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End of Year Special: UX Design for Power BI + Building Data Foundations for GenAI!

We’re rounding off the year with a big one 🎉 Join us for a special in-person & hybrid session at Platform (Leeds Train Station) hosted by Hopton Analytics — complete with food, drinks, networking and two fantastic talks that bring together practical Power BI design, data strategy, and GenAI enablement.

Session 1:

Design That Works: How UX Principles Transform Power BI Reports Speaker: Simon Devine, Director at Hopton Analytics Good reporting isn’t just about visuals — it’s about communication. In this session, you’ll learn how UX thinking shapes better Power BI dashboards. We’ll explore:

• How users actually read and interpret data
• Practical layout & spacing techniques
• Effective typography and colour usage
• How to remove clutter and guide decision-making
• A real-time report makeover to demonstrate the transformation

If you've ever thought “This report makes sense… but it doesn’t feel right” — this session is for you.

Session 2:

Building Solid Data Foundations for GenAI Speaker: Maryleen Amaizu, Azure Data Platform Consultant AI works best when the data behind it is strong, reliable, and well-structured. Maryleen will walk through how to architect the underlying data environment needed to support Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for business use-cases. This session will include a demo using:

• AWS (Hosted GenAI Models)
• Python (RAG Logic)
• UI Layer for visualisation

Learn how to design systems that allow GenAI to actually deliver value rather than just buzzwords.

Food + Drinks + Great People \| In Person & Online 🎥 Whether you love geeking out over a semantic model, pushing Power BI design to the next level, or exploring GenAI — this is a must-attend event to round off the year.

RSVP now to secure your in-person spot — space is limited!

Everyone’s talking about GenAI. But at Big Data London, you want more than hype. 

In this session, Simon Devine (Founder of Hopton Analytics) shares how the East of England Co-op embedded GenBI – Pyramid’s generative AI tool – into their business intelligence platform to improve how decisions are made across the organisation. 

This wasn’t a flashy experiment. It was a carefully planned rollout of AI-generated explanations, natural language querying, and explainable analytics – designed to support busy operational teams, reduce report backlogs, and drive smarter decisions at scale. 

Simon will take you behind the scenes of the project: how it was planned, what hurdles had to be overcome, and the governance structures that helped it succeed. You'll hear honest reflections on what worked, what didn’t, and what they’d do differently.

 Whether you’re a data leader looking for real-world use cases, a BI owner exploring GenAI adoption, or a transformation lead trying to unlock value from your reporting stack – this session will give you practical insight, not just theory.

 Come for the lived experience. Leave with ideas you can actually use.

We have a monster event planned for the May Power BI, Data and Fabric User Group, and you don't want to miss out!

We have Simon Devine, a local Yorkshire based director at Hopton Analytics with offices in Leeds and London, is a respected figure in the realm of analytics and business intelligence. His work centres around Decision Intelligence, where he is dedicated to crafting solutions that streamline the process from data to decision-making.

Simon will be covering a UI/UX based sessions, "Are you happy if we do this??" where he will dive into best practices for UX/UI in Power BI, exploring what effective design looks like and how it can create a seamless user experience. Learn to craft interfaces that not only look good but also make data analysis intuitive and accessible.

We also have the London based Microsoft MVP James Dales. Fresh from his adventures around the world, James will be travelling over to Leeds to share his session on "Geospatial analytics and mapping with Power BI". In this session packed with back to back demos, James will explore the options for creating maps in Power BI. He'll look at the key capabilities of the Azure Maps and ArcGIS visuals that come bundled with Power BI. Then for those more advanced requirements he'll look at some additional options using custom visuals. Finally he'll explore what the future for spatial analysis in Power BI might look like.

Two incredible session, one amazing evening at an awesome new location, XSEM!

As always there will be plenty of food and refreshments for all, and free parking for those that want to drive.

This is an exclusive In Person event, please RSVP if you are able to attend in person only.

Don't miss out and register today.