With Mac McEldon, CyberAI
11 September 2025, 09:30 - 12:30
Newcastle United Foundation, NUCASTLE, Diana Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BQ
Tickets:
Entrepreneur Member
Corporate Partner / Member
Guest (Premium/Ultimate members only)
As AI becomes more accessible, business owners face a new challenge - which areas of my business do I need to think about first for AI success? In this practical two-hour session, AI expert Mac McEldon will show you how to avoid the risks and focus on what really matters: building the right foundations to unlock your AI potential.
Mac will explore the real risks of AI (bias, poor data, compliance gaps) and introduce AgenticFlow™, his proprietary framework designed to help you embrace AI. You’ll gain a clear view of what ‘AI-ready’ really means for growing businesses like yours. We’ll look at the key areas that need attention, from strategy and data to governance and culture, and how to assess where your business stands today.
From there, we’ll shift to action. You’ll explore the fundamentals of agentic AI – a smarter way of building AI-powered tools that actually reflect how your business works. Using CoPilot Studio, Mac and his team member Praveen Soundar will walk you through a live use case and demonstrate how simple but powerful agentic flows can be assembled to create real value.
Whether you're curious about how AI fits into your growth plans or already exploring your options, this session will give you the clarity, tools and confidence to move forward. It is also best suited to those leading businesses with 20-300 staff who want to maximise the effective roll out of agentic AI into their organisations.
Mac McEldon brings over 30 years of global experience in AI, enterprise technology and digital transformation. He’s led AI and cloud adoption for businesses across the UK, Europe and the US including time at Microsoft, Deloitte and major global enterprises. Now back in the North East with CiberAI, Mac is focused on helping business leaders unlock the real-world value of AI with practical guidance and honest advice.
Why Attend?
Avoid the Common Pitfalls
Understand the real risks of AI implementation and how to protect your business from missteps.
Get Practical, Actionable Insight
Learn what AI-readiness looks like and explore a hands-on use case using CoPilot Studio.
Build a Smarter Strategy
Leave with exposure to toolset usage and a very “real” process for assembling a basic agentic enabled flow.
The Small Print
Workshops are open to all members and partners of the Forum. Two guest places are available to ‘Ultimate’ and ‘Premium’ members. Please note guests must be from your own company.
To ensure you have a great experience at our workshop, please let us know in advance if you have any dietary or accessibility requirements. In the event that you need to cancel or amend your booking please let us know as soon as possible.
If you are a ‘Core’ member and would like to upgrade your membership or to find out more please email info@entrepreneursforum.net or call one of the team on 0191 500 7780.