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Ignite26/27
Sessions

The rhythm that carries the year

Ignite runs alongside full-time client work. Sessions are chosen deliberately — frequent enough to keep momentum, rare enough to be realistic. Total: about six to seven hours a week.

Session types

Masterclass

Rytme
Every other week
Varighet
90 minutes
Sted
Teams — recording always shared

Focused sessions with demo first, principles after. Provides shared direction and language. Fixed evening rhythm alongside client work.

Eksempler

  • · How to set up an eval pipeline
  • · Observability: where does it burn most?
  • · AI economics and FinOps in practice

Dojo

Rytme
Monthly
Varighet
90 minutes
Sted
Teams

Peer learning from real client experiences. 2–3 Ignitere share what they have met at the client in the last 30 days. The cohort's most valuable learning arena.

Eksempler

  • · How I handled our first production incident
  • · When the client wanted AI where it did not fit
  • · Evaluation when the data is messy

Frontier Friday

Rytme
Monthly (Friday lunch)
Varighet
60 minutes
Sted
Teams

One Igniter presents new technology, paper or tool from the last 30 days. Builds the habit of continuous learning and keeps curriculum alive.

Eksempler

  • · New model releases and what they mean
  • · Paper review from NeurIPS or ICML
  • · New open-source framework we should test

Lab weekend

Rytme
Quarterly
Varighet
4 hours (Saturday)
Sted
Teams in groups

Hands-on build on a realistic case. Each group has a mentor. Goal: a runnable module + concrete artefact usable in your own portfolio.

Eksempler

  • · Build a business case (Q1)
  • · First agent with RAG (Q2)
  • · SLO dashboard (Q3)
  • · Change argument for leadership (Q4)

Kickstart

Rytme
Once (September 2026)
Varighet
2 days
Sted
Physical

The year's emotional anchor. The cohort meets, forms, and sets the bar for what Ignite means. Team building, demo culture, shared standards.

Eksempler

  • · Team formation and cohort contract
  • · First demo day
  • · Standard workshop: what does an Ignite consultant deliver?

Graduation

Rytme
Once (June 2027)
Varighet
2 days
Sted
Physical

Jury review, cross-learning and celebration. Each Igniter presents their Alliance case to the jury, defends orally, and receives the Ignite Certified Consultant title.

Eksempler

  • · Jury rounds: technical, adoption, regulatory
  • · Portfolio presentation
  • · Certification and handover
Program calendar

All sessions, concrete

Proposed dates for the full year. Details (exact time and Teams link) are sent closer to each session.

Dates are preliminary drafts — may be adjusted before final publication.

August 2026

September 2026

October 2026

  • Fri 2 Oct
    Frontier Friday
    Frontier Friday
  • Wed 7 Oct
    Masterclass
  • Sat 10 Oct· foreløpig
    Kurs
    EU AI Act i praksis: DPIA og dokumentasjon
  • Sat 17 Oct
    Lab weekend
    Bygg et business case for AI-initiativ
  • Wed 21 Oct
    Masterclass
  • Sun 25 Oct· foreløpig
    Kurs
    AI-readiness assessment-metodikk
  • Thu 29 Oct
    Dojo
    EU AI Act i praksis — erfaringer fra kundene

November 2026

December 2026

  • Fri 4 Dec
    Frontier Friday
    Frontier Friday
  • Sun 6 Dec
    Lab weekend
    Bygg første agent med RAG
  • Wed 9 Dec
    Masterclass
  • Thu 10 Dec· foreløpig
    Kurs
    MCP-integrasjoner og custom server-design
  • Thu 10 Dec· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Graph RAG og hybrid retrieval
  • Tue 15 Dec· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Eval-CI med golden sets i Git
  • Tue 15 Dec· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Prosessredesign og workflow-mapping
  • Thu 17 Dec
    Dojo
    Juleforberedelse og retrospektiv på Build
  • Sun 20 Dec· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Evaluation-håndverk: rubrikker og LLM-as-judge
  • Fri 25 Dec· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Vector DB trade-offs

January 2027

February 2027

  • Fri 5 Feb
    Frontier Friday
    Frontier Friday
  • Wed 10 Feb
    Masterclass
  • Wed 10 Feb· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Container og cloud-deploy for agenter
  • Mon 15 Feb· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Fine-tuning og distillation
  • Sat 20 Feb
    Lab weekend
    Bygg en SLO-dashboard for agent i produksjon
  • Sat 20 Feb· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Natural-language-to-SQL og agentic analytics
  • Wed 24 Feb
    Masterclass
  • Thu 25 Feb
    Dojo
    Sikkerhet og rollback — erfaringer

March 2027

April 2027

  • Fri 9 Apr
    Frontier Friday
    Frontier Friday
  • Sat 10 Apr· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Executive communication for AI-initiativer
  • Wed 14 Apr
    Masterclass
  • Thu 15 Apr· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Workshop-facilitering for AI-transformation
  • Sat 17 Apr
    Lab weekend
    Bygg et change-argument til ledelsen
  • Wed 28 Apr
    Masterclass
  • Thu 29 Apr
    Dojo
    Brukertester — hva sier brukerne egentlig?

May 2027

  • Fri 7 May
    Frontier Friday
    Frontier Friday
  • Wed 12 May
    Masterclass
  • Tue 25 May· foreløpig
    Kurs
    Bransje-dypdykk
  • Thu 27 May
    Dojo
    Siste justeringer før jury

June 2027

  • Fri 4 Jun
    Frontier Friday
    Frontier Friday
  • Thu 17 – Fri 18 Jun
    Graduation
    Jury-runder, sertifisering, feiring
The annual wheel

August 2026 to June 2027. Two physical gatherings frame the year — kickoff in September and graduation in June.

  1. 01

    August 2026

    Foundations

  2. 02

    September

    Foundations + Kickstart

  3. 03

    October

    Discover + Lab weekend Q1

  4. 04

    November

    Build begins

  5. 05

    December

    Build + Lab weekend Q2

  6. 06

    January 2027

    Ship

  7. 07

    February

    Ship + Lab weekend Q3

  8. 08

    March

    Adopt

  9. 09

    April

    Adopt + Lab weekend Q4

  10. 10

    May

    Deliver — Alliance case

  11. 11

    June

    Graduation

Weekly rhythm (typical)

No week is identical, but this is what a normal month looks like.

  • Masterclass1 × every other week (90 min, evening)
  • Dojo1 × month (90 min, evening)
  • Frontier Friday1 × month (60 min, lunch)
  • Self-study + reflection1–2 hours per week
  • Lab weekend1 × quarter (4h Saturday)
Next step

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All 36 courses across phases, with description and learning outcomes per course.

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