AltitudeX MCR

The global commercial AI summit.

Thanks for joining us at Manchester's Depot Mayfield on Thursday 6 October

Best known as the home of Manchester’s iconic Warehouse Project, Depot Mayfield once again opened its doors to data teams, engineers and decision makers for AltitudeX, the global AI summit.

Last year's topics included…

Data vs. uncertainty

Explore how senior leaders use data to make great decisions and embrace change in an increasingly uncertain world.

AI: Hype or reality?

This year we explore the reasons businesses resist AI and how they can move from hype to reality.

Inclusive AI

Hear from CEOs, commercial and leaders, data scientists, architects and engineers discussing every aspect of successful AI integration.

Outcome-focused AI

Learn how businesses across industries work with data to deliver against their business goals.

Meet some of your 2022 speakers

Caroline Criado Perez

Writer, journalist, campaigner and author of 'Invisible Women'

A leading voice on equality and feminist issues in technology, health and the media, Caroline has also led high-profile campaigns to publicly recognise the contribution of women in British history.

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.

Toju Duke

Program manager, responsible AI at Google

Toju is a responsible AI program manager at Google. She's responsible for Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with over 15 years experience spanning across advertising, retail, not-for-profits and tech. She designs responsible AI programs focused on the development and implementation of ethical AI frameworks amongst Google’s product teams.

Zoe Hillenmeyer

Chief Commercial Officer at Peak

Zoe has over a decade of experience in the AI and Decision Intelligence field, and has been part of over 20 product launches in the category during her time with AI pioneers including Peak, AWS and IBM.

Zanang Dangata

Data scientist at Natwest Group

Zanang is a data scientist at NatWest. He has an engineering background and came up through the software engineering graduate scheme before landing in his current position. He is currently in the bank’s climate team, using data to build carbon foot-printing models. These models increase the bank’s green lending and aids its dependants through the transition to net zero.

Paul Lasserre

Head of EMEA partner solution factory at AWS

Paul is a pioneer in democratizing machine learning (ML) applications. For the past 3 years at AWS, Paul served as the Global Segment leader for Applied AI at Amazon Web Services (AWS), on a mission to streamline machine learning applications by developing turnkey AI solutions. Paul recently moved back to Europe to develop and lead an EMEA Partner Solution Factory with the purpose to accelerate adoption of AI/ML, Analytics, IoT, and other cutting-edge Cloud innovations together with a vibrant ecosystem of partners.

Chris Howard

Open source lead at EPAM Systems

Chris has over 10 years’ experience consulting for a broad spectrum of organisations, devising and delivering digital transformation programmes. He leads a non-profit organisation, Intertech, which promotes diversity in technology. He’s been awarded a number of accolades for his advocacy in this area.

Chris Feltham

Industry technical specialist at Intel

Chris is a Technical Specialist at Intel, with expertise across a wide range of domains including Data Denter architectures and technologies, Public and Private Cloud, Storage, and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning. Chris has extensive experience collaborating with all areas of the technology industry in Europe including Enterprises, Cloud Service Providers, Resellers, Distribution, and Independent Software Vendors. Chris has held numerous Sales, Marketing and Technical roles during his 20+ years at Intel and is currently serving as technical lead for Cloud Service Providers and AI/ML in the UK, assisting customers in their use of Intel technologies to enhance their offerings and grow their business and capabilities. Chris holds a degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Computer Systems) from Brunel University in London.

Monica Stancu

Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Lloyd's

Monica has been selected as a Global Champion for Women’s Economic Empowerment by UN Women and has won a WeAreTheCity 2020 Rising Stars award. She is also the author of the book “Building Diversity and Inclusion: From Commitment to Action”, a One Young World Ambassador and a mentor at Migrant Leaders. She sits on the D&I committee at the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).

John Hughes

Chief Strategy Officer at The Modern Milkman

The Modern Milkman is a hyper growth, sustainability-focused grocery business disrupting a traditional industry. John will share how they've done this by placing AI and Decision Intelligence at the core of their operations.

Frederic de Rougemont

Founder at Rougemont Advisory

Following decades of leading global manufacturing businesses (including Lafarge and USG Boral), Frederic has an in-depth understanding of complex building material operations. In his current role at Rougemont, Frederic combines this vast experience, alongside his passion for technology, and acts in an advisory capacity to both tech start ups and leading manufacturers.

James Judge

Head of IT at Berry Gardens

James has spent 56.8% his life in the fresh produce industry – which explains the white hair! As Head of IT at Berry Gardens he is involved at both strategic and fundamental levels as a problem solver and process plumber. His inherent geekiness means AI and ML feature in many interests and increasingly so in day-to-day life. As a practised cynic, though, he enjoys the challenge of communicating the difference between practical reality, and business’ perception of this golden bullet.

