Invitation only · Executive working session
Hitachi Vantara Exchange UK&I 2027
From AI pilots to production. One day with 200+ senior UK technology leaders: roundtables, not slide decks.
One day. One room. One question:
Agentic AI.
How do you take it from pilot to production?
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When
Thu, 4 February 2027
09:00–18:30 GMT
Where
CodeNode, London
10 South Place, EC2M 7EB
Register
Request your
executive pass.
Attendance is by application, so the peer group stays senior. Passes are complimentary and places are capped.
✓ Complimentary pass for senior technology leaders
✓ Full AI Readiness benchmark report after the event
✓ Closing keynote and networking drinks included
Why attend
Leave with a plan, not a brochure.
Most UK enterprises have proven AI in a sandbox. Far fewer can run it in the business. Here’s what you take home.
Know where
you stand.
Add your view to the live AI Readiness pulse on arrival. At 16:15 we share the results from the room, and afterwards you receive the full benchmark report.
Compare your data, resilience, skills and governance with 200+ UK technology leaders.
Agenda
Thursday, 4 February.
One working day.
Draft agenda · subject to change
09:00
Breakfast & AI Readiness pulse
Coffee, registration, and your view added to the live pulse.
Pick up your badge, grab a coffee and answer five quick questions on your AI readiness. The answers feed the pulse we share with the room at 16:15.
09:45
Welcome to Exchange UK&I
Richard Philipps · EMEA Marketing Director, Hitachi Vantara
Richard Philipps opens the day, explains how the roundtables and technology pods work, and introduces the partners you will meet.
10:00
From pilot to production
Lee Nolan · Country Manager, Hitachi Vantara UK&I
Lee Nolan on what separates AI pilots from AI in production: the data foundation, the recovery baseline and the sovereignty questions UK boards now ask.
10:45
Roundtable session one
The first of your two executive roundtables. Choose from four themes.
A small group of peers, one Hitachi Vantara host and the Chatham House Rule. Bring a real challenge from your own estate and leave with practical answers.
12:15
Lunch & technology pods
Six vendors, one architecture: hands-on with the full stack.
Lunch is served at the technology pods. See GPU compute, data orchestration, cyber recovery and edge file services working together as one architecture.
13:30
Roundtable session two
Your second theme. The same rules apply: no slides, Chatham House Rule.
Switch to your second theme with a new group of peers. Same format: no slides, honest answers and takeaways you can use on Monday.
15:00
Partner pods & private meetings
Al Patel · Head of Channel Sales, Northern Region. Book 1:1 time with partner experts.
Time for private conversations with Hitachi Vantara and partner experts about your own architecture, your roadmap and your next project.
16:15
The AI Readiness pulse: results
Live results from the room, and what they mean for your 2027 roadmap.
Where the room stands on data, resilience, skills and governance, and what the results mean for your plans for 2027.
17:00
Magic with AI
Simon Pierro · World Champion of Magic & digital illusionist
Simon Pierro closes the day with iPad magic and AI illusions: a playful look at what happens when technology starts working alongside your people.
17:45
Drinks & networking
Continue the conversation until 18:30.
Drinks and conversation to close the day. Continue the discussions from the roundtables with peers, speakers and partners.
The four roundtables
01
The AI lifecycle
From proof of concept to continuous data ingestion, fine-tuning and low-latency inference.
With Hammerspace
02
Protecting your business
Securing training data and IP against exfiltration, model poisoning and insider threat, while meeting UK and EU sovereignty requirements.
With Commvault & CTERA
03
Minimum Viable Business
Defining your non-negotiable operational core, and making sure it can be recovered after ransomware or infrastructure failure.
With Commvault
04
Agentic AI at scale
Architecting the compute, data fabric and safety rails for agents that act across enterprise systems.
With Supermicro & Kyndryl
Speakers
Who’s on stage.
09:45 · Welcome
Welcome to Exchange UK&I
Richard Philipps
EMEA Marketing Director, Hitachi Vantara
10:00 · Opening keynote
From pilot to production
Lee Nolan
Country Manager, Hitachi Vantara UK&I
15:00 · Partner pods
Partner pods & private meetings
Al Patel
Head of Channel Sales, Northern Region, Hitachi Vantara
17:00 · Closing keynote
Magic with AI
Simon Pierro
World Champion of Magic & digital illusionist
Closing keynote · 17:00
Magic
with AI.
Simon Pierro · World Champion of Magic & digital illusionist
Simon Pierro made his name as the iPad magician, and he has worked with AI since 2016. His live show puts ChatGPT, a digital avatar and real illusion on one stage. You will watch technology do the impossible, and leave with a sharper sense of what changes when AI stops being a demo and starts working alongside your people.
Save my seat →Trailer: The AI Magic Show
Who you’ll meet
The right people,
the right conversations.
Who you’ll meet
IT leaders from FTSE 250 firms, the public sector and major UK enterprises, accountable for turning AI pilots into services the business can rely on.
What you’ll talk about
Where AI budgets are really going in 2027, how to scale beyond the first use cases, and which architecture decisions you’ll still be happy with in five years.
AI roadmap · Hybrid cloud · Build vs. buy
Sponsors
Our sponsors.
Headline partner
GPU compute that keeps pace with your data, for LLM training and agent inference.
Partner
Immutable backup and cleanroom recovery for the business you must restore first.
Partner
Sovereign edge file services across sites, clouds and distributed teams.
Partner
Data orchestration that keeps GPUs and agents fed, wherever the data lives.
Partner
Systems integration that turns AI architecture into running operations.
The venue
CodeNode, London
10 South Place, London EC2M 7EB
Getting there
Moorgate & Liverpool Street, a few minutes’ walk
When
Thu, 4 February 2027 · 09:00–18:30 GMT