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Cloud use and complexity is soaring on the back of massive demand for AI-enabled products. As cloud bills rise, the challenge of delivering business value has never been more more urgent. FinOps is widely recognised as the answer, but many organizations are struggling to get their FinOps capabilities up to speed in time.

Join us at PWC's offices in Manchester to see how leading organisations in the North West are powering up their FinOps capabilities and extracting maximum business value from their cloud investment. Along the way, meet your peers and enjoy an evening with the cloud FinOps community in the North West.

Agenda 3:30 Reception 4:00 Introduction & Welcome - Mike Bradbury and Reggie Kelley (PWC) 4:15 Lightning talks, each of 5-6 minutes duration, delivered by:

• Reggie Kelley (Partner, PWC)
• Alex Long (IBM/Apptio)
• Adedeji Owalesi (SS&C Blue Prism)
• Alan Lapington (Estrato Cloud)
• Mike Bradbury (FinOps Ninja)

5:00 Short break 5:15 Focus Sessions - a more indepth and interactive look at strategies for powering up FinOps 6:15 Q&A session and Refreshments 6:45 Informal networking

Welcome to FinOps in Leeds 2024! We're going to take a look at how enterprises in the North East are responding to the challenges of rapidly-growing cloud usage and spend.

First off, we have short, 'Lightning Talks' from local FinOps practitioners, bringing you up to date on what is happening on the Leeds FinOps scene and describing FinOps tactics you might use in your own organisation.

After the lightning talks, there will be 3 Focus Sessions allowing a more in-depth and interactive look at some of the key FinOps challenges that organisations are tackling in 2024.

We will conclude with refreshments and informal networking.

3:00 - 3:30 Registration 3:30 - A word from our hosts, PWC (Reggie Kelley) 3:35 'FinOps at the Speed of Cloud & AI' by Mike Bradbury, UK Meetup Organizer 3:50 Lightning Talks from local FinOps practitioners 4:10 Focus Sessions: - Cloud Economics and Sustainability - Going Green and Frugal! - FinOps - Technology value under presssure - Accelerating FinOps adoption with hackathons and gamification 5:30 Refreshments and Informal networking 6:30 Close

PWC's office is not the easiest to find. The address is Central Square, Wellington St, but in fact the office building is set back from the road and surrounded by a pedestrian area. You may find this video helps to identify the right building! https://maps.app.goo.gl/jR6T165U9WdHhBXA9

Welcome to FinOps in Leeds 2024! We're going to take a look at how enterprises in the North East are responding to the challenges of rapidly-growing cloud usage and spend.

First off, we have short, 'Lightning Talks' from local FinOps practitioners, bringing you up to date on what is happening on the Leeds FinOps scene and describing FinOps tactics you might use in your own organisation.

After the lightning talks, there will be 3 Focus Sessions allowing a more in-depth and interactive look at some of the key FinOps challenges that organisations are tackling in 2024.

We will conclude with refreshments and informal networking.

3:00 - 3:30 Registration 3:30 - A word from our hosts, PWC (Reggie Kelley) 3:35 'FinOps at the Speed of Cloud & AI' by Mike Bradbury, UK Meetup Organizer 3:50 Lightning Talks from local FinOps practitioners 4:10 Focus Sessions: - Cloud Economics and Sustainability - Going Green and Frugal! - FinOps - Technology value under presssure - Accelerating FinOps adoption with hackathons and gamification 5:30 Refreshments and Informal networking 6:30 Close

PWC's office is not the easiest to find. The address is Central Square, Wellington St, but in fact the office building is set back from the road and surrounded by a pedestrian area. You may find this video helps to identify the right building! https://maps.app.goo.gl/jR6T165U9WdHhBXA9