Conferences / Data Decoded
Data Decoded MCR 2025
Oct 21–22, 2025 · Manchester Central, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Conference
- Data Decoded Vendor & industry
- Dates
- Oct 21, 2025 – Oct 22, 2025
- Venue
- Manchester Central
- Place
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- datadecoded.com
- Recorded
- 32 sponsors · 120 speaker appearances
- Notes
- First edition. Free-to-attend two-day data & AI event (five theatres) run by Media12 Group. Speakers, companies, titles and theatres from the organizer site's WordPress data (seminar/speaker records). Exhibitors (businesses with a stand number) listed as sponsors with tier 'Exhibitor'.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visitor registration | £0 | — | Register free | datadecoded.com |
Sponsors 32
Other 32
- ActiveFence · Exhibitor
- Airia · Exhibitor
- Amazon Web Services · Exhibitor
- AMD · Exhibitor
- Bluestonex · Exhibitor
- ClickHouse · Exhibitor
- Cloudian · Exhibitor
- Data Literacy Academy · Exhibitor
- Dell Technologies · Exhibitor
- Druva · Exhibitor
- Eden Smith · Exhibitor
- enChoice · Exhibitor
- ETL · Exhibitor
- Fivetran · Exhibitor
- Hightouch · Exhibitor
- iO-Sphere · Exhibitor
- Manuka AI · Exhibitor
- Matillion · Exhibitor
- Megaladata · Exhibitor
- Multiverse · Exhibitor
- Oracle · Exhibitor
- Pentaho · Exhibitor
- Pro-Manchester · Exhibitor
- Pyramid Analytics · Exhibitor
- Row Zero · Exhibitor
- Softcat · Exhibitor
- Strategy · Exhibitor
- Streambased · Exhibitor
- Tilores · Exhibitor
- Tugger · Exhibitor
- Witboost · Exhibitor
- Zoho · Exhibitor
Speakers and talks 120
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Meehan | Co-operative Group | Keynote | FIRESIDE CHAT: Driving Decision Making Using Data Science | — |
| Alex Pearce | Softcat | Keynote | PANEL: Agentic & Generative AI – Opportunities and Challenges | — |
| Amjad Chaudry | Shell | Keynote | PANEL: Agentic & Generative AI – Opportunities and Challenges | — |
| Andy Cotgreave | Tableau | Keynote | Nothing Is New in Analytics: The Timeless Secrets Of Successful Data Strategies | — |
| Andy Grant | NVIDIA | Keynote | AI for Science: Adapting Science Workflows in the Age of Agentic and Physical AI | — |
| Arash Ghazanfari | Dell Technologies | Keynote | AI Leadership from Within: Dell’s Customer Zero Strategy for Scalable Transformation | — |
| Ayushman Saha | Financial Times | Keynote | FIRESIDE CHAT: Driving Decision Making Using Data Science | — |
| Ayushman Saha | Financial Times | Keynote | Measure Data Value: Why and How – An Approach | — |
| Charlie Girling | BGF | Keynote | PANEL: Creating a Data Led Culture | — |
| Danny Woodruff | Mars Global Services | Keynote | PANEL: Creating a Data Led Culture | — |
| David Savage | Nash Squared | Keynote | PANEL: Creating a Data Led Culture | — |
| Dr. Jeevan Perera | NASA | Keynote | Frontier: AI & Robotics in Lunar & Martian Exploration | — |
| Emma Thwaites | Open Data Institute (ODI) | Keynote | PANEL: What Leadership Looks Like in a World of AI | — |
| Hannah Bruce | Lloyds Banking Group | Keynote | PANEL: Creating a Data Led Culture | — |
| Ian Massingham | Griptape | Keynote | PANEL: Agentic & Generative AI – Opportunities and Challenges | — |
| James George | The Vyne | Keynote | FIRESIDE CHAT: Data, AI, Sustainability and Innovation: How Informed Business Drives Environmental Change | — |
| James Hall | Parallax | Keynote | PANEL: Agentic & Generative AI – Opportunities and Challenges | — |
| James von der Fecht | MAG (Airports Group) | Keynote | Making Generative AI Real: From Prototype to Production | — |
| Joe Herbert | Matillion | Keynote | AI Needs Data. Data Needs AI | — |
| Kunju Kashalikar | Pentaho | Keynote | Getting Data-Fit for What’s Next | — |
| Matheus Guimaraes | Amazon Web Services | Keynote | Making Generative AI Real: From Prototype to Production | — |
