he annual Everyday AI Conference by Dataiku celebrates the use of artificial intelligence in day-to-day business . The international conference features a series of events in major cities worldwide which , in 2022 , included London , New York , Bengaluru and Paris . But the flagship London event was almost derailed when , just 10 days before the conference , the biggest railway strike in 30 years was announced to coincide with the event .

The Everyday AI Conference is not just about data – the event showcases how human interaction advances AI capabilities and the conference has a strong personal element to it . After a two-year hiatus , the 2022 event was seen as an opportunity for Dataiku staff , partners and the broader industry to connect in person again . Dataiku and brand experience agency , Clive , knew that this would be impossible to achieve in London during a train strike .

“ Dataiku had many calls and emails from guests and partners saying it would be impossible for them to get to the event ,” explains Alex Tzanis , account manager , Clive . “ It created a huge

“ Anna Valley was responsible for all technical elements for the conference – including scenic , exhibition and audio visual .”

disruption , to the point where we were nervous about the existence of the event and considered postponing it to a date later in the summer .” Eventually they turned to event technology partners , Anna Valley , with an ambitious proposal to avoid the disruption caused by the strikes by moving the event date forward . But changing the date so close to the event would not be easy .

Relationships forged in fire

This was not the first time that Clive helped Dataiku put the Everyday AI Conference together . The London-based company , which is part of the global brand experience agency , First , also

worked on the event in 2019 . But , while both events were hosted at Tobacco Dock , this would be the first time that Clive would work with Anna Valley on any event . Despite this , Tzanis was confident in the AV company ’ s ability to deliver , he said : “ They have fantastic credentials and would come out on top nine times out of 10 in our normal supplier selection process .”

Anna Valley was responsible for all technical elements for the conference – including scenic , exhibition and audio visual – and collaborated with the Clive team to deliver their creative concepts and provide the impact that the client expected from the event .