Consulting Groups London

Product London with Lebara.

Hello All, Hope you're all well and have been enjoying the sunshine! Product London returns on 16th September from 5.30pm, this time hosted by Lebara! **Address**: 5th Floor, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold St, London EC2A 2DA Three talks across the evening: **Talk 1**: **Chris Miles** (Group Head of Conversational Products at Lebara) with '**The AI Product Playbook**' **Synopsis**: Most AI products chase the technology first and the customer problem second. This talk offers five practical principles for building AI products people actually use, drawn from lived experience. **Talk 2**: **Lee Cross** (Growth Advisor - Lebara Travel eSIM ) with '**The Product Delivery Trap - Why product teams become delivery machines instead of growth engines - and how to escape**' **Synopsis**: Too often, product teams quietly become delivery machines and focus becomes shipping features, closing tickets, hitting sprint goals, while the business stops growing. It's the most expensive mistake in product, and the current rush to merge product into engineering is making it worse. This talk will make the case that product is, and always has been a commercial discipline, not a technical one. Its job is to find where the growth is, prove it, and drive a business toward it. Drawn from launching and scaling real businesses, it's a challenge to how most teams are being run - and a practical way out of the trap. **Talk 3**: **Nora Bereczkei** (Director & Tribe Lead, Platform Foundations at Gousto) with '**Platform Product Management: Same Craft, Different Users: Discovering, Building and Launching Internal Products and Platforms**' **Synopsis**: Platform product management uses the same craft as any other product role: real discovery, hard prioritisation calls, and a launch that earns its audience. The difference comes down to who that audience is, nothing more. There is no paying customer and no revenue signal, only internal teams deciding whether to trust what you built. Get the fundamentals right, and the leverage compounds, because every team downstream inherits the win without repeating any of the work themselves. This talk sets out a simple rule for that gap: ask the team directly, rather than guess what they need, and measure success by what the rest of the organisation can now do because the platform exists. Expect a practical walkthrough of discovery, build and launch for internal platforms, plus the handful of ways the job differs from building for an external customer. Pizza and Refreshments will be provided! Looking forward to see you there! Alex

Luxury Connector® | London Networking for HNWIs & Professionals

**Kindly note that this is a paid event and the average number of attendees for our events is 60-70 people. You can register on [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/luxury-connector-london-networking-for-hnwis-professionals-tickets-1996820775693?aff=meetup](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/luxury-connector-london-networking-for-hnwis-professionals-tickets-1996820775693?aff=meetup)** Join the Luxury Connector® in London—an exclusive networking event for HNWIs, finance experts, and luxury professionals. The Wealth & Luxury Connector® in London is an **exclusive business networking event** bringing together **HNWIs, finance experts, and luxury professionals**. Connect with **wealth managers, investors, and entrepreneurs** while exploring new opportunities in **finance** and **luxury** industries. **This event is tailored for:** * Wealth managers, wealth planners, and financial advisers * Professionals offering services to preserve and grow wealth (tax advisers, accountants, lawyers, property managers, investors, consultants) * Providers of ancillary services to wealth professionals * Those working with High-Net-Worth Individual (HNWI) clients * HNWIs seeking expert solutions and opportunities **What to Expect** Enjoy an evening of *informal networking* with professionals and potential clients in finance, investment, and wealth creation. A dedicated WhatsApp group will be created before the event so attendees can introduce themselves and their services in advance. **Event Highlights:** * Meet wealth planners, tax consultants, accountants, lawyers, property sourcers, and investors * Discover innovative wealth creation and preservation strategies * Build meaningful business relationships in a premium networking environment **Details & Booking** 📍 Location: Hay Hill Private Members Club,12 Hay Hill, London, W1J 8NR 👔 Dress Code: Smart formal or office attire 🎟 Limited to **50 guests** – early booking highly recommended as previous editions have sold out in advance. 💳 Advance tickets are cheaper than on-the-day tickets and are non-refundable, but can be reassigned. **Disclaimer:** Photos and videos may be taken for promotional purposes on our website and social media. Don’t miss your chance to connect with influential wealth professionals and HNWIs in London — **secure your spot at the Wealth Connector® today!**