Willem Zents

Data Scientist at Bumble

Willem Zents is a Data Scientist at Bumble Inc. where he works on trust and safety in online dating and friendships. Originally from the Netherlands, he holds an MSc in Social Data Science from the University of Oxford. Willem’s research interests include natural language processing, graph deep learning, and fairness, accountability, and transparency in machine learning.

Christina Leo

Senior Partner Sales Engineer at Snowflake

Christina joined Snowflake in April of 2021 after spending five years as a Solution Architect with Microsoft. Prior to that, she worked as an independent consultant focused on database development and performance-tuning in the finance and investment banking industry.

Holly Clarke

Chief of Staff at Peak

Holly Clarke is Chief of Staff at AI company, Peak. She joined the scaleup in 2019 as an AI Consultant, ultimately going on to build and lead an international Consulting team covering the retail, consumer goods and manufacturing sectors. As Chief of Staff, Holly is responsible for accelerating the output of the office of the CEO, working on strategic initiatives, special projects and championing Peak’s world-class culture. In 2021 and 2022, Peak received a Best Companies 3-star accreditation, which recognizes extraordinary levels of employee engagement. Holly holds a Masters of Engineering, specializing in the field of biomedical engineering.

Karl Thompson

Economist at CEBR

Karl is an Economist at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), based in London. As a member of CEBR’s Forecasting and Thought Leadership Team, his wide-ranging research has included the estimation of the economic impact of e-commerce marketplaces, the business benefits of embracing ESG, and the relationship between automation and economic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

AWS DeepRacer

Small autonomous vehicle at AWS

AWS DeepRacer is an autonomous vehicle. It's designed to provide a fun way to get started with reinforcement learning (RL). RL is an advanced machine learning (ML) technique, which learns complex behaviors without the need for labeled training data. AWS DeepRacer can make short-term decisions, while optimizing for longer term goals.

Tom Hassall

Head of CPG & Manufacturing Data Science at Peak

Tom transitioned into data science from an academic background five years ago. Before that, he completed a PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, a post-doc at the University of Southampton and worked as a research scientist for a small oil and gas service company for three years.

Emma Bellamy

Data science team lead at Peak

Emma is Data Science Team Lead at Peak. She has worked at Peak for over 18 months, primarily working on inventory management in the manufacturing sector. She has an MSc in Data Science from Lancaster University and many years of experience working in logistics, process improvements and project management roles in the retail and oil industries.

Harry Jackson

Data Scientist (Operations) at Peak

Since joining just over two years ago, Harry has worked on a range of supply chain optimisation problems in the manufacturing space. Before joining Peak he did a Master’s in Computer Science at Durham University, followed by a software engineering graduate scheme.

Josh Tingey

Data Scientist (Operations – Supply Chain) at Peak

Since joining in 2021, Josh has worked mainly on problems in the manufacturing space, including supply chain inventory optimisation and real-time quote pricing. Before joining Peak, he completed a PhD in Particle Physics at University College London and has worked as a research scientist studying Bayesian optimisation problems.

Chris Billingham

Head of Platform GTM at Peak

Chris is Head of Platform GTM at Peak. He was previously Lead Product Manager, leading the development of the Peak platform and preparing it for wider launch at the end of 2021. Before joining Peak in 2020, Chris was a lead data scientist, leading teams across a number of industries. He has 13 years of experience in data-related roles.

Gerry McAuley

Partnerships Manager at Peak

Gerry has worked in tech for 10+ years. He now heads up Peak’s partnership with Snowflake globally, as well as strategy and execution for all partners in EMEA. When not developing go-to-market efforts across several high-growth businesses, he can be found parenting two young children. He occasionally manages to find time to go running.

Catherine Frame

Customer Intelligence Lead, Peak

Catherine Frame is a Customer Intelligence Lead at Peak, based out of Manchester, UK. With a background in e-commerce and CRM, her career expands over industries including fashion, food and pet care.

And that's not all

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Street food market

Refuel, with street food vendors offering a delicious lunch.

Meeting space

With a phone charging station and space to work or catch up with contacts.

Wellness zone

Take a break from the hustle and bustle with massages, a coloring wall, and quiet area.

How to find us

Depot Mayfield is just eight minutes’ walk from Manchester Piccadilly station. It can be most easily reached by exiting the train station via the taxi rank (downstairs).

More than just inspiration

Join us at AltitudeX MCR and enjoy three stages of content that include insightful talks from leaders in data science, market experts, commercial leaders and practical workshops – not to mention the huge celebration afterwards! We'll be answering questions like…

What’s the most efficient data stack for my business in 2022?
What’s the quickest path to value for my data?
How do data professionals collaborate effectively with other stakeholders?
How do I avoid bias in data?
How can I stay in control with AI?
Where do I start with AI?
What are other businesses like mine doing with AI?
How can I work with disparate and siloed data?

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