Get a head start the day before Data Decoded MCR. Choose one 3-hour, expert-led workshop in the morning (09:30–12:30) or afternoon (13:30–16:30). £195 + VAT, small groups, practical takeaways. Upgrade your free event registration and lock in your seat.

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Morning (09:30–12:30)

Building a Data and AI Strategy for Competitive Advantage — Mike Ferguson (CEO, Intelligent Business Strategies)
Map the steps to become data- and AI-driven. Learn what a robust strategy must include, how to align with business capabilities, balance defensive and offensive priorities, assess current/future states, and build an implementation roadmap that delivers progressive, measurable value. Ideal for leaders needing a clear strategic plan.

Building the Best Data Owners and Data Stewards — Nicola Askham (The Data Governance Coach)
Solve the people challenge in governance. Define realistic roles, identify and engage the right owners/stewards, build accountability without red tape, and create a culture where stewardship is valued. Practical tools, discussion and exercises help you design programmes that work in the real world.

Diving Deep into Bedrock AgentCore — Matheus Guimaraes (Senior Developer Advocate, AWS)
A hands-on deep dive into Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. Explore runtime, identity, memory, gateway and observability through instructor-led labs. Leave confident you can build, deploy and operate agentic AI solutions with practical patterns and step-by-step guidance from AWS experts.

Communicating Data for Impact: From Dashboards to Stories to AI — Andy Cotgreave (Co-author of Dashboards That Deliver)
Master the “last mile” of analytics. Use design, psychology and AI-assisted practices to make insights persuasive across presentations, dashboards and emails. Learn the L.E.V.E.R.S. model, avoid common pitfalls, and communicate ethically to change minds and drive decisions.

Afternoon (13:30–16:30)

Incrementally Creating a High-Value Data Foundation Using Data Products — Mike Ferguson (CEO, Intelligent Business Strategies)
Cut through silos with a domain-oriented, decentralised approach. Learn architectures, methods and tooling (catalog, glossary, profiling, observability, marketplace) to design reusable, compliant data products that serve BI/ML/AI workloads and shorten time-to-value across the enterprise.

Kickstart Your Enterprise Gen AI Journey: Practical Strategies for Immediate Results — Ian Massingham (Developer Relations, Griptape)
Turn curiosity into a 30-day pilot. Identify high-impact use cases, build a 4-step pilot plan with metrics and risk controls, and leave with 7/30/90-day actions, templates and governance checklists to launch quickly and scale what works.

Unlocking Data Potential with Mosaic — Nick Barth (Senior Sales Engineer – UK, Strategy)
See Mosaic in action. Through demos and hands-on practice, learn how to orchestrate ingestion-to-visualisation workflows, integrate Mosaic with your stack, and build a roadmap for scaling analytics. Get expert Q&A and practical tactics for faster, smarter decisions.

Build Sovereign, Safe and Successful AI — Sherin Mathew (CEO/Chief AI Officer, InnovationX & AI Tech UK)
For leaders—especially in regulated sectors—who need AI that is compliant, independent and ROI-driven. Understand the pillars of Safe, Sovereign and Successful AI, avoid common failure points, and develop a culture and strategy that sustains growth over 3–5 years.

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How to book: Workshops run Monday 20 October at Manchester Central. Seats are limited. Add a workshop when you register free for Data Decoded MCR or upgrade your existing ticket via the event registration page here