13th National Analyst’s Conference, 20-21 May 2026

Denham Grove Hotel, Uxbridge, UK

 

Booking for our thirteenth National Analyst’s Conference (NAC) sponsored by i2 is now live.

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The NAC has established itself as one of the highlights of the analyst’s calendar and is a must attend for all analysts.

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It brings together the analysis community to debate current best practice and recognise the pivotal role analysts play in today’s data-driven investigations.

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It acknowledges and promotes the status of the analyst as a body of dedicated professionals working on complex investigations.

Previous events have been attended by analysts from police forces, other law enforcement and government agencies, as well as the wider public and private sector. All analysts are welcome to attend whatever your organisation.

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Running alongside the conference will be some exhibition stands featuring industry experts who will explain how their technology and services can help your work.

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Join us for our evening quiz!

Our evening quiz and social will provide analysts with the opportunity to pit their wits against each other. We know you are a competitive and good-natured bunch so we know the evening will be enjoyable and entertaining.

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Speakers now include

New Prometheus Analytical Tool. National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) National Data and Analytics Office (NDAO) will be showcasing a new analytical tool called Prometheus that is currently being trialled and will be rolled out to all police forces.​ It applies advanced data technologies to give analysts faster insights, reduce duplication of effort, and improve the way information is shared across systems.

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Exclusive demonstration: Join us for an exclusive demonstration of its advanced capabilities.

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The University of Buckingham will be showcasing its new Intelligence Analyst Apprenticeship (Level Four). It equips professionals with critical analytical, legal, and communication skills to thrive in intelligence-driven environments.

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Analysts’ Well-being: Katy Wallace Threat and Performance Senior Manager, Southeast Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) will be speaking about the importance of analyst’s well-being, drawing on her own experiences.

 

Our impressive line-up also includes:

• Opening address: The Future Analyst: The Digital Power and Human Insight in an Age of Intelligence Innovation, Mark Parkinson, Head of Intelligence Analysis and Research, Met Police

 

• Met Police Risk Identification Link Analysis Team: Linking Unexpected Deaths Through People, Places and Patterns, understanding, mapping and linking unexpected deaths, focussing on repeat perpetrators, risk locations and emerging trends, Isobel, Winnard

 

• National Crime Agency, TRACER: Wearable technology: The impact of an evolving technology landscape for investigations, Kyle Abbas, Intelligence Analyst, NCA

 

• League against Cruel Sports: Objectively Objecting: Maintaining Professional Standards as an analysis Whilst Fighting for a Cause, improving the credibility of analysis through creative data collection, data visualisation and professional standards, producing persuasive analytical products whilst overcoming personal and institutional bias with easy SATs suitable for lone workers, Catherine Rothwell, Intelligence Analyst, The League Against Cruel Sports

 

• Cambridgeshire Constabulary: Analytic techniques and best practice in Operation Bridgetown, an armed robbery in St Neot’s Cambridgeshire, Oli Atkinson Intelligence Analyst, Serious Organised Acquisitive Crime, Cambridgeshire Constabulary

 

• MO2, Met Intelligence, Met Police: Handling stolen good with a focus on smartphones, a look at the rise in knowledge around stolen phone exportation with a demonstration of how i2 technology can help generate associated clusters of robbery and theft subjects, Darren Barber, Lead Intelligence Analyst and Elliot Smith, Intelligence Analyst

 

• UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU): Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) Analysis: Operational Impact at Scale, Holly Lack, Manager Analysis Team.

 

• University of Birmingham: New research findings on motivation outlining the kinds of spiking behaviours people engage in, who is affected, where incidents occur and, crucially, the reasons for this behaviour, Dr Amy Burrell, Research Fellow at The University of Birmingham.

 

• International Association of Law Enforcement Analysts (ILEA) Speed networking session led by Elaine Robertson and Kyle Abbas

 

• Headline Sponsor i2: Delivering a Threat-Agnostic Intelligence Capability
  Seth Cooke, i2’s Technical and Tradecraft Strategist, shows how to use existing i2 software with wider capabilities to enable analysts to create and maintain an infinitely extensible, adaptable, sustainable and automated threat-agnostic intelligence capability

 

• Forensic Analytics: presentation on latest innovation and updates from UK’s leading analytical software experts, Andrew Fahey, Public Affairs Director

 

• Chorus Intelligence will be exhibiting and engaging with delegates over the two days.

 

Call for speakers – if you would like to speak at this event please email: carol@the-investigator.co.uk

To exhibit – if you would like to exhibit at this event please email: dale@the-investigator.co.uk

 

Attendance costs

OPTION 1: Delegate only place: £399.99 + VAT, this includes every conference session and daytime food and refreshments on both days

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OPTION 2: Delegate place + hotel room on 20th May: £549.99 + VAT, this includes free WiFi, breakfast, evening meal, every conference session and daytime food and refreshments on both days* (use of the swimming pool and gym included)

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OPTION 3: Delegate place + hotel room on 19th and 20th May: £699.99 + VAT, this includes free WiFi breakfast, evening meal, every conference session and daytime food and refreshments on both days* (use of the swimming pool and gym included)

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OPTION 4: Delegate only place, either day: £205 + VAT, this includes every conference session and daytime food and refreshments on either day

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If the venue has no room availability a different venue will be offered to you, there maybe a difference in price. Delegate places are for Government agencies, LEA and certain private sector analysts.

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Booking: Please send the delegates name(s), email address(es) and purchase order (made out to The Investigator) to booking@the-investigator.co.uk or use our booking form HERE

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Group bookings: We offer various discounts for group bookings depending on numbers, please contact us for details.

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Venue address: Denham Grove Hotel, Tilehouse Lane, Denham, UB9 5DG, UK

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