Accelerate your AI advantage – Real-world insights from today’s leaders

We are entering a pivotal era in AI deployment, management, and scalability. Future-ready infrastructure must harness the strengths of cloud providers, neo-clouds, data centers and strategic edge locations—securely interconnected. This approach ensures AI workloads are optimized for training in high-compute environments, processing where privacy is protected and inference at the data source.

Join us to gain insights from industry leaders and prepare your organization for what’s next.

Featured Speakers

 

Adam Winter

Vice President & General Manager EMEA, Groq

James Tyler

Managing Director UK, Equinix

Johan Arts

Senior Vice President Sales EMEA, Equinix

Ian Heath

Senior Director, UK Channel and Distribution, Dell

Dr. Paul Dongha

Head of Responsible AI and AI Strategy, NatWest Group

Richard Wright

EMEA DGX AI Platform Segment Lead, NVIDIA

Marcus Hopwood

Product Management Director, Equinix

Petrina Steele

Global Lead - Emerging Technologies, Equinix

Agenda

Register for a packed agenda on how to accelerate your AI journey.

Time Activity
2:00 PM Registration and Networking
2:30 PM Welcome keynote by James Tyler, Equinix UK
2:40 PM

Keynote: Accelerate your Advantage with Distributed AI by Johan Arts, Equinix ​

Learn how to move beyond AI experimentation and realise tangible business value. Distributed AI is the enterprise-grade architecture for deploying, scaling and governing intelligent solutions. It gives you all the essential building blocks for driving innovation while respecting data sovereignty and avoiding lock-in:  ​

  • Global high-performance data centers. ​
  • Edge-to-cloud connectivity. ​
  • Access to a vendor-neutral AI and cloud ecosystem.  ​

Discover how you can accelerate your AI journey with distributed, edge-driven architectures without compromising data privacy or operational efficiency.

3:05 PM

Customer Keynote on AI by Adam Winter, Groq

3:20 PM

Panel Discussion - Scaling AI: Insights from Industry Leaders

Learn about the evolving challenges businesses face in adopting AI technologies – from data residency and sustainability to compliance and regulatory hurdles.​

  • Emerging consumption patterns for AI infrastructure, AI factories and cutting-edge innovations.​
  • Use cases such as financial crime prevention and customer experience​
  • Predictions for the future of AI innovation and deployment.​

​Richard Wright NVIDIA, Ian Heath, Dell, Dr. Paul Dongha, NatWest Group, Petrina Steele, Equinix (moderator)​

3:55 PM Break
4:10 PM

Breakout sessions on:

  • What, Why and Who of Artificial Intelligence An interactive session that provides insights, directions and challenges for enterprise AI delivery. Hosted by Matt George and Russ Winter​, Equinix
  • Performance Redefined: HPDC Advanced Cooling Technology for Next-Gen Workloads Explore sustainable, advanced cooling solutions and real-world applications driving efficiency and scalability for future-ready, high-performance computing workloads​. Hosted by Marcus Hopwood, Equinix and Ashley Whittaker, Dell Technologies​​
4:50 PM Closing remarks by James Tyler, Equinix UK
5:00 PM Networking & Drinks

Getting Here

 

Glaziers Hall

9 Montague Close, London Bridge, London, Greater London, SE1 9DD

 

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Featured solutions

 

High Performance Data Centre

Put your critical data in the right place.

Hybrid Multicloud networking

Deploy networking resources on Platform Equinix to support your cloud strategy.

Distributed AI

Deploy globally and retain control while harnessing a rich ecosystem of top AI models, tools and platforms.