Our 2025 Agenda
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Main Stage
Thought leaders and industry pioneers share strategies that drive measurable growth.
Thursday 9 October
9.30am – 9.40am
Welcome & Introduction to the Summit 2025
Opening Remarks by Lorcan Malone CEO & Yvonne Rogers Head of Training & Certification, The Analytics Institute.
9.40am – 10am
Putting The Human In The Center Of Your Data Strategy
Tiankai Feng, Director, Data & AI Strategy at Thoughtworks
10am – 10.20am
Strategic Minds, Digital Agents: Architecting the New Enterprise Paradigm
Richard Jones, Principal Enterprise Technologist, AWS
10.20am – 10.40am
Staying Ahead of the Curve with Open Source AI: What Leaders Need to Know. Fireside Chat with Dell & Deutsche Bank
Neil Bowden, AI Business Development Exec, EMEA, Dell & John Barclay, Director and Head of AI and Machine Learning Initiatives, Deutsche Bank
Mid-Morning Break
Coffee & Networking
Thursday 9 October
11.10am – 11.40am
Analytics Institute Senior Executive Panel Discussion: The Future of Data Teams in the Age of Agentic Analytics
David Shannon, AI Consultancy Lead at SAS, Toni Farrel, Regional Vice President at Tableau and Aidan McGowran, VP, AI Solutions Engineering at EXL and Larry Mullen, Vice President of Analytics at Optum
11.40am – 12pm
Inside the Process: How EY Navigated its own AI-Driven Transformation.
Bronagh Riordan AI & Data partner at EY Ireland & Ciaran Hickey, Partner at EY
12pm – 12.20pm
Latency is the New Downtime: Why the Future of Security is Data-Centric.
Ash Hunt, Vice President of Strategy at Cyera
12.20pm – 12.40pm
So You Have A Data Strategy! That Don't Impress Me Much
Marion Shaw, Senior Director Data, Analytics and Data Management at Cencora
Lunch
Networking
Thursday 9 October
1.40pm – 2pm
Brand Analytics: Why Data Isn't Just Click Bait
Data Goverance Expert Erdoo Tor-Agbidye.
2pm – 2.20pm
When Data Meets Design
Christina Stathopoulos, Data & AI Evangelist at Dare to Data
2.20pm – 2.40pm
The Hidden Law of AI
Phil Tetlow, Consultant, Freelance Advisor and Non-Executive Director
2.40pm – 3pm
Why Do Data Transformations Fall Apart When The Leader Leaves?
Caroline Carruthers, CEO & Co-founder of Carruthers and Jackson
Mid Afternoon Break
Coffee & Networking
Thursday 9 October
3.30pm – 3.50pm
The Analytics of Sport
Fireside chat hosted by Rob Hartnett, CEO, Sport for Business with Mark Hill, ,VP of Product, Strategy and innovation at Kitman Labs
3.50pm – 4.10pm
Beyond the Buzzwords: Data Literacy in Action
Jordan Morrow, Godfather of Data Literacy
4.10pm – 4.30pm
Shaping the Future of Responsible AI
Louise McCormack, AI Consultant and Doctoral Researcher in Trustworthy AI
4.30pm – 4.35pm
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks by Lorcan Malone, CEO, Analytics Institute
