The Boardroom Conversation on Product Data in Building Materials

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The Ivy, Birmingham

Thursday 30th April, 2026 | 6:00pm – Late 

Join senior technical and executive leaders from across the building materials sector for an evening of candid discussion, insight and peer connection. Explore how modern product data architecture, governance and integration strategies are reshaping merchants and manufacturers, from reducing operational friction and compliance risk to enabling scalable digital growth. Hosted in a private dining setting, the dinner brings together a curated group of CEOs, CIOs, CDOs and CSOs for an honest, board-level conversation on the future of product data in the building materials sector.

Why Attend?

This private dinner is designed to give senior technical and executive leaders strategic perspective, peer insight and practical clarity you can take back to your organisation immediately

1. Board Level Perspective

Understand how peers are elevating product data from an operational challenge to a strategic priority, influencing margin, supplier performance, digital conversion and risk management.

2. Honest Peer Exchange

A closed-door environment with no slides and no selling, promoting open discussion between senior leaders facing similar structural challenges.

3. DPP: Risk or Competitive Advantage?

What DPP will demand in practical terms, from data structure and supplier governance to traceability and auditability. Is this simply another compliance burden, or an opportunity to differentiate through transparency, speed and digital trust?

4. How Pimberly and DataYard are Working Together

The role of DayaYard in the future of product data and why a joined-up approach between PIM and Datayard enables you to create efficiency, easily expand product range and differentiation.  

Meet the Speakers

Martin Balaam

Martin Balaam

CEO & Founder | Pimberly

Gareth Thomas

Managing Director | DataYard

Bruce Wright

Bruce Wright 

UK Sales Director | Pimberly

Agenda

18:00 – 18:30 | Arrival & Drinks

Kick off with refreshments and informal networking with peers and speakers.

18:35 – 21:00 | Seated Dinner & Moderated Discussion

A structured C-level conversation covering:

  • The current product data landscape

  • Emerging DPP implications

  • Strategic risk vs opportunity

  • Real-world experiences from peers in the room

  • How leading organisations are aligning product data with board-level growth objectives

21:00 - Close | Open Discuss & Close

A chance to surface key takeaways, shared challenges and future priorities, followed by closing reflections and continued conversation over drinks

Register Your Interest

Thursday 30th April, 2026 | 6:00pm – Late | The Ivy, Birmingham