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09 September | 09:30-14:30 GMT | The Shard London SE1
Data Primer for GenAI Workshops with Microsoft 2025
Prime Your Data For AI with Microsoft & Ascent
As GenAI moves from experimentation to execution, data leaders are under increasing pressure to deliver platforms that are scalable, governed and AI-ready, often while navigating legacy systems and fragmented ownership.
How do you turn GenAI ambition into a roadmap aligned with business goals, governance, and delivery capability? What leadership models, data foundations, and ethical frameworks enable responsible, scalable adoption? How can self-assessments reveal gaps in readiness across data, tech, and strategy? What role do platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Azure OpenAI play in delivering trusted, real-time access and deployment at scale? And how do CI/CD, observability, and agentic architectures underpin enterprise-grade GenAI? These questions are central to driving innovation and shaping data strategy at the highest level.
For CDOs, CIOs, Chief Architects and senior data leaders in engineering, governance and advanced analytics, this in-person workshop offers expert-led sessions, peer discussions, demos and guided self-assessments designed to give you a clear understanding of where your organisation stands, what to prioritise next and how Microsoft funding could support your GenAI strategy.
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What you'll take away.
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An understanding of how to prioritise AI use cases to ensure data isn’t a blocker.
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A view of the data technology you need to fully exploit AI (spoiler alert: it’s less than you think).
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An understanding of the organisational data responsibilities and capabilities AI demands.
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Clarity on the impact of AI on the value delivery capacity and capability of your data team.
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A readiness scale you can use to evaluate your AI data maturity.
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A view of your eligibility for Microsoft funding to support your AI data journey.
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Breakfast with a view.
Join us at the Shard for a day of data thinking, fuelled by a patisserie breakfast and a selection of hot lunch options.
24/25 The Shard
32 London Bridge St
London
SE1 9SG
Google Maps link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Y7Juy1JsgjRGUYp99
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Mark King
Principal Data Consultant, Ascent
Mark is a CDO and Data & AI Strategist with expertise in AI-driven strategies, data governance, and digital transformation. He has delivered advanced analytics, data quality, and business intelligence projects across industries including healthcare, energy, automotive, retail, and technology. He has led initiatives to design AI roadmaps, implement digital solutions, and enhance data quality and compliance. He has also guided cross-functional teams, aligning AI initiatives with business goals to improve efficiency and decision-making. At Ascent, as part of the CDO office, Mark provides strategic consultancy to global enterprises, helping organisations identify data opportunities, leverage AI, and build operational frameworks. He is committed to fostering data literacy and driving business transformation.
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Murray Foxcroft
Chief Technology Officer, Ascent
Murray is an experienced and empathetic technology leader whose career has been forged at the intersection of tech, business and innovation. Murray is responsible for Ascent’s technical vision and strategy, leveraging his extensive expertise in strategising, architecting, developing, and delivering projects across a diverse range of organisations and industries. He is a Generative AI domain expert and passionate about the power of the Azure ecosystem.
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Why Ascent for AI?
Ascent is one of 10 UK OpenAI prioritised partners and one of 70 Microsoft AI Cloud Partners worldwide. This enables us to apply our elite Microsoft partnership benefits (business roadmap, training, funding, alignment) to customer engagements.
We offer proven, certified Azure expertise as a Microsoft Designated Solution Partner for Data & AI. Our partner status is backed by audited specialisations in AI and Machine Learning and Data Analytics.
We are totally focused on maximising AI ROI. The strength of our people, process and tools delivers business value quicker. Our customers capitalise on our proven methodologies, architectures and delivery accelerators.
Our consultative teams have the skills to translate business requirements into technical specifications and implementation methodology. We are experienced collaborators who listen, advise and strategise, comfortable working with your teams to custom KPIs.
Our end-to-end capability takes you from initial business case to in-life service management. Working with Ascent gives customers access to certified data and visual engineers, experienced designers, architects, data scientists, AI specialists, product owners and delivery leaders.
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Secure your place.
Will your next AI use case deliver differentiated experiences, empower employees, combat financial crime, or something else? Whatever it is, join us for an unmissable, interactive morning as Ascent and Microsoft ensure your data is always an enabler for GenAI, not a blocker.
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