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Mindstone Newcastle September 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 and Barclays

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Agenda
Doors Open
Welcome to the event
Introduction
Welcome and event introduction
Can You Trust What AI Builds? by Peter Timson
AI agents rewrote our entire backend - half a million lines of Go, no human writing a line. This is the honest story of how, including the moment I caught the AI cheating, and the real lesson: the AI can do almost anything, if you give it an unbluffable way to know when it's wrong.
What actually breaks: a year of running AI agents in production by Chris Davison
Everyone has seen an impressive AI agent demo. Almost nobody has seen what happens in month three of running one for a real business. I build and operate AI agents in production for clients, and this talk breaks down what actually happens after the demo: real (anonymised) war stories and the practical lesson and safe default behind each one. It ends with a live end-to-end demonstration of a production agent: a meeting concierge that turns raw meeting transcripts into a range of follow-up tasks automatically. Concrete numbers throughout (time saved, error rate, cost per run), and the guardrails that stop an agent doing something you'll regret: draft-don't-send, deduplication, and human sign-off.
What Does The Future Look Like With AI?
A theoretical talk on the impact of AI on work, life and society.
Wrap Up
Closing remarks and next steps
Pizza, Drinks & Networking
Casual networking with food and drinks
Speakers
Attendees
Location
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