AI Incubator Away Day

Schedule

Fri Feb 06 2026 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Microsoft Campus, | Reading, EN

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Join the AI Incubator Away Day on Feb 6, 2026—BOB ICB & Microsoft unite to explore AI in healthcare and drive digital transformation
About this Event

Join us on 6th February 2026 for an exclusive AI Incubator Away Day, hosted by BOB ICB in partnership with Microsoft.

Aligned to the NHS Ten-Year Plan, the away day focuses on how AI can be safely and practically applied to improve care, productivity and decision-making.

This strategic event brings together Digital Transformation Directors, decision-makers, and digital innovators across our ICS partner trusts to explore:
✅ Practical AI use cases in healthcare
✅ Opportunities and risks of AI adoption
✅ Collaborative strategies for accelerating digital transformation

Whether you’re a key leader or a digital enthusiast, this is your chance to learn, share insights, and shape the future of AI in healthcare.

🎯 Audience: ICS Digital Leaders & Transformation Teams


Agenda

🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Registration & Networking

Info: Tea/coffee on arrival
·Informal networking


🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Opening Address Co-hosts: BOB ICB & Microsoft
Host: Andy Ferrari, BOB ICB

Info: · 09:30 - 09:40 Speaker: Andy Ferrari (BOB ICB Director of Data, Analytics & Technology)
· 09:40 – 10:00 Speaker: Microsoft (TBC)
· Microsoft, Welcome & Scene-Setting
· Topic to be confirmed by Microsoft – open for their input/ (Run through of the days events)


🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Success Story - Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Host: Henry Wright, Daniel Ribeiro

Info: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust - Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) in Acute care: Research to date and Oracle CAA pilot


🕑: 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Success Story - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Host: Lee Massie

Info: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Generative AI usage (Copilot)


🕑: 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Success Story - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Host: Megan Morys-Carter

Info: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Lessons from our Ambient Voice Technology (AVT)pilot


🕑: 11:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Success Story - Sussex ICB
Host: Caz Evans

Info: Sussex ICB – Copilot Agents [Will be joining remotely]


🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Morning Tea Break
🕑: 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM
Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley – Building the Runway to Adoption
Host: Dr James Rose

Info: Building the Runway to Adoption: How Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley Is Supporting AI Readiness Across the NHS. This presentation explores how Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley supports AI technologies on the journey from development to adoption across the NHS. Using AI stroke imaging as a flagship case study—now adopted in 100% of NHS stroke centres—it will illustrate how structured evaluation, system leadership and partnership working enabled national adoption. The session will also draw on wider examples, including support for ambient voice technologies across care settings, AI-enabled risk stratification, and advances in radiology, highlighting how we work with innovators and NHS partners to build the evidence base, clarify adoption pathways, and establish the clinical and economic case needed to improve productivity and drive transformation at scale.


🕑: 12:05 PM - 12:35 PM
Bytes (UK-based IT solutions provider) Partnership

Info: Demo + Implementation insights and discussion on how AI will support delivery of care, e.g. productivity, clinical safety, access, financial sustainability, decision-making, etc. in the context of delivery of care.


🕑: 12:35 PM - 01:20 PM
Lunch Break

Info: Networking + demo pods open


🕑: 01:20 PM - 02:00 PM
Interactive Segment (BOB ICB + Microsoft) (TBC)
Host: Heidi Elsayed, Microsoft
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Afternoon Tea Break
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Microsoft Session (TBC)
Host: Chris Wheeler, Microsoft

Info: · Chris Wheeler, Microsoft - AI Governance session · Heidi Elsayed, Microsoft - Copilot & Agents Debunked session (which will include a level set of Copilot & Agents, and a finisher of the exciting future capability. )


🕑: 03:30 PM - 03:50 PM
Breakout Workshops (TBC)

Info: Breakout Workshops (TBC)


🕑: 03:50 PM - 04:00 PM
Report-Back & Closing Remarks

Info: · Group summaries
· Next steps: Governance model, working group cadence, success measures


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Microsoft Campus,, Thames Valley Park,, Reading, United Kingdom

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