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Tuesday 23rd September 2025
As the way we work with data constantly evolves, the conversations around Microsoft Purview, solid data governance, and securing your data for responsible AI, whilst ensuring you have the right data platform, have become more important than ever.
Join Simpson Associates on the 23rd of September for an intimate evening where they will
explore everything from strategic planning to solution implementation, always keeping your people and processes in mind to truly unlock your data's potential.
This intimate evening offers an opportunity to:
- Engage in a high-level, peer-to-peer discussion on the challenges and opportunities of choosing the right data platform, data governance, AI governance, and security.
- Gain insights on Microsoft Purview best practices from strategy to expert implementation, including the vital human element.
- Hear about how tools like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks integrate seamlessly with Purview.
- Share and learn from real-life use cases: and how other leading organisations are tackling data governance, security, and AI governance.
- Connect with a small group of influential IT leaders from diverse sectors, sharing experiences and shaping future strategies.
Roundtable Dinner Format
18.00 - 18.40
Networking with drinks
18.40 - 19.00
Starters served, introductions
19.00 - 19.30
Presentation
19.30 - 20.30
Dinner and networking
20.30 - 21.00
Closing remarks and formal close
About the sponsor
Simpson Associates
A UK-based data transformation consultancy specialising in unlocking the power of data through strategic advisory, governance, and next-generation platform delivery.
As a 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year (Community Response), they deliver high-impact outcomes across both public and private sectors.
From their bases in York and Sheffield, Simpson Associates offers a full spectrum of services—from high-level data strategy assessments, maturity audits, and CDO-as-a‑Service to hands-on implementations in Microsoft Fabric, Purview, Databricks, and IBM Planning Analytics.