Going Live: How CIOB built, tested and deployed their AI

Date: 11 February 2027 – 9am to 2pm

Speakers: Jen Watkins (IC9), Bluelight technical team, CIOB operational lead (TBC)

Every AI project should have a concrete plan. This session is about what happens when you launch it. CIOB will share exactly how they built, tested and deployed their AI, including what went as expected, what did not, and what they would do differently. There’s zero polished retrospective, but an honest account from the people who were there, in the room with you.

What you’ll do in this session

This is the most hands-on session in the series. You will work with prompt design and agent configuration, explore testing principles, and dig into one of the hardest parts of any AI implementation – why some teams embrace it and others resist it, and what you can do about it in your own organisation. Getting the technology right is only half the job. Getting your people there is the other half.

Key takeaways

In session three, you will build your own testing and governance checklist and a change readiness assessment built around your own organisation.

Join the series

You can join the complete journey with all four sessions for just £195. Here you will follow CIOB’s implementation from the very beginning and build your own roadmap alongside it. Each session runs from 09:30 to 14:15 and includes refreshments and lunch.

If you’re only able to make a couple of the dates, sessions can also be purchased individually for just £60 if space permits. Each will provide a unique insight into another step of the CIOB AI journey.