Software Factory with SuperPlane & Elastic - When Agents Build, Ship, & Fix Code

Software factories are here. AI agents write code, open PRs, run tests, deploy to production, and respond to incidents - all without waiting for a human to click a button. Join SuperPlane and Elastic for an evening where engineering leaders, platform teams, and SREs explore what it actually takes to run a software factory: how agents ship code, how Elastic monitors what happens in production, and how SuperPlane orchestrates the full loop from commit → deploy to incident to fix. SuperPlane is the agent orchestrator that turns your tools into a software factory. Elastic is the observability engine that tells you what's happening inside it. This is an unconference, you bring the topics, we bring the structure (and drinks). Come with opinions about how far you'd let agents go. 📅 **Date:** Tuesday, September 1st from 6:00-9:00 PM 📍 **Location:** Elastic London Office Davidson Building, 1st Floor, 5 Southampton St, London, WC2E 7HA **Some topics we would discuss:** * How much autonomy should agents have in production? * Building the feedback loop: deploy → observe → respond → learn * Agents that fix what agents broke - is that a loop or a spiral? * What does "human in the loop" actually mean when agents ship 10x faster? * Observability as the control plane for your software factory * From Kibana alert to automated rollback - what's your threshold? * The trust problem: when do you stop reviewing agent PRs? **Format:** * Topics proposed by attendees at the beginning * Sessions run in small groups (\~5-7 people) * 30 minutes of facilitated discussion per session * Open participation and movement between sessions encouraged 📝 **Schedule:** * 6:00 – 6:30 PM → Arrival, food & drinks, networking * 6:30 – 6:50 PM → Welcome + software factories w/ Elastic & Superplane * 6:50 – 7:00 PM → Topic proposals & voting * 7:00 – 7:30 PM → Session 1 * 7:30 – 7:40 PM → Short break * 7:40 – 8:10 PM → Session 2 * 8:10 – 8:20 PM → Short break * 8:20 – 8:50 PM → Session 3 * 8:50 – 9:00 PM → Wrap-up & key takeaways * 9:00 PM → Closing **About SuperPlane** **[SuperPlane](https://superplane.com/?utm_source=luma)** Software Factory platform that transforms software delivery from a collection of manual tasks into an orchestrated, AI-powered production system. It coordinates AI agents, developers, infrastructure, and operational tools to build, test, deploy, and maintain software with speed, consistency, and governance. **About Elastic** **[Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/?utm_source=luma)** is the observability stack behind high-velocity engineering teams. With Elasticsearch, Kibana, and the rest of Elastic Stack, engineers, SREs and platform engineers get real-time visibility into logs, metrics, traces, and security events correlated in one place, not scattered across tools. As release cadence increases with the adoption of software factories, Elastic keeps you in control of what's running and why.

London Connector® | Founders, Investors & Business Networking

Data Engineers London x Zoopla September Event

After a short break, Data Engineers London is back for a late summer/early autumn event (depending on how you loon at it) 🙌☀️We will be meeting at our collaborator’s [Zoopla](https://www.zoopla.co.uk) offices just a hop away from Tower Bridge. Sign up is via the Meetup event. **6:00pm:** Doors Open & Networking at Zoopla **6:30pm:** Talks Start 🗣️The Speakers🗣️ ***Rethinking DynamoDB to Data Lake Exports*** **Dhruv Khanna**, Senior Data Platform Engineer at Houseful ([Dhruv’s LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhruvk3) ) Unstructured Data: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Jean Mandarin, Associate Director, Snowflake Centre of Excellence at Kubrick ([Jean’s LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-mandarin-293b1614b?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios) ) See you all on 3rd September 🤩 Happy Networking 🍻 Thank you to [Zoopla](https://www.zoopla.co.uk) for providing the venue & refreshments on the night ❤️ If you would like to help keep us running, please support us on [Buy Me A Coffee](http://buymeacoffee.com/dataengineerslondon). By attending this event, you agree to the following conditions & rules of conduct: * Admittance into event is as long as places last. * Respect others' opinions which may differ from your own. * Keep it appropriate - no harassment of fellow attendees will be tolerated. * If you see something or have a complaint, please reach out to one of the organisers on LinkedIn or email events@dataengineerslondon.com.

