Big Data LDN
We’re back at Big Data LDN 2026, where we’ll be sharing practical insights, client success stories and proven approaches to creating lasting value from data and AI. Our experts will be taking to the stage in three sessions:
Impact Thinking: The discipline behind measurable business impact
Thursday, 24th Sep | 14:00 – 14:30 | Modern Analytics, AI & BI Theatre
In this keynote, Jason Foster, Founder & CEO of Cynozure, shares his latest thinking on how organisations can create greater value from data and AI, introducing a practical approach to turning investment into measurable business impact.
Most organisations have invested heavily in data and AI, yet many still struggle to convert that investment into measurable business value. The highest-performing organisations take a different approach. Rather than treating data teams as support functions, they build value creation engines that improve decisions, drive performance and deliver measurable commercial outcomes.
In this session, Jason introduces Impact Thinking, a discipline underpinned by a practical framework, for identifying where value can be created, embedding intelligence into the way work gets done, and measuring the impact that follows. You’ll leave with a clear framework for helping your organisation move beyond delivering data to becoming a genuine driver of business performance.
Turning data into humanitarian impact: the British Red Cross journey
Wednesday, 23rd Sep | 12:00 – 12:30 | Data For Good Theatre
In this session, Justin Oon, Client Partnerships Director at Cynozure, joins Jonathan Moxham, Director of Data & Insight at the British Red Cross, to share the charity’s five-year data transformation journey. Together, they’ll discuss how the British Red Cross has built an enterprise data capability through a modern data platform, stronger governance, a scalable operating model and organisation-wide data literacy. The session will explore how trusted data is now supporting strategic planning, operational delivery, fundraising effectiveness and, ultimately, greater humanitarian impact.
What it takes to successfully scale agentic AI
23 September | 15:20–15:50 | Gen AI & Agentic AI Theatre
Agentic AI is rapidly moving from experimentation to real organisational impact, but scaling it successfully requires far more than building impressive prototypes. In this session, Cynozure and 1st Central will share practical lessons from introducing and scaling agentic AI within a mature, established organisation. Rather than focusing on technology alone, we will explore the organisational and transformation challenges that come with embedding AI agents into real business processes.
Drawing on hands-on experience, we will discuss how to align stakeholders, adapt operating models, introduce the right governance and guardrails, and build the organisational confidence needed to scale responsibly. Attendees will leave with practical insights, frameworks, and lessons learned for moving agentic AI from isolated experiments to meaningful, sustainable impact in complex enterprises.
