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AI & Data · Chester
Azure Cloud & AI Summit
A practitioner-led summit for cloud architects, data engineers and ML practitioners building on Azure, covering AI infrastructure, data platforms, MLOps and cloud operations at scale.
- 2026 · 47 days to go
- 26 Nov
- 2026 · 47 days to go
- In person
- Chester
- In person
- Capacity
- 100
- Capacity
- Speakers
- 20+
- Speakers
About the conference
The Azure Cloud & AI Summit brings together cloud architects, data engineers, ML engineers, platform teams and infrastructure leaders building on Azure.
It covers Azure AI services, data platform design, MLOps, observability, FinOps and the operational realities of running production systems at scale. Hosted by Searchability in Chester, it serves the Northern tech community and practitioners from across the UK.
- Date
- Thursday, 26 November 2026
- City
- Chester, England
- Host
- Searchability
- Format
- Single-track, in person
- Call for speakers
- Open now
Call for speakers open
Shipped something, learned something hard, or made a decision that mattered? That's a talk.
Who attends
Built for the people doing the work.
Cloud architects, data engineers and ML practitioners from across the UK building and operating infrastructure on Azure.
Who you'll meet
Architecture
- Cloud Architect
- Cloud Platform Engineer
- Solutions Architect
- Infrastructure Architect
Data & ML
- Data Engineer
- Data Platform Lead
- ML Engineer
- MLOps Practitioner
Operations
- Infrastructure Engineer
- SRE
- FinOps Practitioner
Leadership
- Cloud & Data Leader
- Engineering Leader
- Head of Infrastructure
What we'll cover
AI on Azure
- Azure AI services
- Model deployment pipelines
- MLOps & LLMOps
- Inference optimisation
- AI infrastructure at scale
Data Platforms
- Data platform engineering
- Data mesh & lakehouse architecture
- Streaming & real-time pipelines
- Data governance & quality
Cloud Infrastructure
- Multi-cloud architecture
- Infrastructure as code
- Database modernisation
- Cloud automation
Operations & Cost
- Observability & telemetry
- FinOps & cloud cost management
- Event-driven architecture
- Compliance in the cloud
People at our events work at
- Decathlon
- Experian
- Anthropic
- Bank of England
- Home Office
- Engine by Starling
- Starling Bank
- Capital One
- Bloomberg
- NatWest Markets
- Apple
- NHS England
- Zopa
- Rightmove
- American Express
- AXA
- Citi
- JP Morgan
- BAE
- Airbus
- Sainsbury's
- Channel 4
- OpenAI
- Vodafone
- BP
- Legal & General
- UBS
- Unilever
- ClearBank
- Meta
- Co-op
- Trainline
- Stripe
- E.ON
- Accenture
- AWS
- Microsoft
- Barclays
- HSBC
- Lloyds Banking Group
- KPMG
- Capgemini
- BT Group
- Sky
- ITV
- Nokia
- Thomson Reuters
- Gartner
- Bupa
- Aviva
- NatWest
- Glencore
- Mimecast
- Sophos
- Endava
- HCLTech
- NTT DATA
- Virtusa
- Defra
- Ofsted
- South Yorkshire Police
- Medical Protection Society
- UCL
- King's College London
- University of Leeds
- Skipton Building Society
- Leeds Building Society
- Flutter
- DeepL
- Moonpig
- Cockroach Labs
- Chainguard
- Daiwa Capital Markets
- EBRD
- Swift
- Finbourne
- Cleo
- Curve
- Teya
- Karbon
- Abound
- Cutover
- DataArt
- Pythian
- WSO2
- Rasa
- QuantCo
- Syntasso
- Luminovo
- Utiq
- Totaljobs
- JD.com
- Evoke
- Harvey Nash
- KnowBe4
- Phrase
- Transunion
- Optum UK
- CGI
- Axiologik
- Burendo
- Hippo
- Nearform
- Perforce
- Conflux
- Dash0
- Overmind
- Searchability
- Digital Endeavours
- Doza Consulting
- Nimble Approach
- T5 Digital
- Engaging Data
- NetMind.AI
- IT Experts UK
- Rig
- Enablis
- Go Reply
- Espire Infolabs
- Frequentis
- Incedo
- MSQ DX
- OpenAsset
- Searce
- IMG.LY
- Morson Edge
- WRK digital
- ROQ
- Bit Zesty
- Build Circle
- Cera Care
- CFP Energy
- cheqd
- constellr
- Eddyfi
- Electric Miles
- Beeline
- itim
- The Skills Network
- Barnsley College
- City, University of London
- Ravensbourne University London
- University of Essex
- University of Staffordshire
- University of Westminster
- V&A
Sponsors & partners
Sponsorship is open.
Partner with us to reach cloud architects, data engineers and ML practitioners building on Azure across the UK.
Put your brand in this room.
Headline, Platinum, Gold and Community packages, with every benefit listed on one page.
Community partners
From the community
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