Data & AI Conference Europe 2026 Agenda is Now Live
The Data & AI Conference Europe 2026 agenda is now live, bringing together data leaders, AI innovators, governance professionals, architects and practitioners for five days of learning, discussion and networking in London from 2-6 November 2026.
Under the theme “Where Data Drives Intelligence and AI Builds Trust,” this year’s conference explores how organisations are moving beyond AI experimentation to build trusted, responsible and value-driven data and AI capabilities.
With workshops taking place on 2, 5 and 6 November and the main conference and exhibition on 3 and 4 November, attendees can build an experience around the challenges and opportunities most relevant to their role.
Four Tracks Exploring Data and AI
Across the two main conference days, the Data & AI Conference Europe 2026 programme is divided into four dedicated tracks:
🤖 AI in Practice & Applied AI
📈 Data & AI Strategy and Value
🏗️ Modern Data Platforms, Architecture & Semantics
🛡️ Governance, Risk, Privacy & Responsible AI
Together, these tracks explore some of the biggest issues facing organisations today, including Agentic AI, enterprise AI adoption, responsible AI, AI governance, data strategy, modern data architecture, semantics and data quality.
Meet the 2026 Keynote Speakers
The keynote programme tackles the strategic, human and governance questions emerging as AI becomes embedded across organisations.
Tiankai Feng, Author & Thought Leader, will open Conference Day One with “Humanizing AI Strategy: Putting the Human in the Center of AI.” Later that day, Ajay Mathur, Data Enablement Lead at Jupiter Asset Management, will explore “Governance at the Speed of AI: Closing the Gap Between Runaway Models and Stuck Humans.”
On Conference Day Two, Sue Geuens, Director of Data Governance & MDM at Elsevier, will present “Prompting the Prompters: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Human-AI Interaction.”
Samir Sharma, CEO of datazuum, will examine the gap between technical success and business value, while Claudia De Jeu Boronat, Lead AI Engineer at WTW, will close the programme with “AI Is Changing How We Think: Are We Ready for What Comes Next?”
Real-World Data and AI Case Studies
The programme brings together practitioners sharing first-hand experience from across the data and AI landscape.
Highlights include:
- AstraZeneca: Yasaswi Kadambare, Enterprise Information Architect
Semantics for Sensible AI – Patterns and Learnings - Amazon Web Services: Lakshmi Nair, Principal Specialist Solutions Architect – Analytics
Waking Up Your Metadata for the AI Era - Booking.com: Chenxu Ma, Software Engineer & Ahmed Zaki, Engineering Manager
Leverage Graph Technology for real-time Fraud Detection and Prevention - Meta: Dor Lavi, Staff Data Scientist
Evaluating AI in High-Stakes Domains: Bias, Risk, and Compliance from HR to Big Tech - The Met Office: Simon McLellan, Head of Data & Francesca Eggleton, Senior Data Analyst
Weathering the Storm: Managing the Data Behind the Forecast - British Airways Plc: Gyeyok Haruna, Data & AI Governance & Ethics Lead
Lost in Translation: Why Your Data and AI Strategy Isn’t Landing And How Story Changes That - Bank of England: Ben Martin, Chief Data Officer
Modernising Data at the Bank of England: Building an Enterprise Data Platform in a Regulated World - eBay: Eugene Fidelin, Engineering Manager
Double-Edged Sword of AI Agents - Fannie Mae: Selim Mimaroglu, Director of GenAI and Data Science
Why Enterprise AI Programs Fail and What to Do About It - Accenture: Sherifat Akintunde-Shitu, UKI MDM Capability Lead
CDO Value Déjà Vu: Are We Repeating the Analytics Mistake with AI?
Three Days of Practical Workshops
The learning extends beyond the main conference with dedicated workshop days on Monday 2, Thursday 5 and Friday 6 November.
The workshops provide an opportunity to go deeper into topics including AI agents, responsible AI governance, stakeholder management, data governance frameworks, applied trust engineering, data quality, data stewardship, data and AI strategy, and organisational change.
On Thursday, delegates can explore “Data Quality – Ensuring Your Data is Ready for the AI Revolution” with Nigel Turner or “Building Your Data & AI Strategy Canvas” with Samir Sharma.
Friday concludes with C. Lwanga Yonke’s full-day workshop, “Leading Organisational Change for Data, AI and Digital Transformation Projects.”
Celebrating Excellence with the DAMA UK Awards 2026
The DAMA UK Awards 2026 will also form part of this year’s conference, celebrating individuals and teams making a measurable impact through data management.
The winners will be announced at the Data & AI Conference Europe 2026 on Tuesday 3 November, with the awards ceremony taking place during the first conference day.
Finalists will receive a complimentary one-day conference ticket for 3 November. For shortlisted team entries, two tickets will be provided for the team’s main representatives.
Organisations Represented at Data & AI Conference Europe 2026
The latest agenda includes speakers from organisations such as Accenture, Affinity Reply, Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, Bank of England, BearingPoint, Booking.com, British Airways, Capgemini, Castlebridge, eBay, Elsevier, Enterprise AI Consulting Ltd, Fannie Mae, Fidelity Investments, Flagstone, Global Data Strategy, Jupiter Asset Management, London Borough of Hackney, London Stock Exchange, Meta, Pen Test Partners, SMBC, Syniti, The Met Office, Vanquis Bank, WTW and Xebia Data.
Join Us in London This November
As AI develops at extraordinary speed, organisations face a growing challenge: how can they turn technological capability into trusted, scalable and measurable business value?
Data & AI Conference Europe 2026 brings together the people tackling those challenges every day, creating five days of practical learning, new perspectives and opportunities to connect with the wider data and AI community.
The event takes place at etc.venues Fenchurch Street, London, from 2-6 November 2026.
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