DTX + UCX Manchester is set to return to Manchester Central on April 29 – 30 2026, with a renewed focus on people, process and technology.
The event promises to bring together a world-renowned roster of speakers with an agenda dedicated to the event theme: ‘From Purpose to Practice: Igniting Curiosity, Building Trust, Confronting Risk’.
As the flagship event of Manchester Tech Week, DTX + UCX Manchester provides the platform to unite teams to drive purposeful, long-term business change. Every stage is built around the real-world challenges facing organisations today, while offering an education programme which highlights the importance of people in achieving successful business transformation.
In an unmissable Day 1 keynote, the event brings together two of the world’s most formidable cyber authorities to tackle the defining challenge of our era: leveraging AI against emerging threats. Featuring Howard Marshall, the former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division who led the national response to global attacks, and Kelly Bissell, the former Corporate VP of Product Abuse and Risk at Microsoft who secured one of the planet’s largest digital ecosystems, this session offers a rare look at the front lines of global defence. Together, they will share high-level insights on moving from reactive monitoring to autonomous, real-time protection.
The momentum continues into Day 2 with a deep dive into the next frontier of automation. Chief AI Officer Chiru Bhavansikar (Arhasi AI), Manish Ballal (AWS), and Andreas Kollegger (Neo4j) will take the stage to dismantle the complexities of Agentic AI. This isn’t just theory; it’s a masterclass in how knowledge graphs are building the brains behind the next generation of intelligent systems.
The event programme has been developed in collaboration with the DTX + UCX Advisory Board, a group of technology leaders from organisations around the world, including Vanquis Banking Group, Santander, Apollo, Segro, and RSA.
Across both days, senior technology leaders from Liverpool City Region, GCHQ, the Home Office and N Brown will share real-world case studies and practical insights. Speaking sessions will focus on building and sustaining cyber resilience strategies, navigating regulatory requirements and deploying AI in a secure, ethical and commercially viable way.
The “From Purpose to Practice: Igniting Curiosity, Building Trust, Confronting Risk” theme will sit at the heart of the conference, exploring how businesses can leverage emerging technologies like AI while building trust, safeguarding resilience, and improving customer and employee experiences. Through insights from industry peers, delegates will move beyond the ‘what if’ to the ‘how’, learning how to select the right technologies for their organisation and embed them effectively to unlock measurable value.
The event brings together IT decision makers from the biggest and brightest organisations covering the entire tech stack (including ITSM, cyber security, IT infrastructure & cloud, data management, communications & collaboration, customer experience and AI & automation). It is the hotspot to learn about today’s most important digital conversations, offering visitors exclusive panels, workshops, technical deep-dives and community meetups.
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