From Idea to Impact: Shipping AI in the Real World

Tech is not the real blocker. Bureaucracy is. Enterprise AI can get held up because of politics, silos, and resistance to change. At this session, Niall Maher (Marsh McLennan) explains how he shipped 40 production-ready systems inside a 150-year-old business, while James Malone (Nearform) shows how AI boosted design productivity without derailing workflows.
If you want practical strategies for getting AI moving, this is your blueprint.

Join us for pizza, drinks, and AI that actually works. Limited spots, free to attend.

Speakers:

Niall Maher, Engineering Leaders for Innovation/AI, Marsh MacLennan
From a team of four to over 100 developers, Niall has led the rollout of 40 production systems in the past year, enabling 90,000 staff to use LLM-based applications daily. In this session, he’ll share his journey from full-stack developer to AI leader, and the key lessons learned at Marsh McLennan.

James Malone, AI Strategy, Product & Design, Nearform
James specialises in bridging traditional design excellence with cutting-edge AI systems and automation. Over the past 18 months, he has integrated AI into Nearform’s workflows, helping teams rapidly prototype, iterate, and deliver impactful results while reshaping design processes.

The Future Form meet-up series aims to build a community in London which facilitates the exchange of ideas and knowledge of the state of the art in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Data Engineering, and Design, and the interplay of each. We'll bring together a community of builders from both industry and government to talk about their approaches to the emerging areas of Data, AI & Design.