IT Leaders Forum AGM and Symposium

Dr Mengqui Cao

13:00 Sandwich lunch available at BCS

14:00 AGM: Jonathan Leeson to chair

14:30 Break for networking, collating Symposium items from members, etc

15:15 Symposium: Availability/Service Resilience (Ed Steinmueller and Panel)

16:00 Symposium: UCL Presentation Dr Mengqui Cao

16:40 Symposium: Discussion led by Kevin Eagles - priorities for 2026

17:20 Symposium: Photography competition: Panel and voting

18:00 Networking & drinks at BCS

19:00 Close

The event will give delegates the opportunity to explore the challenges facing IT Leaders in 2026 and to volunteer to contribute to researching and providing positive tools and methods for the IT Leaders community.

Mengqiu Cao is a Lecturer in Transport and Urban Systems Modelling (Urban Systems Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning) at the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER), University College London (UCL).

He works in both academia and industry, specialising in an interdisciplinary research field, which is primarily a mixture of transport analysis and urban studies.

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.

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Please note, if you have any accessibility needs, please let us know via [email protected] and we’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.

For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.

THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

BCS IT Leaders Forum

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Ave, London, United Kingdom

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