A warm welcome and a concise overview of the roundtable’s objectives, setting the tone for a strategic and insightful exchange.

This isn’t a roundtable breakfast full of shiny case studies or big promises. It’s a working discussion on the messy, everyday reality of trying to make AI useful in financial services and other regulated industries. We all know the truth: none of it sticks unless the data is solid, compliance boxes are ticked, and the value shows up clearly in pounds and pence.

We’ll get straight to the hard questions leaders are facing right now:

• What business outcome could you move in 90 days with the right copilot?
• Which data gaps are still blocking better decisions in your business?
• What red lines mustn’t be crossed, no matter the pressure to move faster?

The point is to leave with something you can actually use:

• Pilot ideas you can test in your own organisation
• A clearer view of what data foundations you’ll need to make them work
• Simple success measures to check if it’s worth the effort

We’ll pull examples from banking, insurance, the public sector, and energy & utilities. But this will be more than a list of use cases. The focus will be on the problems you’re all dealing with and what can genuinely move the needle.

This will be a peer-to-peer conversation – open, honest, and practical. You’ll leave with clear takeaways, not another deck of slides.

Speakers:

• Charles Southwood, Regional VP, Northern Europe and MEA - Denodo
• Errol Rodericks, Product & Solutions Marketing Director - Denodo

A relaxed moment to connect with peers, exchange final insights from the morning, and strengthen new relationships before heading off.