Stop planningwith AI.Start shipping.
The UK summit where business leaders, founders and marketers build real software with AI — and ship it before they leave the room.
A room full of people who build — not people who talk about building.
Every AI conference in the country talks about what's coming. This one is built around a single promise: you leave having shipped, or knowing exactly how to. One day, three rooms, 300 business leaders — and the only event in the UK where SME owners, marketers and founders come to build real software for their own businesses.
Three rooms. One promise.
Main Stage
The shared moments. Two live builds — an audience problem shipped as a working app in 45 minutes. Plus show & tells from real builders sharing revenue numbers, what broke, and what the AI got wrong.
Conversations
The business track. Governance, security, data protection, distribution, cost-cutting. The room where leaders get the answers their board and IT department will ask before saying yes.
Build Rooms
Laptops open, capped capacity. A beginner track — your first app, shipped today — and a scale track covering auth, payments and databases. What separates a demo from a product.
What you'll walk out having built
Not slides about it. The actual thing, live and deployed.
A word from Joy Eneghalu
The Next Step Summit was built for every business leader who's been told building software is for someone else. It isn't. Watch this short message to find out what we're building — and why November 2026 is the moment.
Get your ticket →What we're talking about — and building.
- →Why this is the best era for women to build with AI
- →Ship Your Face — AI video for business at scale
- →Internal tools: cutting your SaaS bill, pros and cons
- →Distribution — more apps than ever, now what?
- →Visibility & SEO for AI-built products
- →Finding problems actually worth solving
- →Security concerns for AI-built products
- →Governance, policy and risk for organisations
- →Data protection for AI-built products
- →Vibecoding for social impact
Built for people with a business, not a CS degree.
If you've ever been quoted £15,000 for something that should take a weekend, this summit is for you.
SME Owners
Replace agency quotes and IT dependencies with tools you build and own yourself.
→Marketers & Operators
Ship your own campaign tools, lead capture, dashboards and client portals without waiting on developers.
→Intending Founders
Launch your first product — especially if you're a woman who's been told building tech is for someone else. It isn't.
→Corporate & L&D Teams
Assess AI governance, risk and the capability your team needs to build safely and at scale.
→Meet Your Speakers
Announcements dropping soon. Get your ticket now and see who's taking the stage.
More speakers being confirmed. Early ticket holders will be the first to know.
Get Your TicketCome and ship something.
London · November 2026 · 300 seats. The tour fills them fast.
All prices exclude VAT. Group bookings of 5 or more — email hello@thenextstep.ing
The tools that make it possible.
We partner with the platforms our attendees actually build with.