RESCHEDULED: Modernising UK PLC

RESCHEDULED to Thursday 23rd July 2026

Practical approaches to legacy modernisation often get lost amid the noise generated by the latest hype cycle topic – but this is an important area of focus for many industry leaders at the coal face of transformation. This will be a pragmatic and experience-based discussion of what has, and crucially, has not worked, with a nod towards not building the next mainframe, in terms of cost and complexity.

We’ve brought together industry leaders to discuss the strategic and economic opportunities of un-anchoring a business from its legacy technology. The panel will explore how to leverage innovative new approaches to collapse development timeframes, stop the "legacy tax" from draining innovation budgets, the shift from manual, high-cost modernisation to platform-led speed and the material importance of ensuring that today’s investments do not become the next high-cost rigid maintenance monolith of the future.

We are excited to be joined by a panel of top industry leaders, including:

• Borre Wessel (CIO Corporate Engineering, LSEG)
• Omar Saad (Head of Strategy & Innovation, London Metropolitan Police Service)
• Steve Higgon (CEO, TAAP)

There will be three flash talks, including:

TAAP is a platform that enables organisations to generate enterprise applications from specification, significantly reducing build time, cost, and long-term maintenance overhead. Founded in 2003 and proven across 100+ industry verticals, it removes technical debt from the application lifecycle, allowing teams to shift effort from implementation to continuous innovation - Paul Sheridan (Commercial Director).

Kodesage provides an AI-powered platform designed to help engineering teams understand outdated codebases, accelerate developer onboarding, and ensure compliance without the risks of complete system replacements. Key elements of the solution include an ingestion service to process and analyze the the collective knowledge of software projects, a knowledge graph that maps complex relationships between code, business domains, APIs, and databases and a chat feature to ask natural language questions about any technical aspects simulating interaction with an experienced tech lead - Gergely Dombi, (CEO).

TurinTech has created a new category of solutions with our Intelligence Platforms, moving beyond simple AI tools or LLM wrappers. Our platforms, including evoML and Artemis, orchestrate multiple AI technologies—from genetic algorithms to machine learning and agentic systems—to deliver validated, production-ready results. At their core, our proprietary Intelligence Engine ensures every output is optimized for performance, security, and specific business requirements.

Sincere thanks to London Stock Exchange Group for hosting the Enterprise Tech Monthly, to TAAP for sponsoring the April ETM event and to all our annual sponsors for 2026.

Info: Come along early to meet the company leaders and see their solutions in person.

Info: Further speakers to be added shortly.

Info: Please join us at Dion St Pauls for informal post-event networking

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