| Matthew Scullion | Matillion | Keynote | AI Needs Data. Data Needs AI | — |
| Mike Ferguson | Intelligent Business Strategies | Keynote | Building the Artificially Intelligent Business | — |
| Mike Ferguson | Intelligent Business Strategies | Keynote | The Implication of Transaction Database and Lakehouse Integration | — |
| Nader Hosni | IllumiFi Advisory Ltd | Keynote | FIRESIDE CHAT: Driving Decision Making Using Data Science | — |
| Oliver Pickup | Pickup Media Ltd | Keynote | PANEL: What Leadership Looks Like in a World of AI | — |
| Rachel Shanks | Position Green | Keynote | FIRESIDE CHAT: Data, AI, Sustainability and Innovation: How Informed Business Drives Environmental Change | — |
| Ravi Mistry | City Football Group | Keynote | PANEL: Creating a Data Led Culture | — |
| Samantha Davies | Sky | Keynote | FIRESIDE CHAT: Data, AI, Sustainability and Innovation: How Informed Business Drives Environmental Change | — |
| Samantha Davies | Sky | Keynote | The Secret to Successful Data Cultures in Multi-national Orgs | — |
| Senior National Security Official | — | Keynote | Transforming National Security though Data and AI | — |
| Sherin Mathew | 智谱 AI | Keynote | PANEL: What Leadership Looks Like in a World of AI | — |
| Suzanne Ellison | Lloyds Banking Group | Keynote | PANEL: What Leadership Looks Like in a World of AI | — |
| Tom Warren | Pentaho | Keynote | Getting Data-Fit for What’s Next | — |
| Adam Dagnall | Cloudian | Speaker | Immutable Object Storage with GPU Direct: Hackers Will Hate This | — |
| Aidan Innes | Nuffield Health | Speaker | Driving Data-Led Change for Good in Healthcare with Nuffield Health | — |
| Alan Russell | MAG (Airports Group) | Panelist | PANEL: Human First AI- Driving Innovation Through Data, Purpose and Passion | — |
| Alex Leigh | Connected | Speaker | The Data Tangle – Fixing Broken Data Without a Budget | — |
| Alex Patient | PatientMind | Speaker | Coaching the Gap: How Data Leaders Can Build Influence, Alignment, and a Real Data Culture | — |
| Alistair Griffinn | Brambles | Panelist | PANEL: Navigating The Intersection of AI And Data Governance | — |
| Andrew Lavelle | NHS England | Speaker | Future-Proofing Data and Analytics: Skills, Standards, and Collaboration | — |
| Andy Leach | Intuita Consulting | Panelist | PANEL: Human First AI- Driving Innovation Through Data, Purpose and Passion | — |
| Ashwinth Solomon | Zoho | Speaker | Gen AI-Powered BI Platform: Blending AI, BI, and DSML for Decision-Making | — |
| Ben Clinch | Ortecha | Speaker | Data Fabric: Leveraging Engineering and Integration Advances to Achieve Smart Automated Data Management at Scale | — |
| Bharani Manickam | Data Tale Corporation Limited | Speaker | GRC is Not a Checklist | — |
| Chris Chambers | Government Digital Service | Speaker | Responsibly Unlocking the Value of Data in Government | — |
| Chukwuebuka Akwiwu-Uzoma | Arm | Speaker | Designing for the Future: How to Simplify and Modernise Data Architectures to Unleash Value and Innovation | — |
| Corinne Richardson | Department for Education | Panelist | PANEL: How Equity is the Key to Unlocking AI’s Promise and Data’s Power | — |
| Dan Keeley | Rebura | Speaker | Metadata Magic and Madness: Lessons from Building a Zero-Code Data Platform | — |
| Dan Westley | Oracle | Speaker | Reducing Complexity, Accelerating Insight: Building the Platform for AI-Driven Decisions for the Public Sector | — |
| Dani Arnold | Data Literacy Academy | Speaker | Driving Change: How Stagecoach is Building a Data-Driven Future | — |
| Danny McCarthy | Booking.com | Panelist | PANEL: Navigating The Intersection of AI And Data Governance | — |
| Danny Woodruff | Mars Global Services | Panelist | PANEL: Rethinking the Data Stack: When AI Understands the Mess We Tried to Clean | — |
| David McKenzie | Damn Good Security | Speaker | FIRESIDE CHAT: Gen-AI Grand Prix: Winning the Race Without Spinning Out in Compliance Corner | — |
