{"id":15990,"date":"2026-08-19T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/version1.thinktankdev.org.uk\/en-us\/?p=15990"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:31:37","slug":"scaling-ai-without-scaling-costs-tokenomics-model-management-and-roi","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/version1.thinktankdev.org.uk\/en-us\/events\/scaling-ai-without-scaling-costs-tokenomics-model-management-and-roi\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaling AI without scaling costs: tokenomics, model management and ROI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"multi-column\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"multi-column__layout multi-column__layout--equal multi-column__layout--cols-1\">\n                                                \n                                            <div class=\"multi-column__col multi-column__col--content\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"160\">\n                                                            <h2 class=\"multi-column__heading h2\">Why attend?<\/h2>\n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"multi-column__content standard-body\"><p>AI spend is rising faster than most organisations expected. As AI adoption scales, leaders are facing new questions around ownership, governance, model selection and ROI.<\/p>\n<p>Join senior technology and finance leaders for a closed-door discussion on controlling AI costs, managing risk and proving business value.<\/p>\n<p>At Version 1, we\u2019re already helping organisations move from AI experimentation to governed, production-scale value, including responsibly assessing more than 200 AI use cases in a regulated banking environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"multi-column  block-theme-light block-surface-white\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"multi-column__layout multi-column__layout--equal multi-column__layout--cols-1\">\n                                                \n                                            <div class=\"multi-column__col multi-column__col--content\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-delay=\"160\">\n                                                            <h2 class=\"multi-column__heading h2\">Agenda<\/h2>\n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"multi-column__content standard-body\"><p><strong>Panel: Tokenomics: who owns the bill, the risk and the value?<br \/>\n<\/strong>A senior panel discussion on the practical realities of governing AI spend as usage scales.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managing AI spend across models, licences and agentic workloads.<\/li>\n<li>Balancing cost, governance and regulatory requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Creating accountability for AI investment decision.<\/li>\n<li>Measuring business value and ROI from AI initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Hosted by<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15647 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.version1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brad-Mallard-Version1-440x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"85\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Brad Mallard, CTO, Version 1<\/p>\n<h4>Speakers<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.version1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Stuart-Halford.png\" alt=\"Stuart Halford\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>\nStuart Halford, CIO, Goodbody<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15738 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.version1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fiona-Simpson-440x440.png\" alt=\"Fiona Simpson\" width=\"93\" height=\"93\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Fiona Simpson, General Manager, Cross Industries,<br \/>\nUK&amp;I, AWS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.version1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Patrick-Cooney-440x436.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Cooney Chief Financial officer\" width=\"86\" height=\"85\" \/><br \/>\nPatrick Cooney, CFO, Version 1<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nDiscussion: The AI spend reality check: what\u2019s working? What\u2019s not? What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A facilitated peer discussion exploring how organisations are managing AI adoption, governance and spend. Insights from a pre-event survey will provide a benchmark for the conversation.<\/p>\n<h4>Hosted by<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9490 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.version1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-7.png\" alt=\"A black and white headshot of Jason smiling\" width=\"94\" height=\"77\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jason Pepper, Software Asset Management<br \/>\nPractice Lead, Version 1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Guest speaker<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">TBC \u2013 MSFT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"multi-column\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"multi-column__layout multi-column__layout--equal multi-column__layout--cols-1\">\n              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