Save the date · April 2027 · The agentic era

Accelerate 2027

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Main event · London
Wednesday 28 April 2027
 9am to 4pm · 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT
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The theme
 
The agentic era
Most businesses have moved past curiosity. The question now is harder: what does this actually do to my business, and how fast?
Accelerate 2027 sets out to answer that honestly. We will cover where AI will genuinely change how a business operates over the next five years, and equally where it will stall or under-deliver. Not a product showcase. A straight read on what is real, what is not, and what to do about it in the next twelve months.
An AI agent works in a loop: goal, plan, act, review, with people in charge at the centre
Why it’s worth a day out the office
 
You will make decisions about AI in the next twelve months whether you’re ready or not. Give us a day and make them properly.
01
The bits nobody is selling you
Every vendor in the market is telling you AI changes everything. We’ll spend as much time on where it stalls, disappoints and quietly costs you money. On stage, with the vendors sitting there.
02
Microsoft and Sage, in the room
Not a logo on a slide. Both are sending people to tell you directly where their AI is heading, what’s coming this year, and what isn’t. You get to ask them yourself.
03
You’ll know your first move by Monday
Not a trends deck. You’ll leave knowing where your business actually sits on the readiness curve, which process is worth handing to an agent first, and what has to be true before you do.
04
A hundred and fifty people with your exact problem
Finance, operations and IT leaders from businesses your size, most of them a few months either side of you on the same decision. The lunch conversation is worth the day on its own.
Dave Coplin sitting on stone steps in front of a black door and red brick wall

LONDON KEYNOTE

Dave Coplin

Founder and CEO, The Envisioners

 

The Rise of the Humans: Learning to Thrive in an AI World

Intelligence is no longer scarce. In this optimistic keynote, Dave moves the AI conversation beyond automation to four opportunities: productivity, insight, innovation and quality, and the distinctly human skills it takes to make the most of them.

The future won’t be defined by how intelligent our machines become. It will be defined by how intelligently we choose to use them.

FORMERLY
Chief Envisioning Officer, Microsoft UK
RECOGNISED
Top 25 in Computing’s AI Leadership Index
AUTHOR
Business Reimagined and The Rise of the Humans
LONDON VENUE
22 Duchess Mews
 
Cavendish Venues
22 Duchess Mews
London W1G 9DT
Wednesday 28 April, 9am to 4pm. Registration from 9am, kick-off at 10am.
OXFORD STREET PORTLAND PLACE Oxford Circus Great Portland St 22 Duchess Mews 5 min walk NOT TO SCALE
BY UNDERGROUND
Oxford Circus (Victoria, Central and Bakerloo lines) is a 5 minute walk. Regent’s Park and Great Portland Street are also close by.
BY RAIL
Marylebone, Euston and King’s Cross St Pancras are around 15 minutes by Underground. Paddington, with the Heathrow Express, is a 20 minute walk.
BY CAR
Pay and display parking on the street outside. NCP car parks at Weymouth Mews, Chandos Street and Cavendish Square, all within 5 minutes’ walk.
GOOD TO KNOW
The venue is inside the Congestion Charge zone and ULEZ. Blue Badge spaces are available nearby. Buses 3, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 88 stop close by.
STAYING OVER
Travelling in the night before? The venue’s hotel partner lists nearby hotels with availability and discounted rates.
Hotels near 22 Duchess Mews
CAN’T MAKE LONDON?
Join us in Newcastle or Glasgow
 
Newcastle
Tuesday 20 April 2027
20
APRIL
Crowne Plaza Newcastle, Stephenson Quarter
Hawthorn Square, Forth Street, Newcastle NE1 3SA
TIME
9am to 4pm. Registration from 9am, kick-off at 10am.
BY RAIL
A short walk from Newcastle Central Station.
PARKING
Stephenson Quarter multi-storey car park, next door and linked to the hotel.
STAYING
The venue is a four-star hotel, so you can stay on site.
Glasgow
Thursday 22 April 2027
22
APRIL
200 SVS Conference and Events
200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5SG
TIME
9am to 4pm. Registration from 9am, kick-off at 10am.
BY RAIL
In the city centre’s business district, within walking distance of Glasgow Central.
PARKING

Q Park Waterloo Street - 99 Waterloo St, Glasgow, G2 6HS.

STAYING
[NEARBY HOTELS TO FOLLOW]
 
Save your seat.
Agenda to follow.
Places are limited and London will fill first. Tell us which event suits you and we’ll hold a place. The full agenda and speaker line-up follow in the new year.
Joining us
Microsoft Solutions Partner Sage Business Partner