| Ed Downham | Direct Line | Speaker | Integrating Data and AI Ethics into your Business | — |
| Ed Knight | Fivetran | Speaker | One Pipeline for All Data – Structured, Unstructured, AI-Ready | — |
| Ellie Slater | John Lewis Partnership | Speaker | Connecting People, Culture and Technology to Drive Data Adoption | — |
| Fiona Sweeney | Women in Data | Panelist | PANEL: How Equity is the Key to Unlocking AI’s Promise and Data’s Power | — |
| Gareth Martin | Manuka AI | Speaker | Will an AI First Business Take Over Your Industry? | — |
| George Tipping | ITV | Speaker | Enhancing Content Metadata with AI: Unlocking New Value at ITV | — |
| Hannah Bruce | Lloyds Banking Group | Speaker | Engineering the Future – A Data & AI Transformation Journey | — |
| Harry Odell | iO-Sphere | Speaker | What They Don’t Teach You in ‘Data 101’ | — |
| Hazel Finlayson | Bella + Duke | Panelist | PANEL: Human First AI- Driving Innovation Through Data, Purpose and Passion | — |
| Ian Massingham | Griptape | Speaker | Building with Generative AI: The Tricks and Tips You Need to Avoid Common Pitfalls | — |
| Jackson Dyson | Information Commissioner’s Office | Panelist | PANEL: How Equity is the Key to Unlocking AI’s Promise and Data’s Power | — |
| James George | The Vyne | Speaker | FIRESIDE CHAT: Data, AI, Sustainability and Innovation: Decarbonising the UK’s Housing Stock City by City | — |
| James Murray | Toyota | Speaker | Pilot, Pivot, Perform: Building a Data Lakehouse in the IoT World | — |
| James Peckover | Matillion | Speaker | Future of Data Engineering in an Agentic World | — |
| Jason Bradley | Countess of Chester Hospital (NHS) | Speaker | Making Data the Lifeblood of NHS Service Provision | — |
| JC Baratault | AMD | Speaker | AMD: Open Source and Protecting Your Data are in our DNA | — |
| Jean Perez | Valuedynamx | Speaker | Developing an AI Strategy, First Projects | — |
| Joe Beaubien | Pyramid Analytics | Speaker | Winning in the Age of AI: What it Really Takes with Pyramid Analytics | — |
| Joe Beaubien | Pyramid Analytics | Speaker | From Hype to Strategy: Making Gen AI Work for Analytics Leaders | — |
| Joe Herbert | Matillion | Speaker | Leveraging Context Files to Build Data Pipelines in Line with Governance Best Practices | — |
| John Burton | Stagecoach | Speaker | Driving Change: How Stagecoach is Building a Data-Driven Future | — |
| Jon Burt | Manchester City Council | Speaker | From Legacy to Leading Edge: Harnessing Data and AI to Transform Citizen Services at Manchester City Council | — |
| Jordan Weller | Deloitte | Speaker | Leadership in an AI-Driven World: More Human, Not Less | — |
| Joseph Michael Daniels | ELIXR | Speaker | FIRESIDE CHAT: Data, AI, Sustainability and Innovation: Decarbonising the UK’s Housing Stock City by City | — |
| Juliana Smith | Costain Group | Speaker | WCAG Compliance in Power BI: Making Data Accessible to All | — |
| Justin Grayston | Panelist | PANEL: Rethinking the Data Stack: When AI Understands the Mess We Tried to Clean | — | |
| Justin Grayston | Speaker | Graph Analytics in BigQuery: Unifying Analytics & AI at Scale | — | |
| Kay Achenbach | Open Data Institute (ODI) | Speaker | From “Can We?” to “Should We?” – Moving Beyond Compliance to Ethics | — |
| Lucy Woodbine | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | Speaker | Planning Datahub: London and Greater Manchester’s Digital Twins of the Planning System | — |
| Manish Kumar | Microsoft | Speaker | Data Governance in Action: Solving Real-World Challenges with Microsoft Purview | — |
| Marc Carney | Microsoft | Speaker | Agentic AI in Security: Harnessing and Securing the Next Frontier | — |
| Martin Barnes | Speaker | Graph Analytics in BigQuery: Unifying Analytics & AI at Scale | — | |
| Michelle Conway | Lloyds Banking Group | Speaker | Engineering the Future – A Data & AI Transformation Journey | — |
