Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.

8:20 AM
Registration and networking
 
9:05 AM
Conference introduction

Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City & Financial Global

9:10 AM
Chair’s welcome address - The case for the UK as an AI hub and pioneer of AI regulation.

Julian Cunningham-Day, TMT Partner, Global Co-Head of Fintech and Technology Sectors, Linklaters LLP

9:25 AM
Keynote address: The development of AI technology globally and the legislators’ response to such developments

Fiona Maclean, Partner, Latham & Watkins

9:40 AM
Panel – Understanding the risks that will need to be regulated as AI technology develops Setting the scene

Moderators

Davina Garrod, Partner, Co-Head of Antitrust/International Competition, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Hans Christopher Rickhoff, Partner, Lobbying & Public Policy, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Panellists

Dr Frank De Jonghe, EMEIA Financial Services Quantitative & Analytics Services Leader, EY

William Malcolm, Senior Director, International Privacy Legal & Consumer Protection, Google

Dr Kion Ahadi, Director of Strategy, Futures and Insight, The Law Society

Martin Koder, AI Governance Lead, SWIFT

10:30 AM
Morning coffee and networking
 
10:50 AM
The regulation of AI as a medical device

Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham OM KBE PC FRS, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Co-Director of the IGHI, Professor of Surgery, Imperial College London

11:05 AM
Regulating AI – putting privacy at the heart of innovation

Stephen Almond, Executive Director for Regulatory Risk, UK Information Commissioner’s Office

11:20 AM
Sharing CMA’s perspective on Artificial Intelligence

Will Hayter, Senior Director, Digital Markets Unit, Competition and Markets Authority

11:35 AM
AI: Flipping the coin in financial services

Jessica Rusu, Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer, FCA

11:50 AM
Panel - The UK’s pro-innovation approach to AI regulation

Moderator

Rachael Annear, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Panellists

Kate Jones, CEO, The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum

Reena Patel, Head of Data Legal EMEA, UBS

Sarah Beddoes, General Counsel and Committee for Responsible AI Co-Chair, Adarga Limited

John Bowman, AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead, AI Regulation and Market Readiness, IBM

12:40 PM
Lunch and networking
 
1:40 PM
Afternoon chair’s welcome address

Rachael Annear, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

1:45 PM
Data privacy and AI

Sophie Sheldon, Partner, Simmons & Simmons

2:05 PM
Building confidence in AI: from principles to practice

Dr Frank De Jonghe, EMEIA Financial Services Quantitative & Analytics Services Leader, EY

2:25 PM
Consumer protection and AI

Fiona Maclean, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Gabriel Lakeman, Associate, Latham & Watkins

2:45 PM
Fireside chat - The ethical implications of AI: how can you be confident that your AI will make a positive human impact?

Host

Dr Ansgar Koene, Global AI Ethics Leader and Regulatory Leader, EY

In conversation with

Carol Wilson, Senior Data Ethics Manager, Santander UK

3:15 PM
Afternoon tea and networking
 
3:35 PM
Fireside chat - The EU AI Regulation and the outlook for the future

Minesh Tanna, Partner and Global AI Lead, Simmons & Simmons; Chair, Society for Computers and Law (SCL) AI Group; Trustee, SCL

In conversation with

Kai Zenner, Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss (EPP Group), European Parliament

4:00 PM
Keynote address & Q&A - Insight on the U.S. effort to legislate the AI

Reggie Babin, Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & recent Chief Counsel to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader

4:25 PM
Do we need a global AI regulator?

Moderator

Giles Pratt, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Panellists

Professor Robert Trager, Co-Director, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative; Senior Research Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government; International Governance Lead, Centre for the Governance of AI

Reggie Babin, Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & recent Chief Counsel to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader

Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon), Data Strategy & Privacy Policy Advisor, Centre for Information Policy Leadership

5:15 PM
Chair’s closing remarks and close of proceedings