Jane Smith

Hear how Dunelm, the UK’s leading homewares retailer, is transforming data from a reactive byproduct into a real-time, action-driven operational "Control Tower." Managing 85,000 SKUs across 184 stores and a massive e-commerce operation is no small feat. To scale efficiently, Dunelm is shifting to search-driven, agentic coordination. Join Jeff Howarth, Dunelm’s Director of Data Analytics, as he shares their four-phase evolutionary roadmap toward a fully centralized, AI-driven ecosystem. Discover how Dunelm leverages ThoughtSpot’s semantic layer as a bedrock for consistency, deploying Spotter and Spotter Viz to give users trusted self-service access and a true generative AI partner.

Do you look at token costs and think - hey.. wasn't AI supposed to SAVE us money? We know that average enterprise AI budgets expanded massively in 2026, driven by huge inference inference spend rather than model training. This talk presents a framework for data leaders to bridge architecture with procurement and finance before run rates go loco. Discover how chunking standards, semantic caching, and metadata, offloading with MCP etc. allow you to deliver enterprise intelligence with predictable and manageable costs.

As organisations race to deploy AI across the enterprise, many are discovering that the hardest part is not choosing the right model. It is giving AI enough business context to produce accurate, reliable, and cost-effective results at enterprise scale. This panel explores what "context" actually means for enterprise AI, where semantic layers, ontologies, and governance fit into the picture, and what organisations are learning as they move AI initiatives from pilot to production. Drawing on real-world examples, these industry leaders will share practical lessons, common pitfalls, and the context that makes the difference between AI and enterprise AI.

Forget polite panel discussions and canned PowerPoint slides. The Duel of the Data Experts is a high-stakes clash of ideas where you, the audience, hold the power. Six of the industry's sharpest thinkers will take the stage to debate the most pressing controversies in modern analytics. Operating under strict time limits, our debaters are split into two opposing camps: Team Optimist (visionaries betting on the AI-driven future) and Team Pragmatist (battle-hardened veterans who’ve lived enterprise software reality). They debate, YOU vote. Fast, unfiltered, and deeply provocative, this interactive session pits champion against challenger across three explosive thematic rounds: ROUND 1 — THE INTERFACE: AI Analytics means dashboards, and even data stories, are a thing of the past. Can conversational AI agents truly replace human-designed BI reporting, or are we abandoning visual clarity for hallucinated chaos? ROUND 2 — THE ARCHITECTURE: Modern semantic architecture finally makes 'Single Source of Truth' a reality. Do modern semantic layers finally solve corporate metric alignment, or are we just building the next unmanageable tech swamp? ROUND 3 — THE HUMAN: Data teams and analysts are the primary drivers of modern business value. Does AI elevate analysts into strategic powerhouse decision-makers, or are data teams dazed and drowning in an automated ticket queue? Expect sharp banter, zero corporate diplomacy, and direct audience voting to decide who wins each round. Whether…

As AI agents become embedded in everyday workflows — from healthcare diagnostics to financial services chatbots — the line between human and machine continues to blur. This panel brings together industry leaders to tackle the tough questions: • How do we trust AI agents in high-risk environments? • What are the new rules of ownership and accountability when autonomous systems act on data? • Is AI replacing or enhancing the human workforce — and how do we keep the balance right? We'll unpack how AI agents are evolving across sectors, debate whether the current LLM paradigm is enough, and explore the new guardrails needed to futureproof agentic AI — without losing control.

Buckle up for a bold ride into the future of performance intelligence. In this session, Keyloop - one of the world’s top digital innovators in automotive retail shares how it’s putting data in the driver’s seat to revolutionise decision-making. Powered by ThoughtSpot and AWS first-party technologies, get an inside look at VEGA, their next-gen AI-powered performance intelligence platform. No dashboards. No bottlenecks. Just real-time, actionable insights that surface hidden issues, suggest smarter actions, and boost performance, profit, and customer experience. If you're ready to see what happens when AI meets speed, scale, and simplicity, this is your green light.