Dr. Laura Gilbert CBE
Sr. Director of AI
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Sr. Director of AI
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Data on Deck.
Smooth sailing, sharp insights.
Ahoy there! Come aboard the growth galleon, as we've summoned the top names shaking up the digital experience space to chart the course to data-driven growth.
Discover how today’s leading brands are breaking down data silos, unifying insights, and transforming strategy into action. See how you can leverage behavioural analytics, cloud-scale data, and expert data activation to drive growth, innovation, and retention.
Our guests will disembark armed with a shipload of transformative thinking, such as:
- Eliminating data silos to enable faster, more confident decision-making.
- How collaboration with multiple partners is helping brands get more from their data.
- How AI accelerates insight discovery and drives revenue-focused strategies.
P.S. If you're looking for the infamous Champagne Breakfast. We've swapped morning mimmosas for bubbly by the boatload and a cruise down the Thames.
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September 11, 2025 |
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12:30 BST / 5:30pm EST |
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Aboard Dixie Queen (boarding at Butler's Wharf, London Bridge) |
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Jamie Goss
Senior Digital Analyst
VodafoneThree
VodafoneThree
Siji Onabanjo
Associate Director, Digital Solutions
Associate Director, Digital Solutions
CACI
Jane Austin
SVP, Product Design
Contentsquare
12:30
In-person
Arrival, networking, & nibbles
Grab a brew, bite into something delicious, and let the networking begin 🤝
13:30
In-person
Virtual
Contentsquare welcome
13:50
In-person
Virtual
Dr Laura Gilbert CBE, Senior Director of AI
Dr. Laura Gilbert is the Senior Director of AI and Head of the AI for Government program at the Tony Blair Institute, working to deliver a program of AI solutions to improve the ability of governments to plan and deliver resilient public services and generate better economic and wellbeing outcomes for their citizens.
From September 2020 to January 2025 Laura worked in 10 Downing Street as the founding director of 10DS, the data science and analytics team, and the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI). These high-performance teams successfully provided ground-breaking, fast-paced modelling and analysis to support policy making and delivery, and delivered expert data and AI solutions into public services.
Laura holds a doctorate in Particle Physics and Computing from Oxford University, undergraduate degrees from Cambridge University and is a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Policy. She has previously worked in defence intelligence and quantitative finance, and for nearly a decade was founder/CTO of a medical technologies company, Rescon, bringing it from start-up to SMT to acquisition before exiting and joining government in 2020. In 2023 she was awarded a CBE for Services to Technology and Analysis.
From September 2020 to January 2025 Laura worked in 10 Downing Street as the founding director of 10DS, the data science and analytics team, and the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI). These high-performance teams successfully provided ground-breaking, fast-paced modelling and analysis to support policy making and delivery, and delivered expert data and AI solutions into public services.
Laura holds a doctorate in Particle Physics and Computing from Oxford University, undergraduate degrees from Cambridge University and is a visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Policy. She has previously worked in defence intelligence and quantitative finance, and for nearly a decade was founder/CTO of a medical technologies company, Rescon, bringing it from start-up to SMT to acquisition before exiting and joining government in 2020. In 2023 she was awarded a CBE for Services to Technology and Analysis.
Dr Laura Gilbert CBE
Senior Director of AI,
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
14:10
In-person
Virtual
Jamie Goss, Senior Digital Analyst, VodafoneThree
Breaking down data silos: Smooth sailing for secure sign-ins
Set sail on a journey to seamless authentication. In this session, Jamie will explore how unifying login data and breaking down internal silos are transforming the customer experience. Discover how connecting data sources and fostering cross-team collaboration not only streamlines user access but also boosts satisfaction, reduces exit rates, and improves every step of the customer journey.
Jamie Goss
Senior Digital Analyst, VodafoneThree
14:30
Refreshments Break ☕️
15:00
In-person
Virtual
Panel Discussion
Power of connected data: Insights to action, all in one place.
Join Contentsquare, Snowflake, and CACI to discover how today’s leading brands are breaking data silos, uncovering deep customer insights, and unlocking even more business value than ever before – all with the right combination of trusted partners at their side..
15:45
In-person
Harbour cruise, bubbles, and BBQ 🚢 🥂🍗
Keeping the good vibes and networking going as we set sail for a cruise down the Thames with plenty of bubbly and BBQ to keep you fueled.
We will return to Butler's Wharf for 5:30pm.
