Global Summit on
Open Problems for AI
How can Britain leverage AI research breakthroughs safely to drive productivity and growth?
Programme
Day 1: Oct 28th
New Algorithmic Breakthroughs and AI Infrastructure
09:00-10:00 Introductory Remarks and Opening Keynotes
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Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Thinking About Thinking
Harvard & MIT
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Dr James Whittington
Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Thinking About Thinking
Stanford & Oxford
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Dr Raia Hadsell
Vice-President of Research
Google DeepMind
10:00-10:40 Panel: “AI Algorithms: the Next Set of Challenges?”
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Dr James Whittington
Chair
Thinking About Thinking
Stanford & Oxford
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Dr Raia Hadsell
VP of Research
DeepMind
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Prof. Emine Yilmaz
Professor
UCL
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Prof. Jakob Foerster
Senior Tech Lead
Meta & Oxford
11:00-13:30 Keynotes: AI Research Breakthroughs
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Dr David Silver
Principal Research Scientist
DeepMind
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Prof. Jakob Foerster
Senior Tech Lead
Meta & Oxford
13:30-14:10 Panel: “Doing Leading AI Research in Industry”
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Dr Felix Sosa
Research Scientist
Harvard & NTT
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Vassia Simaiaki
Head of AI: Vision & Graphics
Wayve
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Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz
Head of AI Research
Thomson Reuters
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Dr Lion Schulz
Head of Machine Learning
Bertelsmann
14:30-15:00 Keynote: Building out AI Research Breakthroughs into Successful Real-World Applications
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Dr Laura Gilbert
Senior Director of AI
Tony Blair Institute
15:00-15:40 Panel: “Building the UK’s Next Round of AI Infrastructure”
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Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Chair
Thinking About Thinking
Harvard & MIT
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Max Beverton-Palmer
Head of Public Policy
NVIDIA
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Karl Havard
Chief Commercial Officer
Nscale
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Mark Bjornsgaard
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
DeepGreen
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Dr Joshua Tan
Head of Policy
Public AI
Day 2: Oct 29th
AI Safety, and AI in Enterprise & Society
09:00-10:00 Opening Remarks and Keynotes on AI Safety
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Prof. Skyler Wang
Chief Ethical Officer
Thinking About Thinking
McGill & Meta
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Dr Samuel Bell
AI Research Scientist
Meta
10:00-10:40 Panel: “AI Safety: An Insider’s Perspective”
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Prof. Skyler Wang
Assistant Professor & Research Scientist
McGill & Meta
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Dr Samuel Bell
AI Research Scientist
Meta
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Dr Artemis Seaford
AI Safety Team Lead
ElevenLabs
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Dr Marius Hobbhahn
Director & Co-Founder
Apollo Research
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David Sully
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
ADVAI
11:00-12:00 Keynotes: AI Risk for Enterprise
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Prof. Chris Summerfield
Research Director & Professor
AISI & Oxford
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Nicolay Hagen
Lecturer
NTNU
12:00-14:00 Lunch and Breakout Sessions
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Tony Blair Institute
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Public AI
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Multiverse
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Innovate UK
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RAIQC
14:00-14:30 Keynote: Maximising Human Potential for the AI Tech Transformation
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Ashley Ramrachia
Founder and CEO
Academy
14:30-15:10 Panel on “How to Maximise AI-driven Value within your Business”
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Dr James Kuht
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Pair
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Dr Jakob Mökander
Director
Tony Blair Institute
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Julian Von Nehammer
Strategy & Partnerships
Arondite
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Dr Mark Moerdler
Managing Director
Bernstein Insights
16:00-16:40 AI & Human Flourishing
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Dr Kevin Loi-Heng
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Avalon Insights
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Li-Lian Ang
Product Manager
BlueDot Impact
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Doniya Soni-Clark
Head of Policy & Public Affairs
Multiverse
Day 3: Oct 30th
Al Entrepreneurship & Application
09:00-10:00 Opening Remarks and Fireside Chat: Winning in the UK’s AI Start-up Ecosystem
10:00-10:40 Panel on “How to Build a Trillion-Pound AI Company”
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Alexander Straub
Investor/Founder
Straub Ventures
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Dr Trias Gkikopoulos
Innovation Lead - Robotics & AI
Innovate UK
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Erwann Le Lannou
Ventures
XTX Markets
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Pete HIll
Co-Founder
Cudo
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Rupert Elston
Head of Community
London AI Hub
11:00-12:00 Spotlight Session (Coming Soon): New UK AI Companies to Watch
12:00-14:00 Lunch and Expo
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NVIDIA
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Cudo Compute
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Entrepreneur First
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Incubator for AI
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Innovate UK
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AIVAL
14:00-14:30 Keynote: AI x Education
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Dr Irina Jurenka
Research Lead
DeepMind
14:30-15:10 Panel on “Moonshots in AI x Education”
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Rehana Al-Soltane
Learning Manager
Raspberry Pi Foundation
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Dr Irina Jurenka
Research Lead
DeepMind
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Prof. Rose Luckin (TBC)
Professor/Founder
UCL & Educate Ventures
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Timo Hannay
Entrepreneur
Project X
15:30-16:00 Keynote: AI x Biomedicine
16:00-16:40 Panel on “Rebuilding the Hospital from the Tech Up: Can the UK Scale its Clinicians?”
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Prof. Dan Nicolau Jr
Professor
KCL
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Dr Lucinda Scharff
Staff Clinical Specialist
Google Health
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Dr Haris Shuaib
Chief Executive Officer
Newton’s Tree
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Dr Hannah Madan
Co-Founder
Prima Mente
17:00-18:00 Closing Reception
