Announcing AI in Production 2027

AI in Production is about the reality of running AI and machine learning systems, not just building them. The talks come from people who have shipped something and lived with what came next: what worked, what surprised them, what they would do differently. The second edition returns to The Catalyst in Newcastle upon Tyne on 10 and 11 June 2027, and the call for speakers is open until 29 January.

What to expect

Hands-on workshops on Thursday 10 June, then a full day of talks and lightning talks on Friday 11 June. On the workshop day you take one morning and one afternoon session, with lunch included and a dinner and drinks reception in the Catalyst atrium afterwards. Topics across both days cover deployment, monitoring and observability, generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation, and responsible AI as it applies day to day. The talks we like best are the ones that cover what went wrong as well as what worked.

The shape of both days is on the conference site, and the FAQ answers most of the logistics questions.

Call for speakers

Proposals close on 29 January 2027. We want talks grounded in a system that exists and gets used by someone other than its author: what worked, what surprised you, what you would do differently. Deployment, observability, incident response, evaluation and guardrails, cost and latency, governance in daily practice, and the team lessons that come with keeping any of it running.

If you are unsure whether your talk fits, try this. Swap “AI” for any other kind of software system. If the talk still holds up, it is probably not for us. If it falls apart because the AI-specific parts are central to the story, that is what we are looking for.

First-time speakers are welcome. Our guide to submitting conference abstracts walks through the writing, and why submit to AI in Production addresses the usual worry about whether your work is ready. Send a title and up to 300 words through the submission form.

Key dates

• 8 January 2027: Super early bird deadline
• 29 January 2027: Call for speakers closes
• 5 March 2027: Early bird deadline
• 4 June 2027: General registration deadline
• 10 June 2027: Conference begins

Tickets

Book the conference day on its own, or a combined ticket that includes the workshop day.

Last year at AI in Production 2026

The 2027 line-up is still coming together, and there is room on the programme if you would like to speak. In the meantime, last year’s talks are a fair guide to the range: law, water, ecology, online gambling, central government, higher education, clinical research and enterprise software, as well as the software consultancies and tooling vendors you would expect.

Nathan Bilton of the law firm Weightmans covered who carries the liability when a chatbot gives a customer the wrong answer. Mac Misiura of Red Hat went through open source guardrails for securing large language model applications at scale. Grant Beasley of the online gambling operator tombola, with our own Myles Mitchell, showed how deep learning can identify players at risk of gambling harm. Seb Ringrose of Doubleword explained why low latency, low cost and high quality are a pick-two problem, and George Stagg of Posit closed the day on what building Posit Assistant taught him about agents. Our summary of the 2026 conference covers every talk, and you can watch the full 2026 playlist on YouTube.

Getting here

The Catalyst is at 3 Science Square, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG, a 10 minute walk from Newcastle Central Station. Trains take about three hours from London and 90 minutes from Edinburgh. Newcastle International Airport is about 30 minutes from Central Station on the Metro. St James’ Park is a short walk away.

Make a trip of it

There is more to the city than the venue, and NewcastleGateshead has the full list. A few favourites:

• The Quayside, where the tilting Millennium Bridge and the Tyne Bridge sit side by side, with a Sunday market under the arches
• Grey Street and Grainger Town, Georgian streets that regularly top “best street in the UK” lists, plus the covered Grainger Market
• Newcastle Castle, the medieval keep that gave the city its name, with rooftop views over the Tyne
• BALTIC and The Glasshouse, contemporary art and music across the river in Gateshead
• Ouseburn Valley, the creative quarter: converted warehouses, street art, a city farm and some of the best independent pubs in the North East
• St James’ Park, home of Newcastle United, with stadium tours most days

Sponsorship

If your organisation would like to support the conference, email events@jumpingrivers.com.

Super early bird tickets are on sale until 8 January. Book your place.