Leading with AI - The London Edition

🙏 Only register if you plan to attend. Registrations close on Tuesday, the 16th of June!

📍PwC UK - London Embankment Office, 1 Embankment Pl, London WC2N 6RH

This is a Professional Members only event, you must have an active subscription at the time of the event.

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A half-day educational experience to learn, guide and be guided in the age of AI.

We’re not just shifting left. There’s a clear shift to AI too. With a MoTaverse mindset, we believe it’s important to gather and share the reality of what is actually going on.

Leading with AI brings people together to honestly explore where they are with AI adoption and learn from one another.

What’s more… With a quality mindset, there are clear risks everywhere. We can see or discover them, but we can’t solve them alone. The more we can talk, explore and collaborate on what a good AI future looks like, the more chance we have of building what matters.

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Schedule

• 12 pm - Arrival & Welcome
• 12:15 pm - Leading with AI at PwC with James Chorlton, Helena Brown and Swapnil Banerjee
• 1 pm - Talk by Nick Pykett - Given AI - When steps are scripted - Then humans have control
• 1:30 pm - Break
• 2 pm - Talk by Preeti Gupta - Growing with AI: Transforming test automation without losing the human edge
• 2:30 pm - Talk by James Pearce - Engineering quality in an AI based product
• 3 pm - Break
• 3:30 pm - Panel Discussion with Drew Pontikis, Nataliia Burmei, Neil Younger and Parveen Khan - Practical impact of AI on today’s engineering management
• 4:15 pm - Collaborative activity with Rosie Sherry and Simon Tomes - Make a Moment matter
• 4:45 pm - Final reflections 

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What can you expect?

• Sessions from practising professionals who are implementing AI initiatives now

• The opportunity to network and build relationships with those navigating the AI transition

• Quality MoTaverse vibes, not available anywhere else

Why attend?

• Contribute to the future of responsible AI

• Understand the challenges that exist beyond the hype

• Learn from and with others facing similar digital shifts

• Build a supportive network that your future self will be grateful for

• Spark the next wave of AI-integrated working models

Who is it for?

• Quality Engineers, Engineering Managers & Product leaders

• CEOs & CTOs

• Staff Engineers & Data Architects

• Team Leads across all Tech Departments

How to contribute?

If available, do bring a laptop.

Leading with AI will spark many ideas and reflections. The MoTaverse platform is the perfect place to share them. There are many ways to contribute, and a good starting point is by creating a Moment. 

A moment is a blog-style post. Each Moment is connected to a profile so Moments can be used as a personal tech blog.

Your challenge is to create at least one Moment from the day. An overall summary Moment is helpful yet a “one thing Moment” is better. This allows you to create multiple Moments, where each one covers a specific learning! It’s a great way to fill up your MoTaverse profile page.

Take photos of people and slides throughout the day and use these as your Moment images. Write solo or pair with someone, just be sure to mention each other in the Moment. You also don’t have to wait until the end of the day to create one.

The “Things to write about in the MoTaverse collection” may help you get started or use these questions.

Questions to prompt a Moment

1. If you had to describe one concept from today to your team, what would it be?
2. What stood out that is something you’ll try back in the workplace? 
3. Of everything today, what is the one idea you most want your future self to remember?
4. Who in your network needs to hear what you learned today, and what would you tell them first?
5. What does Leading With AI mean to you now?
6. What assumption about testing and quality did any of the sessions quietly challenge for you?
7. What does AI adoption actually look like inside a large organisation, beyond the headlines you usually hear?
8. Where in your work do you most want to keep a human firmly in control, and why that spot in particular?
9. Which part of your automation work feels ready to grow with AI, and which part still needs your hands on it?
10. What did you walk in believing about AI that you're walking out questioning?
11. What is the smallest thing you can do next week to lead with AI rather than just react to it?
     

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