Programme 2026
Agile Manchester
12-13 May 2027
Track 1
Keynote
Things you thought you didn’t need to care about that have a big impact on your job
60 minutes
Holly Cummins
Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM
Day 1 - Wednesday 13 May
08:45
Conference registration
09:35
Welcome to Agile Manchester Day 1
09:45
10:45
Morning break
11:15
Track 1
Case Study
What I learnt from rescuing a mammoth technology integration at Bloom & Wild
45 minutes
Stephen Janaway
Bloom & Wild Ltd
Track 2
Talk
Building responsible teams through Deaf-inclusive design
45 minutes
Emily Wright
Independent
Track 3
Workshop
Meeting and workshop icebreakers that don’t suck (no really)
90 minutes
Emily Webber
Tacit
Track 4
Workshop
Embodied agility: using the body to handle emotions and decision making at work
90 minutes
Daniel Susser
ITV & Embodied Agility
Track 5
Workshop
The Agile City heist: case of the missing customer value
90 minutes
Swarnadipa Banerjee
Kubrick Group
Amy Aspinall
Kubrick Group
12:00
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12:10
Track 1
Talk
Survival of the curious: continuous learning in the age of AI
50 minutes
Dave Westgarth
Unifeye
Track 2
Talk
Beyond woke: the future of inclusive leadership that delivers results
50 minutes
Rachel Morgan-Trimmer
Firebird
13:00
Track 1
Break
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
60 minutes
Track 2
Low-fi Talks
13:20 - 13:50 Scran and Share
30 minutes
14:00
Track 1
Keynote
Better questions in the age of AI
60 minutes
Steph Wright
Co-Founder and Director of Our AI Collective
15:00
Afternoon break
15:30
Track 1
Case Study
So You’ve Built It, Now Support It!
45 minutes
Stephen Janaway
Bloom & Wild Ltd
Track 2
Talk
From vision to impact: the Strategy Sprint
60 minutes
Rachel Dubois
bttrways
Track 4
Workshop
Design thinking in an AI era
110 minutes
Llara Geddes
AND Digital
Perminder Dhillon
AND Digital
Track 5
Workshop
Unforgettable retrospectives: a cross-team experience in action
110 minutes
Rachelle Williams
Furnell Projects
16:30
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16:40
Track 1
Talk
Observing applications and user experience with OpenTelemetry
45 minutes
Carly Richmond
Elastic
Track 2
Case Study
Technology enablement on a 180-and-a-half year-old landscape
45 minutes
Andy Longshaw
The Co-operative Group
Track 3
Workshop
Strengths at work: how our best qualities can trip us up (and what to do about it)
45 minutes
Col Maggs
Vortex Cambridge
17:25
End of day social evening
Thursday 14 May
09:35
Welcome to Agile Manchester Day 2
09:45
Track 1
Keynote
The Board-to-Build disconnect: how product & tech leaders can translate innovation into board-level impact
60 minutes
Kirsten Mann
Vizory, CEO & Founder (but still CPO at heart)
10:45
Morning break
11:15
Track 1
Talk
The way the future was
60 minutes
Kevlin Henney
Independent
James Lewis
Thoughtworks
Track 2
Talk
AI in delivery: embedding quality and ethics in generative workflows
60 minutes
Waseem Chauhan
Independent
Track 3
Workshop
Cut through complexity: the OOPSI Framework
115 minutes
Jenny Martin
Collaborate Solutions Ltd
Track 4
Workshop
‘AI Strategy Canvas’: shaping your approach to AI
115 minutes
Stuart Munton
AND Digital
12:15
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12:25
Track 1
Talk
A commune in the ivory tower
45 minutes
Andrew Harmel-Law
Thoughtworks
Track 2
Talk
Are we there yet?: keeping the human in the loop
45 minutes
Laura Dalrymple
Tangity/NTT Data
Track 5
Talk
What boards actually think of product leaders (and what to do about it)
45 minutes
Kirsten Mann
Vizory, CEO & Founder (but still CPO at heart)
Randy Silver
Out of Owls
13:10
Track 1
Break
13:10 - 14:00 Lunch break
50 minutes
Track 2
Low-fi Talks
13:20 - 13:50 Scran and Share
30 minutes
14:00
Track 1
Talk
Agile is easy. Leading humans (and ourselves)? That’s the real work.
60 minutes
Evie Brockwell
New Look
Track 2
Talk
Navigating uncertainty in complex software systems
60 minutes
Jitesh Gosai
BBC
Track 3
Workshop
Getting started with coaching
110 minutes
Randy Silver
Out of Owls
Track 4
Workshop
Kanban coffee: maximising flow to deliver impact
60 minutes
Dan Webb
Rolls-Royce
15:00
Afternoon break
15:20
Track 1
Case Study
Calm REBEL: leading without losing yourself
45 minutes
Geoff Watts
Inspect & Adapt
Track 2
Case Study
Institutional memory: beyond the fear of losing it
45 minutes
Jo Tansley Thomas
Government Digital Service
Workshop continued
Track 3
Discussion
Compliance without compromise: agile strategies for regulated environments
45 minutes
Samane Igder
Barclays
16:05
Switchover
16:15
Track 1
Talk
Conference close
15 minutes
16:30
Gather locally for a post-event refreshment