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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The University of Essex, in partnership with Sensiwise AI and KAUST Academy (one of the world’s top 20 research institutions) is hosting a two-day Agentic AI Masterclass on campus
in Colchester this 1-2 October 2026.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is not a lecture series. Over two days you will build real, working AI agent systems from scratch, guided by world-class experts and leaving with a University of Essex certificate
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHAT YOU WILL BUILD OVER TWO DAYS</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A RAG pipeline: ground AI responses with your own real data</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A data analyst agent: that decides what analysis to run, autonomously</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A meeting summarizer: extracting structured action items from transcripts</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A research agent: that retrieves, evaluates, and synthesises information</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your own capstone solution: a business-ready agentic AI system, built and presented by you</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date: 1–2 October 2026</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM each day</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fee: £650 per delegate (VAT exempt)</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Capacity: Strictly limited to 50 participants</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Certificate: University of Essex certificate of completion</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read more: </span>
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.essex.ac.uk/Events/2026/10/01/Agentic-AI-workshop-2026" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.essex.ac.uk/Events/2026/10/01/Agentic-AI-workshop-2026</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register:</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www1.essex.ac.uk/online_shop/conference/default.aspx?conference=agentic-ai-workshop-2026-a-twoday-industry-masterclass" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www1.essex.ac.uk/online_shop/conference/default.aspx?conference=agentic-ai-workshop-2026-a-twoday-industry-masterclass</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Both workshop days with expert-led sessions and supervised labs</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Catering across both days (lunch and refreshments)</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Participant handbook and goody bag</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of Essex certificate of completion</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AI engineers and data scientists ready to build production-grade agents</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Software developers moving beyond LLM prompting into autonomous systems</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Technical professionals and researchers exploring applied agentic AI</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Academic staff and postgraduate students in AI and related fields</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No prior experience with agentic AI is required. A laptop with a modern browser is all you need, all lab environments are pre-configured in the cloud.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Places are strictly limited to 50 participants and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:h.raza@essex.ac.uk" target="_blank">h.raza@essex.ac.uk</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More info:
<a href="mailto:hello@sensiwise.ai" target="_blank">hello@sensiwise.ai</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I look forward to welcoming you to Essex in October.</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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