The aiblLIVE event experience
A full day event experience built around what you can do with AI now, not what might be possible one day.
Case studies, hands-on workshops and live demos from the people who have made AI work in a real business, organised around the five tracks where it is already delivering, with a focus on the returns you can measure.
You leave with a practical plan, not a notebook.
Most AI events are built around talking. This one is built around doing.
The sessions show AI that is already running in a real business, and the numbers behind it, so you leave knowing what works, what it costs and what to do first.
If you know AI matters but you are not yet sure what is genuinely possible in your function, this is the day that makes it concrete.
You see it working in live demos, you get hands-on and build with the tools yourself in the workshops, and you work through the practicalities with peers and specialists who have already done it.
You are there to make decisions, not to take notes.
What makes aiblLIVE different
Five principles shape every session, and you feel them from the first one.
Workflow first
We start from the business workflow you need to change, then get to which tools and architecture fit. Not the other way round.
Practitioners, not innovation theatre
The people presenting have done the work: operators who have deployed AI, and the platforms and enablement partners who helped them, sharing method rather than pitching product.
Practical over theoretical
Every session answers one question: what can you do differently in the next 90 days because of it?
Active, not passive
Hands-on workshops, live demos and honest debates. No meandering plenary panels. You are a participant, not an audience.
Standards over vendor noise
We help you evaluate tools, patterns and approaches, rather than throwing product names at you and hoping something sticks.
Honest about cost and failure
Speakers show what it cost and what broke, not just the highlight reel. You leave with a realistic view of the effort, not a demo-day illusion.
Some of the operators attending aiblLIVE
The questions we tackle
Whatever stage you are at, whether you have not started or you already have AI running, there is a level of the conversation built for you.
aiblLIVE runs as five tracks, with a strategic thread running through all of them, and each track moves from the practical to the boardroom-level questions of where to invest, who owns AI, and how ready you are to execute.
Growth
Proving AI’s revenue to the board when you can run it but not yet attribute it, and staying visible now that buyers shortlist inside ChatGPT and Perplexity before they reach you.
Customer
Where voice AI actually works in the contact centre, why AI is moving response times but not satisfaction, and how to let it resolve cases without a brand blow-up.
Efficiency
What AI really costs to run per transaction, how to automate beyond scripted bots to agents that handle the exceptions, and how to keep the controls finance needs.
Workforce
How you build AI capability across an existing workforce and shift day-to-day behaviour, not just hand out licences, when the tools are running ahead of the culture.
AI Infrastructure
What has to be true in your data and architecture before AI pays off, and how to let the AI your teams already use run safely rather than trying to ban it.
Transformation
Where to invest first and what to say no to, who should own AI and whether you need a Head of AI, and how exposed your business is set against how ready it is to execute. It is the thread that runs through every track and the focus of the boardroom sessions.
Microsoft, Acceleration Director
It was such a great event! Every speaker was so inspirational and I walked away with lots of learnings! From speakers and attendees!
VOOH, VP of marketing
Thanks to the AI For Business Leaders team for hosting a great event… cutting through the noise with some genuinely useful insights…
The shape of the day
One guided arc, from proof in the morning to a plan you can act on by the close.
Belief
Case studies prove it is possible at your scale.
Design
Workshops help you draft your own approach.
Clarity
Live demos show you the workflow end to end.
Enablement
The Discovery Zone connects you to the right tools and partners.
Capability
Afternoon workshops turn your draft into an executable plan.
Decide
Closing debates get you to a decision, not just a feeling.
How the day is built
aiblLIVE is built around a handful of repeatable formats, each with a clear job. There is no fixed route through them: move across the tracks and the formats freely, and build your own day around the decisions you actually need to make.
Operator case studies
Tightly structured stories from leaders who have put AI into production: the problem, the workflow, the result, and what they would do differently. No theory, no vendor gloss.
Hands-on workshops
Build with real AI tools on a real business challenge, guided by a facilitator, and leave with a workflow and a next step. Bring a laptop.
Live demos
Real tools on real data, run by the operators and partners who built them. Ask what worked, what broke, and what it cost.
Micro-consultations at the Expert Bar
Book short one-to-one appointments with specialists at the Expert Bar, matched to the challenge you bring, and get your own questions answered before you leave.
Boardroom sessions
Closed-door peer discussions under the Chatham House Rule, where the strategy questions of where to invest, who owns AI and how ready you are get worked through off the record.
Smart Networking
AI-matched introductions through the event app, two ways: to peers facing the same challenge as you, and to the service providers most relevant to it.
The Discovery Zone: the engine room of the day
The Discovery Zone runs from the first coffee to the closing drinks, and it is where the day’s conversations turn into decisions.
The Expert Bar micro-consultations, the boardroom sessions, the live demo pods and the AI-matched introductions all happen here.
You arrive with a challenge and leave with names, tools and a next step.
Learn from operators leading AI transformation
Frequently asked questions
What actually happens during the day?
The day moves from proof to plan: case studies and workshops in the morning, live demos and the Discovery Zone through the afternoon, and closing debates that push you to a decision. Every format is built around doing, not watching.
Do I have to stick to one track?
No. One pass gives you the whole event. Follow a single track end to end, or move across tracks and build your own day, and drop into the boardroom sessions for the strategic questions that cut across all of them.
Is aiblLIVE practical or strategic?
Both, and deliberately joined up. You get hands-on with real tools and workflows, and you step back to the board-level questions of ROI, ownership and risk. The thread between them is what to do on Monday.
Is it still worth it if we have barely started with AI?
Yes. Whatever stage you are at, the case studies, demos and workshops are built to show what is genuinely possible in your function and give you a first plan. If you are already scaling, the strategic and boardroom sessions go deep enough to be worth your day.
Are the workshops suitable for non-technical leaders?
Yes. You work through a business challenge with a facilitator, not code. Bring a laptop and a real problem.
How is aiblLIVE different from a typical AI conference?
No plenary keynotes and no vendor showcase floor. Every session is practitioner-led and hands-on, with a focus on measurable ROI, and commercial conversations kept to the Discovery Zone on your terms.
Will I meet technology providers and enablement partners?
Yes. You meet AI platforms through live demos and enablement partners through pre-booked micro-consultations at the Expert Bar, all matched to your challenge and briefed to share method, not pitch.
Will I leave with something I can use?
Yes. A shortlist of AI use cases proven at your scale, a draft 90-day plan, a way to measure the return, honest peer benchmarks, and enablement partners matched to your challenge. For tickets, venue and everything else, see the full FAQ.
What are the session formats at aiblLIVE?
aiblLIVE runs six formats: operator case studies, hands-on workshops, live demos, micro-consultations at the Expert Bar, boardroom sessions under the Chatham House Rule, and AI-matched networking. You move across them freely and build your own day around your priorities.
Ready to experience it?
20 October 2026, Convene Sancroft, London. One pass, all five tracks.
