Agile Yorkshire Meetup 01 July 2026

Our monthly gatherings offer a valuable platform for local practitioners to connect, share knowledge, and learn from one another. Attendees also have the opportunity to hear from some of the industry’s leading speakers, enriching their understanding of Agile principles and practices while fostering a collaborative environment.

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Topic: What Are You Doing With the Time AI Is Saving You?

Speaker Introduction
Georgina Shute is a technology leader, coach, and neuroinclusion strategist with over 15 years' experience leading digital transformation initiatives for organisations including the NHS, Sainsbury's, and John Lewis & Partners. Through coaching, workshops, and speaking engagements, she helps leaders create sustainable ways of working that reduce burnout and improve performance.

Presentation Summary
AI is helping teams move faster than ever before, but what are we doing with the time we're gaining? Georgina explores the importance of protecting thinking time in modern technology teams, examining how organisations can balance speed, innovation, and wellbeing while ensuring teams remain focused on solving the right problems.

Topic: Monitoring As Part of QA: Building Observable, Agile Engineering Processes

Speaker Introduction
Dr Toby Sucharov is CTO at Yaspa and a technology entrepreneur with over 20 years' experience building and scaling products and platforms. David Turner is Head of Engineering at Yaspa and an experienced engineering leader, passionate about agile delivery, engineering culture, and building high-performing teams.

Presentation Summary
When critical dependencies sit outside your control, traditional QA approaches can only take you so far. Toby and David share how Yaspa has embedded observability into its engineering culture, using monitoring and real-world metrics to improve quality, resilience, and decision-making in complex service-oriented environments.

This event is ideal for:

• Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters
• Software Engineers and Developers
• Engineering Managers and Technical Leaders
• Delivery Managers and Project Managers
• Product Managers and Product Owners
• QA Engineers, Testers, and SRE/Platform Teams
• Anyone interested in AI, observability, modern engineering practices, and improving team performance

We are looking foward to welcoming you soon.

The Agile Yorkshire Team

Info: Our host will introduce the theme of the meetup and set the stage for our engaging sessions.

Info: Our first speaker will take the stage for a 30-minute session.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Platform, New Station Street, Leeds, United Kingdom

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