Day 1, Wednesday 25 November: AI Research Breakthroughs and Infrastructure
- AI Research Breakthroughs
- AI Breakthroughs in Industry
- AI Infrastructure
Evening: Patron reception
Wed 25 to Fri 27 November 2026
The three days.
Three days at Friends House, London, each with its own theme. Keynotes and panels on the main stage, breakout rooms, an expo and receptions in the evening.
Wed 25 to Fri 27 November
The Three Days
Day 2, Thursday 26 November: AI Safety, Enterprise and Society
- AI x Safety
- AI x Enterprise
- AI x Society
Evening: Patron reception
Day 3, Friday 27 November: AI Entrepreneurship and Applications
- AI x Entrepreneurship
- AI x Biology
- AI x Medicine
Evening: Startup competition final
Day by day
The Schedule
Day 1
Wednesday 25 November
- Session AI Research Breakthroughs
- 08:40 to 09:00
Opening remarks
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Thinking About Thinking
- 09:00 to 09:30
Keynote
Prof James Whittington
Thinking About Thinking and Oxford
- 09:30 to 10:00
Fireside chat: AI that discovers
Chair
Prof James Whittington
Thinking About Thinking and Oxford
Guest
Dr Pushmeet Kohli
Google DeepMind
- 10:00 to 10:30
Break
- 10:30 to 11:00
Keynote
Prof Tim Rocktäschel
Recursive
- 11:00 to 11:30
Keynote
Dr Ed Hughes
Inherent
- 11:30 to 12:00
Panel: RSI yet?
Chair
Prof James Whittington
Thinking About Thinking and Oxford
Prof Tim Rocktäschel
Recursive
Dr Ed Hughes
Inherent
- 12:00 to 13:00
Lunch
- 13:00 to 13:30
Keynote
Prof Jakob Foerster
Oxford and BOLD
- 13:30 to 14:00
Keynote
Prof Zoubin Ghahramani
Google DeepMind
- 14:00 to 14:30
Keynote
Dr Katja Hofmann
Microsoft
- Session Building AI Labs
- 14:30 to 15:00
Panel: How to build a world-class AI research lab
Chair
Dr Felix Sosa
Prior Computers
Prof Jonathan Richard Schwarz
Imperial
Dr Vassia Simaiaki
Wayve
Dr Leon Chlon
Hassana Labs
Prof Oana-Maria Camburu
Imperial
- 15:00 to 15:30
Break
- Session AI Infrastructure
- 15:30 to 16:00
Keynote
Dr Danyal Akarca
Callosum
- 16:00 to 16:30
Panel: AWS x NVIDIA AI Infra Session
Chair
Dr Andy Grant
NVIDIA
Panellists coming soon
- 16:30
End of the day's sessions
Day 2
Thursday 26 November
- Session AI x Safety
- 09:00 to 09:30
Introductory remarks
Dr Artemis Seaford
Formerly ElevenLabs
- 09:30 to 10:00
Keynote
Prof Stuart Russell
UC Berkeley
- 10:00 to 10:30
Keynote
Speaker coming soon
- 10:30 to 11:00
Break
- 11:00 to 11:30
Keynote
Prof Atoosa Kasirzadeh
Google DeepMind
- 11:30 to 12:00
Panel: Who should get to decide that AI is safe enough to deploy? On what bases?
Chair
Dr Artemis Seaford
Formerly ElevenLabs
Prof Skyler Wang
McGill and Meta
More speakers coming soon
- 12:00 to 13:00
Lunch
- Session AI x Enterprise
- 13:00 to 13:30
Fireside chat: The new world of business
Chair
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Thinking About Thinking
Guest
Carles Reina
Formerly ElevenLabs
Guest
Dr Talfan Evans
Cursive
- 13:30 to 14:00
Panel: How to outcompete with AI
Chair
Nicolay Hagen
Varden
Kriti Sharma
IFS Nexus Black
Ash Ramrachia
Dwelly
Szymon Rybczak
Tester
- 14:00 to 14:30
Break
- Session AI x Society
- 14:30 to 15:00
Keynote
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Thinking About Thinking
- 15:00 to 15:30
Fireside chat: The post-agentic world
Chair
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Thinking About Thinking
Guest
Mystery guest
- 15:30 to 16:00
Panel: AI x Human Flourishing
Chair
Prof Kevin Loi-Heng
Avalon Insights
Antonia Kerle
BBC
More speakers coming soon
- 18:00
Patrons Reception
Day 3
Friday 27 November
- Session AI x Entrepreneurship
- 09:30 to 10:00
Fireside chat: The UK's AI ecosystem
Chair
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Thinking About Thinking
Guest
Tobias Halloran
NVIDIA
- 10:00 to 10:30
Panel: How to build a trillion-pound AI company
Chair
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Thinking About Thinking
Prof David Barber
SOFAIR
Mandeep Singh
Angel investor
Gabriele Papievyte
XTX Markets
- 10:30 to 11:00
Break
- 11:00 to 12:00
Spotlight talks from our AI Startup Competition finalists
Six finalists. The competition is open for applications.
Presenter
Rupert Elston
London AI Hub
Presenter
Alexandre Béliard
Google Cloud Startups
Startup Competition Finalist
Startup Competition Finalist
Startup Competition Finalist
Startup Competition Finalist
Startup Competition Finalist
Startup Competition Finalist
- 12:00 to 12:05
Backing radical ideas and startups
Dr Trias Gkikopoulos
Innovate UK
- 12:05 to 14:00
Lunch and Startup Expo
Startup booths, partner stands and VC office hours, with private rooms where founders meet investors.
- Session AI x Biology
- 14:00 to 14:30
Keynote
Dr Philip Lorenz
Basecamp Research
- 14:30 to 15:00
Panel: Moonshots in AI x Biology
Chair
Dr Lottie O'Brien Gore
Basecamp Research
Dr Kärt Tomberg
ExpressionEdits
Dr Inga Van den Bossche
University of Oxford
More speakers coming soon
- 15:00 to 15:30
Break
- Session AI x Medicine
- 15:30 to 16:00
Keynote
Speaker coming soon
- 16:00 to 16:30
Panel: Moonshots in AI x Medicine
Chair
Prof Dan Nicolau Jr
King's College London
Dr Hannah Madan
Prima Mente
Prof Houman Ashrafian
Weatherden
Dr Iman Mouloudi
Renaissance Philanthropy
Dr Tonya Frolov
Gathered.Bio
Every day
What to expect
Three days at Friends House, London, 25 to 27 November. Researchers, engineers, founders, investors and policymakers in one room. Keynotes and panels on the main stage. Breakout rooms, an expo and a startup competition final. Receptions in the evening.
Get tickets
See you at Friends House,
25 to 27 November.