Nigel Wright in collaboration with the Newcastle Centre for AI Safety as well as the National Edge AI are presented the next Tech Leaders Event

Beyond the chatbot, replacing real work with AI

Most organisations have moved past basic chatbots, but few use AI to actually do the work. Drawing on hands on experience across engineering, sales and start ups, Joe Swan shares how to replace real toil with AI to free up time for higher value work. Expect practical lessons and real examples to help leaders move from experimentation to meaningful impact.

Joe Swan is Founder of Syntessera, an AI consultancy focused on making life simple and efficient with AI. He has held senior engineering leadership roles including Engineering Director at Compare The Market
and Principal Engineer at Sky, and is currently CTO at Polybox, AI Enablement at MySalesCoach, and Co Founder of Linklo.

The real questions FTSE boards and CEOs are asking about AI

As AI reshapes up to 80% of customer service, what does that mean for the workforce and how customers judge you? Drawing on work with FTSE boards and executives, James Allen shares the questions chairs, CEOs and investment committees are really asking, and how they differ from internal tech discussions. A practical, board level view to help leaders bridge AI delivery and strategy.

James Allen is Founder and CEO of Hudson Grey, a strategic advisory firm working with FTSE boards on AI, cyber, risk and resilience. He has held executive roles at Orange, Lloyds Banking Group, Three UK and Webhelp Group, is a former FCA approved board chair, and currently holds a number of non executive positions.

Location: Baddiley Clark Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BN

To register and for more information: Please get in touch with Chris Dresser, chris.dresser@nigelwright.com.