Platform as a Product London - Spring Meetup

2025's first Platform as a Product London Meetup with a strong focus on the UK public sector's innovation in building platform services. A great topic with influential speakers!

We promise some great conversations throughout the sessions and also during our lively networking time.

5:45pm - Welcome drinks

6.15pm - 7pm - PLATFORMLAND - An anatomy of next-generation public services - Richard Pope

Richard will be talking about his new book Platformland - an anatomy of next generation public services. The session will give an overview of the book which argues that public services should work much harder for the public, while also being simpler to build and more accountable. It will focus on the role of common platforms in the public sector and the implications for governance and delivery capacity.

7pm - 7:30pm - Pizza, drinks and networking.

7:30pm - 8:15pm - Building AI-Ready Platforms for Scalable Innovation - Sapnil Bhatnagar

AI adoption is accelerating, and platform teams must evolve to support scalable, AI-driven transformation. This talk explores how to build AI-ready ecosystems and enabling AI-powered automation while ensuring agility, security, and seamless integration.

Key topics include:

Designing scalable platforms that attract investment and drive innovation

Merging AI with Agile to enable rapid experimentation and value-driven development

A real-world case study on unlocking $12M in value through NLP and RAG models

Essential AI tools: Vector databases, knowledge graphs, and LangChain

Attendees will gain insights on future-proofing platform products and accelerating AI adoption for business impact.

8:15pm - 9pm - Drinks and networking