vahid-ahmadi · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 8, 2026
diff --git a/lib/slideshows.ts b/lib/slideshows.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ import { overhang2026Config } from "@/slideshows/overhang-2026/config";
 import { overhang2026BackupConfig } from "@/slideshows/overhang-2026-backup/config";
 import { overhang2026LightningConfig } from "@/slideshows/overhang-2026-lightning/config";
 import { blsTaxsim2026Config } from "@/slideshows/bls-taxsim-2026/config";
+import { introduction2026Config } from "@/slideshows/introduction-2026/config";
 
 export const slideshows: SlideshowConfig[] = [
+  introduction2026Config,
   blsTaxsim2026Config,
   overhang2026Config,
   overhang2026LightningConfig,

diff --git a/lib/speakers.ts b/lib/speakers.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ export const speakers: Record<string, SpeakerInfo> = {
     title: 'Data Scientist',
     photo: '/headshots/ben-ogorek.jpg',
   },
+  'vahid-ahmadi': {
+    name: 'Vahid Ahmadi',
+    title: 'Research Associate',
+    photo: '/headshots/vahid-ahmadi.png',
+  },
   'maria-juaristi': {
     name: 'Maria Juaristi',
     title: 'PolicyEngine',

diff --git a/public/headshots/vahid-ahmadi.png b/public/headshots/vahid-ahmadi.png
diff --git a/public/logos/orgs/10-downing-street.png b/public/logos/orgs/10-downing-street.png
diff --git a/public/logos/orgs/centre-for-policy-studies.png b/public/logos/orgs/centre-for-policy-studies.png
diff --git a/public/logos/orgs/good-growth-foundation.png b/public/logos/orgs/good-growth-foundation.png
diff --git a/public/logos/orgs/new-economics-foundation.png b/public/logos/orgs/new-economics-foundation.png
diff --git a/public/logos/orgs/nuffield-foundation.svg b/public/logos/orgs/nuffield-foundation.svg
diff --git a/public/logos/orgs/tax-policy-associates.jpg b/public/logos/orgs/tax-policy-associates.jpg
diff --git a/public/logos/orgs/uk-parliament-portcullis.svg b/public/logos/orgs/uk-parliament-portcullis.svg
diff --git a/public/logos/orgs/wpi-economics.svg b/public/logos/orgs/wpi-economics.svg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/autumn-budget-2025-constituency-map.png b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/autumn-budget-2025-constituency-map.png
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/autumn-budget-2025.png b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/autumn-budget-2025.png
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/capx-nationalisation.webp b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/capx-nationalisation.webp
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/cityam-burnham-junior-hiring-ni.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/cityam-burnham-junior-hiring-ni.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/electricity-vat-cut.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/electricity-vat-cut.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/energy-price-shock-calculator.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/energy-price-shock-calculator.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/free-childcare-reform.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/free-childcare-reform.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/itv-peston-fuel-duty.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/itv-peston-fuel-duty.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/itvpeston-student-loan.webp b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/itvpeston-student-loan.webp
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/lvt-council-tax.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/lvt-council-tax.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/middle-east-war-living-standards.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/middle-east-war-living-standards.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/nef-neets-job-quality.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/nef-neets-job-quality.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/smf-ai-junior-hiring-ni.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/smf-ai-junior-hiring-ni.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/targeted-energy-discount.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/targeted-energy-discount.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/telegraph-nic.webp b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/telegraph-nic.webp
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/tpa-universities-uk-ni.png b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/tpa-universities-uk-ni.png
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/uk-ai-study.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/uk-ai-study.jpg
diff --git a/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/uk-cliff-watch.jpg b/public/screenshots/introduction-2026/uk-cliff-watch.jpg
diff --git a/slideshows/introduction-2026/README.md b/slideshows/introduction-2026/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# PolicyEngine introduction and Budget planning, 9 October 2026
+
+10 slides at `/slides/introduction-2026`: a short introduction to PolicyEngine
+for a journalist, then recent work, the Autumn Budget and ideas for working
+together.
+
+- `config.ts` controls the slide order and meeting metadata.
+- `content.ts` holds the sources, user list, press and publication cards,
+  Budget plan and ideas.
+- `slides/index.tsx` contains the slides.
+- `SPEAKER-NOTES.md` gives the presenter track and what not to claim.
+
+Images are in `public/screenshots/introduction-2026/`:
+
+- press images and publication covers come from the app-v2 repo
+  (`app/public/assets/citations/` and `app/public/assets/posts/`);
+- `autumn-budget-2025.png` is the 2025 dashboard overview;
+- `autumn-budget-2025-constituency-map.png` was captured from
+  https://uk-autumn-budget-dashboard.vercel.app/uk/autumn-budget-2025 on
+  8 October 2026.