International Trade Connector® | Global Business Networking London

LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Taster workshop

A fun and hands on introduction to LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, ideal for those who have not experienced the method before. After being welcomed by our experienced facilitator Liam Isaac, you will explore building models as an individual and as a group. You will become practiced at several methods of communication and learn to hear and understand others, all using LEGO! Following the workshop we will send you a free pdf copy of the book "SeriousWork" - a hands on guide to using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® yourself (5\*\*\*\*\* reviewed book that sells for £25 on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Facilitate-Meetings-Workshops-Serious-Method/dp/0995664706) Ideal for those who are interested in participatory leadership, better communication and creativity. If you have attended a taster workshop before, you are welcome to attend but please note this introductory workshop will be a similar experience.

Coffee & natter - 5th View Cafe, Waterstones, Piccadilly

Enterprise AI Agents and Optimize LLM Context

**Important:** Register on the [event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026090810) OR [LUMA](https://luma.com/fbfg58he) is required for admission. One of them is fine, but not both :-). Welcome to the AI meetup in London, in collaboration with Google and Vespa AI. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agents, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow developers. **Agenda:** \* 6:00pm\~6:30pm: Checkin and Networking \* 6:30pm\~6:45pm: Welcome/community update \* 6:45pm\~8:30pm: Tech talks and Q&A \* 8:30pm\~9:30pm: Open discussion & Mixer **Tech Talk: ​Building and Deploying Enterprise AI Agents** **Speaker:** Aleksander Callebat\, Solutions Architect\, Databricks \| Abhinav Bhatia\, Partner engineer\, Google Cloud **Abstract:** Autonomous AI agents are transforming enterprise workflows, but moving from prototype to reliable, secure production requires robust data intelligence and scalable cloud infrastructure. In this session, we will showcase how to architect, build, and deploy enterprise-grade AI agents. We will walk through the end-to-end lifecycle of an autonomous agent—leveraging the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform for unified data context and governance alongside Google Cloud infrastructure for high-performance orchestration and scale. Expect minimal slides and maximum live system demonstration, covering everything from tool routing and context retrieval to production deployment. **Tech Talk: ​Optimize LLM context with advanced ranking profiles and tensor operations** **Speaker:** Kristian Aune (Vespa) **Abstract:** The RAG Blueprint is an application template for designing RAG systems. Built on the same core architecture that powers Perplexity, it codifies best practices for building accurate and scalable retrieval pipelines using hybrid search, phased ranking, and real-time inference. Learn how to use any type of scoring for hybrid fusion with tensor mathematics! This talk should inspire practitioners to implement advanced AI applications with the full freedom of mathematics in ranking for high-precision context - with a live demo. **Speakers/Topics:** Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: [Submit Topics](https://forms.gle/JkMt91CZRtoJBSFUA) **Sponsors:** We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 20,000+ AI developers in London and 500K+ worldwide.

