and implementation pathways.
Data and AI
Emily Nousios
Senior Associate at Foot Anstey LLP
"Navigating the legal frontier of generative AI"
Generative AI creates limitless possibilities but also raises extensive legal issues, from the data used to train LLMs to problems with the outputs and the intellectual property rights potentially infringed in the process. Emily and Kristina consider these issues and suggest potential solutions and best practices to help businesses to steer a steady course through these murky waters.
Data and AI
Kristina Holt
Managing Associate at Foot Anstey LLP
"Navigating the legal frontier of generative AI"
Generative AI creates limitless possibilities but also raises extensive legal issues, from the data used to train LLMs to problems with the outputs and the intellectual property rights potentially infringed in the process. Emily and Kristina consider these issues and suggest potential solutions and best practices to help businesses to steer a steady course through these murky waters.
Data and AI
Laura Hughes
Data Principal at Softwire
"Key lessons from data transformation projects"
Drawing from her experience with clients working on data transformation projects, Laura shares some key learnings and pitfalls in areas such as hosting, tooling, data governance, data modelling and domains, and shows how to build sustainable and maintainable platforms tailored to your business.
Architecture and Dev
Luca Minudel
Agility/XP + Lean + Engineering/Product advisor, mentor, consultant at Smharter.com
"Team Topologies Vs Feature Teams: polar opposites or points of a continuum?"
Luca provides a practical comparison of Team Topologies and Feature Teams. These popular techniques are each capable of ensuring frictionless, enjoyable collaboration and a fast flow of work. Drawing on over 20 years of experience, Luca shares insights into the trade-offs between these techniques, and the criteria to choose the right approach for your specific context.
Product
Thomas Inman
Technical Lead at Autotrader
"Going all in on data products"
When Autotrader kicked off their digital retailing project they went all-in on the accompanying data product, committing to their most complete and complex event stream alongside a product launch. Thomas will cover how Autotrader came to this decision, their implementation journey, and where the investment paid off versus where the costs hit hardest.
Architecture and dev
Kate Gawron
Database Architect at DoiT
"Beyond Relational: Designing Resilient, Scalable Data Platforms on AWS"
Kate explores how to design resilient and scalable data architectures on AWS by going beyond traditional relational databases. She walks through real-world scenarios and dives into the strengths, trade-offs, and ideal use cases for AWS services like DynamoDB, Redshift, OpenSearch, Keyspaces, and more.
Product
Lola Raji
Tech Consultant (Agile Delivery Manager)
"Delivery with Backbone: How to Lead Product Teams with Confidence, Clarity, and Care"
Lola shares how organisations can empower both teams and leaders to deliver better products—not just faster, but with more clarity, confidence, and care. Drawing from her work as an Agile Delivery Manager and consultant, she explores the leadership shifts needed to move from reactive delivery to intentional, people-led progress.
Data and AI
Tania Nandy
Senior Data Scientist at Autotrader
"The Road to AI-Generated Descriptions: Insights from Autotrader"
Tania and Catherine uncover the challenges and opportunities of developing Autotrader’s AI-generated advert descriptions product. They go behind the scenes of their implementation, including their approach to deploying an LLM-based solution whilst managing risks such as quality, security, and robustness. They also delve into their use of powerful metrics used to evaluate the generated descriptions, and share insights into the development and significance of these evaluation methods.
Data and AI
Catherine Dickens
Developer at Autotrader
"The Road to AI-Generated Descriptions: Insights from Autotrader"
Tania and Catherine uncover the challenges and opportunities of developing Autotrader’s AI-generated advert descriptions product. They go behind the scenes of their implementation, including their approach to deploying an LLM-based solution whilst managing risks such as quality, security, and robustness. They also delve into their use of powerful metrics used to evaluate the generated descriptions, and share insights into the development and significance of these evaluation methods.
Data and AI
Tania Kalambet
Manager (ex-Google)
Data-based decision making: what can go wrong
Tania examines scenarios when data-based insights can lead to an ineffective decision making, sharing lessons learnt based on her experience from large and medium corporations.