13th National Analyst’s Conference, 20-21 May 2026
Denham Grove Hotel, Uxbridge, UK
AGENDA (BST)
Day One
8.15am-9am: Registration and refreshments in the exhibition area
9am-9.10am: Welcome and introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator
9.10am-9.50am: 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
9.50am-10.30am: Wearable technology: The impact of an evolving technology landscape for investigations, Kyle Abbas, Intelligence Analyst, National Crime Agency Threat and Risk Assessment, Capability Exploration and Research (TRACER)
10.30am-11am: Break and refreshments in the exhibition area
11am-11.40am: 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, Intelligence Analyst, Met Police Risk Identification Link Analysis Team
11.40am-12.40pm: Headline sponsor: Delivering a Threat-Agnostic Intelligence Capability using existing i2 software with wider capabilities to enable analysts to create and maintain an infinitely extensible, adaptable, sustainable and automated threat-agnostic intelligence capability, Seth Cooke, Technical and Tradecraft SME, i2
12.40pm-12.50pm: Questions from the morning session
12.50pm-1.50pm: Lunch in the restaurant and refreshments in the exhibition area
1.50pm-2.30pm: Analytical 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
2.30pm-2.50pm: Beyond the Job Title: Developing Intelligence Skills Across the Workforce: Introducing the Level 4 Intelligence Analyst Apprenticeship and how it supports analysts, investigators, intelligence officers and other intelligence professionals, Dr Harriet Aldrich, Lecturer in Security and Intelligence Studies, University of Buckingham
2.50pm-3.20pm: Break and refreshments in the exhibition area
3.20pm-4pm: Speed networking session led by Elaine Robinson and Kyle Abbas, International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA)
4pm: Day One finishes
Day Two
8.15am: Morning refreshments in the exhibition area
8.50am-8.55am: Welcome and Introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator
8.55am-9.45am: An update on current work from the NPCC National Data and Analytics Office, Kate Fisher Stevens, Director of Data Analytics, followed by a demonstration of Prometheus, a new analytical tool that applies advanced data technologies to give analysts faster insights, reduce duplication of effort, and improve the way information is shared across systems, Nicola Foster, Staff Officer and Rachel Wilson, Project lead
9.45am-10.35am: Around the World in 30 days: Organised Crime and Smart Phone theft in London, Darren Barber, Lead Intelligence Analyst and Elliot Smith, Intelligence Analyst, MO2, Met Intelligence, Met Police
10.35am-11am: Break and refreshments in the exhibition area
11am-11.40am: Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) Analysis: Operational Impact at Scale, Holly Lack Manager, Analysis Team, UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU)
11.40am-12.20pm: Analyst’s Wellbeing, Katy Wallace, Threat and Performance Senior Manager, Southeast Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU)
12.20pm-1pm: Lunch in the restaurant and refreshments in the exhibition area
1pm-1.20pm: Cross case analysis, FSR Compliance and Case Management with CSAS, the industry standard for digital investigations, Andrew Fahey, Public Affairs Director, Forensic Analytics
1.20pm-2pm: 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.
2pm: Conference finishes
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Getting to the hotel
Car
From the South and M4
Follow the M25 to J16 and join the M40 eastbound. Leave the M40 at J1 and follow the A40 towards Gerrards Cross. At the traffic lights, turn right onto the A412 towards Watford. Pass the turning for Tilehouse Lane, continuing under the railway bridge and past the petrol station. Turn left onto Denham Green Lane. At the top of the road, turn right into Tilehouse Lane. Continue for about half a mile and Denham Grove will be on your right.
From the North and M1
Follow the M25 to J17 and join the A412 southbound. Continue approx 3.5 miles, passing the turning for Tilehouse Lane. After the Bosch offices, turn right into Denham Green Lane. At the top of the road, turn right into Tilehouse Lane. Continue for about ½ of a mile and Denham Grove will be on your right.
From the East and London
Follow the A40 to Junction 1. At the traffic lights, turn right onto the A412 towards Watford. Pass the turning for Tilehouse Lane, continuing under the railway bridge and past the petrol station. Turn left onto Denham Green Lane. At the top of the road turn right into Tilehouse Lane. Continue for about ½ of a mile and Denham Grove will be on your right.
Parking at Denham Grove
Parking is extensive and free for guests of the hotel and conference venue. There is EV charging points.
Trains
Chiltern Rail runs a direct service from Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street (one change) to Gerrards Cross station (we recommend using this station for getting a taxi and not Denham Golf Club or Denham). Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines run to Uxbridge and Rickmansworth and the Central Line runs to West Ruislip. Taxi company All-Time Cars on 01895 234 234.