Summary

The drive to establish the UK as a leading centre for AI is a critical part of the UK government’s growth strategy.

Building on a great success  of our Data & AI  events portfolio, City and Financial Global is pleased to give you advanced notice of the UK National AI Policy, Infrastructure and Skills Summit, which will take place in Central London on 12 November this year. Supported by techUK and put together with kind assistance of the Department for Science, Innovation, and  Technology, this timely and "one of a kind" event will bring together top experts from the field to analyse the progress made so far in implementing the Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, the next phases in its implementation and the implications for both AI providers and users.  Is the UK on course to deliver its promise to make the UK an “AI superpower”? What more needs to be done?

Chaired by Julian David, CEO, techUK,  the Summit will also review the government’s other policies that impact AI (such as the UK Industrial Strategy), the latest developments in AI data centres and compute infrastructure, AI Growth Zones, the National Data Library, the launch of the Sovereign AI Research Resources, best practice risk management approaches for both providers and users of AI systems, recent public-private sector collaboration to maximise the benefits of AI implementation and opportunities for AI adoption  in key  industries.

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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