This Forum will feature a panel discussion bringing together senior data leaders from Toast, Jaguar Land Rover and Virgin Media, three very different organisations applying AI to real business problems at scale. Following the panel, attendees will engage in roundtable discussions, providing an opportunity to exchange ideas and share common challenges.

Panel Discussion - Turning Data into Business Value with AI

The dashboards are more sophisticated than ever, and the data arrives faster, cleaner, and in greater volume. But turning that data into business value takes more than infrastructure. It takes AI grounded in real operational decisions.

Toast, the cloud-based POS and restaurant management platform used by tens of thousands of restaurants worldwide, has embedded AI directly into the tools its operators use every day. Through Toast IQ, live transaction, labour and guest data is translated into staffing decisions, menu strategy, and operational actions that operators can implement immediately.

Jaguar Land Rover is applying AI across the breadth of its operation, from predictive maintenance and private 5G-enabled smart manufacturing on the factory floor, to graph-based supply chain models that now answer in minutes what once took weeks. This work sits at the heart of one of the most significant transformations underway in the automotive industry.

Virgin Media, one of Ireland's largest connectivity and entertainment providers, is applying AI across its network and its customer operations, from anticipating and resolving faults before they reach the home, to shaping the service and support experience for hundreds of thousands of customers.

Our panellists will share what's genuinely working, and what isn't, when it comes to applying AI across their businesses.

This event is designed specifically for data leaders, offering a relaxed yet focused environment for meaningful conversations about the future of data strategy, innovation, and governance.

This event is for members of the Data Leaders forum and is by invitation only. If you would like to become a member of the Data Leaders forum and attend this event, please contact [email protected]

AnneMarie Madden

AnneMarie Madden

Senior Engineering Manager (Analytics Platform & Reporting), Toast

Peter  McKenna

Peter McKenna

Director Data, Analytics & Insights, Virgin Media Ireland

Will Meaney

Will Meaney

Chapter Lead - Data Science, Jaguar Land Rover Ireland