Thursday 17 October 2024
9:30am – 7pm
De Vere, Grand Connaught Rooms, London
Networking & learning
In-person
Join us for a day jam-packed with expert talks, interviews and panel discussions to inspire you and help build your consultancy of the future, with a focus on AI and leadership.
Morning
We are bringing together some of the leading AI experts in the consulting industry, to empower you to harness the potential of AI, including:
- Simon Greenman, Co-Founder & Partner, Best Practice AI
- Marc North, Tech Lead, Method Grid
- Umbar Shakir, Chief AI Strategy Officer, Havas
They will share their expertise on how to make AI work for your business to improve efficiency, accelerate growth and get ahead of the competition. Topics will include the techniques for unlocking the potential of generative AI, delving into its capabilities and applications, and exploring how both large and small consultancies are already using AI.
We will also be discussing the three things you need to understand about AI and three skills you can apply today to get real value. And we will explore real-life case studies of how AI has been successfully implemented in consultancies, to inspire you shape the future of yours.
Afternoon
After an extended lunch to facilitate maximum networking, we will hear about leadership from Elke Edwards, executive coach, best-selling author and founder of Ivy House. She will reveal her experience and advice for becoming a future-fit leader in a multi-generational workforce, by operating from strength, being resilient, open to learning, adaptable and having an attitude toward people and growth that inspires others.
Finally, join us for an inspiring and probing interview with Mark Palmer, who led his consulting business on an extraordinary growth path from $2m to $40m revenue before its sale to a French BPO. Mark’s story of outstanding leadership and resilience will resonate with every ambitious consultancy leader.
Evening
Throughout the day there will be plenty of opportunities to network with 200 of your peers, our specialist partners, growth experts and speakers, who are dedicated to supporting your success. Forge new connections and get your burning questions answered. This will culminate in 2 hours of freeform networking over drinks and canapes before we close at 7pm.
Ticket prices
The Annual Summit is free for TCGN members.
For non-members, the early-bird price of £699 per ticket (£599 per ticket if buying more than 1) is available until Friday 20 September. After this tickets will be £799 each (£699 if buying more than 1).
Highlights from previous summits
Watch the video below for highlights from a previous Annual Summit.
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Simon Greenman
Simon is an executive, investor, and board member with over two decades in AI, innovation, and consultancy. As Partner at Best Practice AI, the consultancy he founded in 2018, he advises firms on AI strategy, technology, and governance, “walking the talk” by using Generative AI for consulting tasks. He contributed to the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network’s executive AI frameworks and toolkits while serving on their Global AI Council.
Mark Palmer
In 2001, Mark Palmer joined a start-up consulting business called OEE. With his impressive track record in the automotive industry and after proving his worth as a consultant, Mark became MD in 2008. He led the business on an extraordinary growth path from $2m revenue to $40m. The journey was not an easy one, it required outstanding leadership and resilience, culminating in the sale and integration with Webhelp (a French BPO). Having successfully navigated a 5 year earn out, Mark now advises a number of boutique consulting firms and supports several top UK Business Schools.
Umbar Shakir
Umbar has 25 years of solid management consulting heritage having worked previously for PwC, IBM, PA Consulting, Moorhouse, and most recently Partner of Digital Data & Experiences at Gate One and Chief AI Strategy Officer at Havas. From strategy and digital innovation to CX/EX, and from Agile delivery to AI adoption, she’s passionate about emerging technology and delivering meaningful transformation.
Elke Edwards
Elke is the Founder of Ivy House, a speaker, executive coach and author of the best-selling book ‘Extraordinary: How to Lead a Bigger, Braver, More Meaningful Life’. She spent 20 years as a partner of the multi-award-winning executive development company Blue Sky, working with senior leaders in over 50% of the FTSE 100. Following the sale of Blue Sky, she set up Ivy House in 2017 – a company on a mission to turn leadership development on its head.
Marc North
Marc is Tech Lead at Method Grid, where he heads AI integration into Method Grid’s project and knowledge platform, while completing a PhD in AI at Durham University, specialising in Natural Language Processing interpretability, exploring how Large Language Models – such as ChatGPT – ‘think’. With a background in both academia and industry, his AI research bridges the gap between complex AI concepts and practical applications.
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