AI26
Outlook: AI is a playfully-pragmatic look at the state of AI.
Our ambition for Outlook: AI is to produce an AI conference unlike any other. A conference that is uniquely The Outlook: a playfully-pragmatic view of the state of AI, and what’s being achieved with the most exciting technology of our lifetime.
DispositionSignal clarity: Cutting through to what AI is genuinely delivering in real teams right now, and the outcomes to show for it. Where the value is real, and how to see it clearly and early.
Discipline and intent: When we can suddenly make anything, deciding what's worth making becomes the job. How to make your reasoning explicit, defensible, and teachable: why this, for whom, to what end.
VantageDriving, not driven How leaders and builders are making concrete choices about where AI belongs in their work and where it doesn't.
Readiness Around the edges of AI sits an enormous amount of change and human complexity, requiring skills, conditions, and groundwork to move beyond AI for efficiency.
ForecastHumans as scale How teams are pairing machine speed with human insight to reach more people, more meaningfully.
Accelerated advantage How leaders and builders are turning thoughtful application into a real, lasting advantage, built on their own strengths and their competitors' gaps.
Event partners
Expert presenters working at the intersection of creativity, humanities, and technology.
Gin Atkins
Senior Product Manager, AI Foundations, Octopus Deploy
Matthew Blode
AI Engineer, Linktree
Dalip Sandhu
Director, Deloitte
We want this event to be different. Show us how you made your customer measurably better off with AI, in a way that goes beyond doing the same thing faster or cheaper. Think abundance, not scarcity.
How do you make whole teams more effective, not just individuals? What are you doing with the capacity you've won back? What new value are you creating that wasn't possible before? How is the work itself changing? How do you bring real discipline to what you build? And what did you learn the hard way, and change because of it?
Our ideal program for the day is a blend of expert-based presentations, in-depth panels, and plenty of time to network.
Our most recent event: Product Leadership
Depending on demand, we may run a series of expert-led workshops across our themes on Friday 30 November. Workshops are hands-on, practical, and all included with a conference ticket.
Our flagship conference day brings together over 900 people from product, design, and leadership communities for big ideas, sharp talks, and practical insight. Spread across one conference day, blended content tracks, and world-class presentations.
16 July 2026
A focused roundtables session for experienced leaders. Honest discussion, shared challenges, and space to connect with peers facing similar questions.
23 April 2026
A focused roundtables session for experienced leaders. Honest discussion, shared challenges, and space to connect with peers facing similar questions.
28 May 2026
Most of our attendees are practitioners, managers and leaders; many are specialists. They already use AI in their work and aren't here for an introduction to it. They want the 'now what?'
Enterprise practitioner
Mid-level designers and product managers looking for practical skills and a sharper craft in their day-to-day work.
Manager at a digital scale-up
Leaders managing rapid growth who want to mature their teams without losing speed or their customer focus.
Leader at a tier 1 company
Senior decision-makers dealing with complexity, regulation, and transformation, who want clarity on where to head next.