| Michelle Conway | Lloyds Banking Group | Panelist | PANEL: Rethinking the Data Stack: When AI Understands the Mess We Tried to Clean | — |
| Mike Harms | Matillion | Speaker | Future of Data Engineering in an Agentic World | — |
| Mike Le Galloudec | The Oakland Group | Speaker | Data Engineering, Integration & Automation with Softcat & Oakland | — |
| Nader Hosni | IllumiFi Advisory Ltd | Speaker | Under the Bonnet of Conversational BI: No One-Size-Fits-All NLQ Engine | — |
| Nicholas Deveney | Eden Smith | Panelist | PANEL: Rethinking the Data Stack: When AI Understands the Mess We Tried to Clean | — |
| Nick Barth | Strategy | Speaker | What’s your Data Strategy? Why Everyone Wants your Semantic Layer | — |
| Nick End | Row Zero | Speaker | Spreadsheets, AI, and the Modern Data Stack | — |
| Nick End | Row Zero | Speaker | Spreadsheets, AI, and the Modern Data Stack | — |
| Nicola Askham | Nicola Askham – The Data Governance Coach | Speaker | How to Do Data Governance Without Getting Overwhelmed | — |
| Nicola Askham | Nicola Askham – The Data Governance Coach | Panelist | PANEL: Navigating The Intersection of AI And Data Governance | — |
| Paolo Platter | Witboost | Speaker | AI-Ready Data: From Common Mistakes to Proven Practices | — |
| Patrick Szubryt | SBRT-Group | Speaker | FIRESIDE CHAT: Gen-AI Grand Prix: Winning the Race Without Spinning Out in Compliance Corner | — |
| Phil Parry | Bupa | Speaker | Let’s Talk Reality – A Life in the Trenches | — |
| Rachel Butler | Defra | Panelist | PANEL: How Equity is the Key to Unlocking AI’s Promise and Data’s Power | — |
| Rav Ubhi-Adams | Connected | Speaker | The Data Tangle – Fixing Broken Data Without a Budget | — |
| Richard Storry | Druva | Speaker | AI in Enterprise IT: Turning Data Risk into Resilient Value | — |
| Richard Wham | Airia | Speaker | AI Agents Are Here to Stay: Orchestrating Secure Enterprise Deployment | — |
| Roisin McCarthy | Women in Data | Panelist | PANEL: Human First AI- Driving Innovation Through Data, Purpose and Passion | — |
| Rosanne Werner | XcelerateIQ | Speaker | Cracking the Code: The Human Element of Data and AI Mindset and Culture | — |
| Samantha Swift | ActiveFence | Speaker | FIRESIDE CHAT: Gen-AI Grand Prix: Winning the Race Without Spinning Out in Compliance Corner | — |
| Sarah Blundell | NHS England | Speaker | Future-Proofing Data and Analytics: Skills, Standards, and Collaboration | — |
| Sherin Mathew | 智谱 AI | Panelist | PANEL: Navigating The Intersection of AI And Data Governance | — |
| Siladitya Roy | Slalom | Speaker | Democratizing Insights for AI | — |
| Simon Devine | Hopton Analytics Limited | Speaker | GenAI Meets AI-Driven Analytics: From Ideas to Impact | — |
| Simon Long | Greater London Authority | Speaker | Planning Datahub: London and Greater Manchester’s Digital Twins of the Planning System | — |
| Sophie Hammond | Hilti GB | Speaker | Will an AI First Business Take Over Your Industry? | — |
| Sourav Dey | Deloitte | Speaker | Fuelling the AI Revolution- Evolving Data Patterns and Automation | — |
| Steven Renwick | Tilores | Speaker | Transforming Last Mile Logistics Through Identity Resolution: Building the Single Customer View | — |
| Theo Vadgama | Multiverse | Speaker | Driving Data-Led Change for Good in Healthcare with Nuffield Health | — |
| Tom Scott | Streambased | Speaker | Buffer, Blast, or Balance: Three Ways to Stream to Iceberg | — |
| Tory Clarkson | Whisper | Speaker | The Women’s Rugby World Cup, The Ryder Cup, and The India Test Series: Lessons in Data Leadership from a Year Working in the Business of Sport | — |
| Tripti Anil | Kellanova | Speaker | Leading the Change from Dashboards to Data Products | — |
| Yana Ballantyne | Hightouch | Speaker | From Raw Data to Actionable Profiles: Schema Flexibility & Identity Resolution Inside Your Data Warehouse | — |