Kirill Boiarkin: Soft Skills in the age of AI

For our early September meetup we are pleased to welcome to the LSCC community, Senior Software Developer and Agile Coach Kirill Boiarkin who will share his ideas and talk to us about: **Soft Skills in the age of AI** Soft Skills aren't a very popular subject in the IT universe, and with the rise of AI they are being neglected even more. They are often overlooked during computer science education - thus being an important lesson that many of us never had. But the focus on mastering tools without developing the skills to use those tools effectively within a team often leads to missed opportunities for career growth, project failures, and avoidable mistakes. This talk highlights why Soft Skills are needed for IT-professionals, especially now, when AI gets more and more powerful. It explores what limitations does the AI have in the context of Soft Skills, and offers plenty of practical tips for Soft Skills to improve your day-to-day teamwork. The talk goes beyond generic suggestions - in the relaxed and entertaining manner Kirill will present interesting perspectives based not only on his own experience, but also on many books, articles, conference talks and observations that he had over two decades of dealing with software and people. Everybody, from junior to senior developer, devops, QA, PO, manager will find some useful and possibly even eye-opening ideas in this talk. Agenda: 6:00-6:30pm - arrival, drinks, pizza and networking 6:30-6:45pm - introduction to the evening by Aman Panesar, LSCC Leader 6:45-7:30pm - talk by Kirill Boarkin 7:30-8pm - Wrap up, further discussions and networking **About Kirill:** Kirill Boiarkin is a Senior Software Developer, Agile Coach at Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, based in Hamburg, Germany. Kirill holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and has 18 years of development experience across 6 different companies, working on outsource and in-house projects, startups and legacy systems, backend, frontend, desktop, and mobile apps. He has seen how teams are built and evolve, projects succeed and fail, team members and management make right and wrong decisions with the corresponding outcomes. Along the way, he took many notes on what worked and what didn't, and now it's time to share them. [LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-boiarkin-a9b44549/) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- This is a great chance to get new perspectives, discuss ideas with your peers and make new connections! All levels welcome - no need to bring your laptop as this is a non hands-on session. **Food and Drinks** Pizza and drinks will be provided upon arrival sponsored by [Codurance](https://www.codurance.com/), the global software consultancy, with vegetarian and vegan options available.

