AI Under Control: What Breaks When You Push It Into Production
We called this event AI Under Control because the question is no longer whether AI can be used in production. It’s whether the systems around it are strong enough to keep working when real-world pressure hits.
That’s especially true in databases and enterprise operations, where mistakes do not roll back cleanly and “mostly works” is not good enough. The real challenge is not just deploying AI, but keeping control of the operational foundations it depends on.
On 18 June, Innovators Guild brings together two people looking at that problem from different angles.
Richard Conway, Group CTO at Acora, will open with Slow Down to Speed Up: The Operational Reality of Enterprise AI. He’ll look at what happens when AI-assisted changes meet real enterprise environments, and why the safest way to move faster is often to first tighten the systems, process, and controls around them.
Huxley Kendell, Solution Engineer at Redgate, will give the main technical talk, AI Done Safely: Lessons from Database Deployments. He’ll walk through where AI actually helps in production systems, where it doesn’t, and how to structure things so it doesn’t quietly become a liability. Drawing on real deployments, this is a practical look at agentic and AI-assisted approaches, with honest takes on what works and what blows up.
Agenda
18:00 Doors open. Come early, grab a drink and pizza, and talk to people.
18:45 Talks begin.
After the talks, beer and pizza, and the conversations that usually turn out to be the most useful part of the evening.
This is an Innovators Guild event. We keep the room to around 70 people, mostly mid-senior engineers, scientists, and technical founders who have actually shipped the kind of systems being discussed.
Registration on Luma is required and subject to host approval, and you will need valid photo ID to access the building on the night.
Redgate is sponsoring the guest experience.
Fresha is the venue sponsor.
Speakers
Richard Conway on LinkedIn
Huxley Kendell on LinkedIn
Innovators Guild, a curated London tech community, https://innovators.london. This is a Chatham House Rule event.