The AI and Decision Intelligence Summit

AltitudeX by Peak will explore the radical potential of AI to transform decision-making and business. 4th November, 2021, Manchester.

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Commercial leaders, data scientists, engineers, join us.

Peak are bringing together the business and data community for a one day, in person, immersive event to talk all things AI and great commercial decision making.

Amazing speakers

World class speakers share their views on decision making and their learnings from success (and failure).

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Peer to peer learning

Hear from founders and commercial leaders who are on the journey of adopting AI as part of their decision making.

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Practical Workshops

Join learning workshops aimed at engineers and data scientists, discover best practices and new techniques.

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Sensational speakers

Danny Wallace

Author and Presenter

The Yes Man and Join Me founder has tested the nation and explored Awkward Situations For Men. Danny Wallace is a comic writer and presenter who has worked with some of Britain’s brightest comedians and performers and has produced a host of acclaimed books based on his unusual adventures.

Matthew Syed

Author, journalist and former English no.1 table tennis player

Matthew is an author and highly acclaimed speaker in the field of high performance. He has written six best-selling books on the subject of mindset and high performance. He is also a multi-award-winning journalist for The Times and a regular contributor to television and radio. In his previous career, Matthew was the England table tennis number one for almost a decade.

Christopher Wylie

Head of Insight & Emerging Tech at H&M

The New Yorker calls him “a pink-haired, nose-ringed oracle sent from the future.” Best known for his role in setting up – and then taking down – the cyberwarfare firm Cambridge Analytica, Chris has been listed in TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World, Forbes’ 30 Under 30, Politico ’s 50 Most Influential People in Politics and Business Insider ’s 100 Coolest People in Tech.

Nicky Moffat

Former HR Director at the British Army

Nicky Moffat CBE was the British Army’s highest ranking female officer, stepping down as Brigadier after 30 years in leadership roles. As HR, Director Nicky was in charge of establishing strategy and driving cultural change across the Army.

Mark Elston

Customer 360 Controller at Molson Coors

Mark has worked in FMCG Sales and technology roles for almost 20 years, with time at Mars, GSK and the last 10 years with Molson Coors. He is passionate about harnessing technology to help sell more and to make life easier for sales and support teams. He has spent the last three years leading the agile development of the Molson Coors’ Salesforce.com CRM and B2B solutions.

Priya Lakhani

Serial entrepreneur, Founder CEO at CENTURY Tech

Priya is CEO of CENTURY Tech, a company bringing together AI, neuroscience and education. CENTURY’s aim is to measure and simulate brain responses to tuition and instruction, analyse what works for whom and how, and ultimately produce personalised learning.

Leanne Kim Fitzpatrick

Head of Data Science at Financial Times

Leanne is a passionate data science leader with experience of building and developing empowered data science and analytics teams in a variety of businesses. Leanne is in her element when developing technical and cultural solutions to putting machine learning into production. Leanne is an Advisory Panel board member at the University of Sheffield Information School.

Simon Mellin

CEO and Founder at The Modern Milkman

In 2018, Simon founded The Modern Milkman. The Modern Milkman’s mission is to revolutionise consumer habits by delivering fresh ways to return and reuse packaging, shop ethically, and feel good about convenience. As the winner of Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and a finalist for The National Business Awards, Simon’s motivated by innovation and enterprise.

Richard Potter

CEO and Co-founder at Peak

Richard has been instrumental in guiding Peak to be one of Europe’s leading enterprise AI companies, securing over $119 million in investment funding in the process.

Miranda Kaunang

Head of Development at FareShare Greater Manchester

Run by the environmental charity EMERGE 3Rs, and based on New Smithfield Market in East Manchester, FareShare GM is a leading member of the national FareShare food redistribution network. At the height of Lockdown 1, FareShare GM food was reaching approx 50,000 people a week. Across the pandemic year FareShare GM distributed 3,406 tonnes of food – the equivalent of over 8 million meal portions.

Neil Ward-Dutton

VP Analytics, AI and Automation Europe at IDC

Prior to joining IDC, Neil was Founder and Research Director of MWD Advisors, a technology advisory firm focusing on digital technologies and their impacts on business.

Charles Veys

Managing Director at FOTENIX

Charles is an enterprising individual, passionate about applying skills and experience in problem-solving to make an impact towards sustainable development. Developing diagnostic skills from a young age, in recent years he's put these into practice, running a technical team whilst implementing customer-focused solutions into the agricultural market.

David Foreman

Managing Director at Praetura Ventures

David has spent over 12 years in corporate finance and venture capital. Since 2011, Praetura Group has supported SMEs across the UK with over £400m, and delivered returns of over £20m to investors.

Alex Bogatu

Data Engineer at Peak

Alex has a PhD in Data Management from the University of Manchester. His thesis was on automating data discovery and format transformations. Alex also has a Master's degree in IT Management from Politehnica University of Bucharest.

Mark Douthwaite

ML Engineer and Data Scientist at Peak

Mark has a PhD in Computer Science and a Master of Physics degree from The University of York. At university, Mark’s research projects related to graphene nanotechnology and autonomous vehicles.

Cat Foster

Learning and Development Manager at Peak

Cat has a CIPD Level 5 Diploma in Learning and Development. Prior to Peak, Cat was the Global Leadership Programme Specialist at Booking.com and Leadership Facilitator at the Co-op.

Connecting the dots

This year's theme is joining together teams, data and technology. Break down silos of data and people, and you'll find previously hidden possibilities for progress.

Combine Track

To connect the dots, companies must break down silos and bring together insight, expertise and experience from different areas of their business.

Enrich Track

To make great decisions we need to enrich our data, level up our teams and push ourselves to reach new heights.

Act Track

Data and insight aren't enough. We need people to make decisions, learn from outcomes, and connect dots into the future.

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