In-Person Systemic & Family Constellation Evening Workshop

**Space is limited so book and pay early to avoid disappointment.** This evening workshop provides a perfect opportunity to experience the deep and insightful Systemic Constellations process in an intimate group setting. A unique and powerful therapeutic method for self-exploration, understanding core behaviours, removing blocks, and reintroducing movement and growth. It is used as a major resource in supporting healthy relationships, working through trauma, and assisting in depression treatment. **Issue Holder (client) and Representative spaces are available, please follow the link to book:** **For Representative (Participant) Booking £35** **[https://calendly.com/illiadato/in-person-family-constellations-evening-workshop](https://calendly.com/illiadato/in-person-family-constellations-evening-workshop)** **For Issue Holder (Client) Booking £175:** If you wish to attend as an Issue Holder at this workshop and have your own Constellation done please email your request to: [ih@londonconstellations.uk](http://ih@londonconstellations.uk/) Read comments of workshop participants here: [https://bit.ly/33Asprs](https://bit.ly/33Asprs) **WHAT ARE SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATIONS?** The Systemic Constellations method is a unique therapeutic process of exploration of the forces that move us in life. Such forces are often appearing as difficulties or a sense of being 'stuck' in life, affecting our behaviour, relationships, career, health/wellbeing, or even financial circumstances. This method provides a three-dimensional ‘map’ of one’s life as it is at present. It is a simple yet powerful way to explore entanglements and blockages in our personal life and our family history. The method brings awareness and clarity into personal challenges by focusing the client on the root cause of such difficulties. Constellations provide an opening for a positive life shift and present ways for deep healing processes to occur. **WHAT HAPPENS IN A CONSTELLATION SESSION?** In Constellations work the ‘client’ is referred to as the ‘Issue Holder’. The method uses workshop participants as ‘Representatives’ to stand in for key people in the client’s life such as family members, colleagues, partners, ex-partners, etc., sometimes ‘abstract’ concepts such as an emotion, country of origin, religion, or destiny are also represented. All participants are invited to take part as Representatives. Workshop participants often report (see reviews: [https://bit.ly/33Asprs](https://bit.ly/33Asprs)) experiencing profound insights into their own lives by simply witnessing the process, regardless of how they choose to take part. **WHY DOES THIS WORK?** Scientific research shows that the experiences of your ancestors can determine your behaviour today and affect future generations.\*\* Recent scientific research into DNA reveals that a component named epigenetics is embedding the effect of a traumatic experience by altering the genetic structure. It means that some of our behaviour patterns can be attributed to traumatic events in our family history. This notion has always been one of the guiding principles of Systemic / Constellations Therapy, a form of work that is dedicated to exposing and dealing with issues emerging from our family system. *“It is only now that science is catching up with what is evident in Systemic Constellations work and visible in every one of our therapy sessions; trauma in the family history directly affects future generations' behaviour"* Illi Adato MD Our group provides a safe space where deep personal work is done and where maintaining confidentiality and respect for each other's privacy is paramount. **\*\* DNA research paper and news articles:** Discover - Grandma's Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes [https://bit.ly/3dLwEkK](https://bit.ly/3dLwEkK) BBC News - "Memories" pass between generations [http://bbc.in/1dNShPe](http://bbc.in/1dNShPe) **Facilitated by Illi Adato** MA Lon\. Inst\. SQHP\. Crt\(HYP\)\. Crt\(COACH\)\. Systemic\, Organisational & Family Constellations member of ISCA \| Hypnotherapy member of GHR \(UK\) & IHF \(USA\) \| Tune\-In Counselling \| Advanced NLP Therapeutic Specialist™ *** 💬**Personal one-to-one counseling** can be combined with group work. **Book here: [https://calendly.com/illiadato/1st-personal-session](https://calendly.com/illiadato/1st-personal-session)** **VIDEO COURSES** 📌 Watch anytime \| 📩 Instant access after payment **Becoming a Bridge - Working with Death As a Key Resource In Constellations** £19 Explore the transformative power of death in Systemic Constellations with Illi Adato in this recorded 1.5-hour video course. Designed for facilitators, practitioners, and those drawn to deep experiential learning, this session offers practical insights into holding space for loss and transition. **🛒ACCESS HERE: [https://calendly.com/illiadato/becoming-a-bridge-video-course](https://calendly.com/illiadato/becoming-a-bridge-video-course)** **Constellations, Systemic Principles & How They Affect Us - Video Crash Course** £6 Explore the hidden forces shaping your life with this **recorded mini-course** by Illi Adato. Learn the **Orders of Love**, uncover deep-rooted patterns, and experience a guided **HypnoConstellations™** process for personal healing. **🛒ACCESS HERE: [https://calendly.com/illiadato/systemic-principles-crash-video-course](https://calendly.com/illiadato/systemic-principles-crash-video-course)** Have questions? Reach out: [office@londonconstellations.uk](http://office@londonconstellations.uk/) Looking forward to another moving experience of learning together! London School of Systemic & Family Constellations

Weka Exchange - AI/ML HPC Meetup

**The AI & HPC Professionals Meetup - WEKA Exchange London** Network, share knowledge, and explore AI & HPC technology with peers across London **Thursday 17 September , 5:30 - 7:30 PM BST** **[Poolhouse – The Dive Suite, 100 Liverpool St, London EC2M 2AT](https://maps.app.goo.gl/fZb9V2Kyc6AMVj3t5)** WEKA Exchange London is a meetup series for professionals interested in AI, storage, and modern data infrastructure. Each session offers a relaxed setting to: * Explore AI & HPC technology through short talks and demos (10 -15 minutes per topic) * Exchange insights and best practices with peers, partners, and the wider community * Build meaningful connections within the local tech ecosystem **Who Should Attend?** WEKA Exchange is open to everyone, including: * AI, storage, and infrastructure professionals * Engineers, solution architects, and IT practitioners * Customers, partners, and sales teams * Anyone curious about modern data platforms and high-performance workloads Whether you’re hands-on technical or simply keen to learn, you’re welcome to register. **Why Attend?** * Connect with like-minded professionals in London’s tech ecosystem * Gain practical insights into AI & HPC technology and real-world use cases * Share ideas and learn from peers, partners, and customers * Become part of a growing local community **Register Now** **Places are limited.**