Agenda

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

8:30 AM
Registration and networking
 
9:00 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Julian David, CEO, techUK 

9:05 AM
Welcome address

Senior Official, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 

9:15 AM
Keynote address
 
9:30 AM
Keynote address

Lord (Chris) Holmes of Richmond MBE 

9:45 AM
Keynote address

CMA’s perspective on AI, Data and Technology – an outlook for the future 

Sholthana Begum, Senior Director, Technology and Digital, Competition and Markets Authority 

10:00 AM
Keynote address
 
10:15 AM
Panel

Industry response to the government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan

Panellists 

David Sully, CEO & Co-Founder, Advai

Harriet Rees, Group Chief Information Officer, Starling and Co-Chair, AI Taskforce, Bank of England

Didi Denham, AI & Emerging Tech UK Policy Lead & Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Google UK and Ireland 

11:10 AM
Morning coffee and networking
 
11:30 AM
Keynote address followed by Panel

Data centres and related AI infrastructure  

Carolina Tortora, Head of Innovation, Digitalisation & AI, NESO 

Panellists 

Sue Daley, Director, Technology & Innovation, techUK

Hugh Milward, Vice President, External Affairs, Microsoft UK

Karl Havard, Chief Commercial Officer, Nscale 

Carolina Tortora, Head of Innovation, Digitalisation & AI, NESO 

12:20 PM
Panel

Update on the UK government’s Compute Roadmap – harnessing AI to deliver on the UK’s national priorities under the Plan for Change

Panellists

Farhat Raza, Deputy Director (Interim) – AI Infrastructure and International; Head of Compute – AI Policy Directorate, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh 

1:10 PM
Lunch and networking
 
2:10 PM
Keynote address
 
2:25 PM
Keynote address
 
2:40 PM
Panel

Unlocking data, models and infrastructure in the public and private sector to drive trusted AI innovation

Panellists 

Sarah Gadd, Chief Data Officer and Head of Data & Process Engineering, Julius Bar 

3:25 PM
Afternoon tea and networking
 
3:40 PM
Panel

Addressing the AI skills gap

Panellists 

Nimmi Patel, Head of Skills, Talent and Diversity, techUK 

4:25 PM
Keynote address

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

4:35 PM
Keynote panel

Enhancing public-private sector collaboration to maximise the benefits of AI implementation. Identifying opportunities for AI adoption in key industries, developing adoption plans, entering partnerships and smoothing procurement

Panellists

Emily Campbell-Ratcliffe, Head of Private Sector AI Adoption, AI Governance and Skills, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Belinda Doshi, Head of Legal, Data & Digital, Group Legal, Lloyds Banking Group

Ray Eitel-Porter, Senior Research Associate at the Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge 

5:20 PM
Networking drinks and chair’s closing remarks

Julian David, CEO, techUK 

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