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Mindstone Manchester May AI Meetup

Join UKAI and Mindstone for an evening of hands-on AI discovery.

This event features two live demonstrations led by AI experts who walk you through real AI-powered tools in real time. No slides, no theory, just practical AI in action. It's the kind of session that genuinely surprises people and leaves them thinking differently about what's possible. We'll round off the presentations with a concise talk on how to start applying AI meaningfully inside your organisation.

What makes these evenings special is the room itself. From founders building AI-powered products to senior leaders navigating adoption, and from seasoned engineers to those just getting started, everyone brings something different and everyone leaves with something new. We'll have a brilliant mix of local businesses all figuring out the future of AI together.

Then to finish the evening, we open up the floor for networking over pizza and beers. This is where the real conversations happen: swap ideas, share experiences, and connect with people who are thinking about AI just as seriously as you are. Whether you leave with a new contact, a new perspective, or just a better sense of where things are heading, it's an evening well spent.

In Partnership with Mindstone, Hosted by Barclays and supported by QL Security.

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Agenda
Doors Open
Welcome to the event
Introduction
Welcome and event introduction
Eating your AI Elephant a bite at a time by Elizabeth Clark
Your website’s “Contact Us” form could be your most valuable sales asset, yet for most businesses, it’s little more than a digital black hole. In this session, Elizabeth Clark explores how AI is transforming lead conversion, response speed, and customer engagement. Discover how one business, reduced costs and headcount while doubling sales from the exact same number of leads, simply by rethinking the journey after the form fill.
Invisible AI: Driving Efficiency from the Backend by Andy Nicol
Step away from the conversational prompts and look under the hood. Join us for three rapid-fire demonstrations of how embedded AI is quietly solving major industry pain points behind the scenes. \* Smart Inventory: How Invntry.io addresses home contents underinsurance. \* Automated Ingestion: How ICT Reverse transforms unstructured data into rapid estimates. \* Risk Orchestration: How Complex Broking streamlines multichannel data for complex underwriting.
Building A Reasoning & World Model for near ZERO Cost. by Christopher Kenna
A live demo and the AI Platforms and tools used to build the MOTHER Reasoning model and transform to a World Model with real Visual Understanding + Reasoning + World Model. 15 minutes showing how to replicate each step and build your own model. Requirements: Laptop Access to Grok, DeepSeek, ChatGPT and Claude (Free Versions ) Access to Nvidia Developer portal (Free) a GB10 Nano box or equivalent - will say how I got one for free!
Wrap Up
Closing remarks and next steps
Pizza, Drinks & Networking
Casual networking with food and drinks
Speakers
Attendees
Location
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