
Global Summit on
Open Problems for AI
How can Britain leverage AI research breakthroughs safely to drive productivity and growth?
In this Global Summit we present the latest advances in AI research, infrastructure, policy, business, and startup.
Join the UK’s leading experts for three days of lively keynote talks, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and expo demonstrations.
Day 1: Oct 28th
New Algorithmic Breakthroughs and AI Infrastructure
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Dr David Silver
Principal Research Scientist
DeepMind
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Dr Raia Hadsell
VP of Research
DeepMind
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Prof. Jakob Foerster
Senior Tech Lead
Meta & Oxford
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Dr Laura Gilbert
Senior Director of AI
Tony Blair Institute
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Prof. Emine Yilmaz
Professor
UCL
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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
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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
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Dr James Whittington
Chief Scientific Officer & Research Scientist
Thinking About Thinking
Stanford & Oxford
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Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Chief Executive Officer & Research Scientist
Thinking About Thinking
Harvard & MIT
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Dr Felix Sosa
Research Scientist
Harvard & NTT
Day 2: Oct 29th
AI Safety, and AI in Enterprise & Society
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Prof. Chris Summerfield
Research Director & Professor
AISI & Oxford
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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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Prof. Skyler Wang
Assistant Professor & Research Scientist
McGill & Meta
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Dr Marius Hobbhahn
Director & Co-Founder
Apollo Research
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David Sully
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
ADVAI
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Ashley Ramrachia
Founder and CEO
Academy
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Li-Lian Ang
Product Manager
BlueDot Impact
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Dr James Kuht
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Pair
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Doniya Soni-Clark
Head of Policy & Public Affairs
Multiverse
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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 Kevin Loi-Heng
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Avalon Insights
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Nicolay Hagen
Lecturer
NTNU
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Dr Mark Moerdler
Managing Director
Bernstein Insights

Day 3: Oct 30th
Al Entrepreneurship & Application
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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
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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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Rehana Al-Soltane
Learning Manager
Raspberry Pi Foundation
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Timo Hannay
Entrepreneur
Project X
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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
Breakout rooms


Speakers from the UK’s leading organisations discuss the future challenges and opportunities in AI research and application.
Join hundreds of like-minded researchers, business leaders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs in:
Keynote talks
Panels
Breakout rooms
Expo hall















































