agenda test

Loading
Premium Pass
Enterprise World
Startup World
Standard Pass
Startup World
Enterprise World
General Pass
AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    Is it now a must for Europe to focus on sovereign AI development to safeguard our economies, uphold core values, and ultimately remain competitive? Can Europe's commitment to ethical development, envi ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    Exploring why audio is poised to surpass text as the primary interface between user and technology and how AI is driving this transformation. Detailing how this groundbreaking shift is elevating the p ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    Discussing how to bridge the gap between executive ambition and workforce experience, where *86% of leaders plan increase AI investment, but only *20% of employees feel involved in shaping its impact. ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    Exploring how AI-powered vibe coding is democratising access to software development, enabling anyone with an idea to create new apps and products. Sharing how Lovable is already bringing value to the ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    Debating which characteristics make AI companies most appealing to top VCs and how scaling companies should position themselves for their next funding round. Which industries will dominate future fund ...
    • Visionaries
    Networking Break
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    With the success of AI companies hinging on the scale and quality of supporting infrastructure, what measures are being taken to meet these critical demands? Beyond data centres, what other infrastruc ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    Early AI success stories focus on efficiency and cost reduction; why is there growing optimism that agentic AI can deliver broader impact for businesses and society? Analysing agentic AI’s potential t ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    With up to 90% of today’s AI pilots still failing to scale, how are tech leaders pivoting their AI strategy to meet increasingly intense demands for cost reduction and efficiency gains? How are leader ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    Unveiling the blueprint for creating AI-fluent workforces that use the technology, trust it and expedite the speed of its development internally. Examining which skills matter most today and how forwa ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    Exploring why the next generation of AI companies are embracing open source for lower costs, reduced structural AI bias and enhanced innovation through shared learning and collaboration. Debating whet ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
    What is being prioritised to ensure that increasingly complex AI models that can drive, carry out surgical work, and design consumer products are safe and reliable? Exploring the growing momentum behi ...
    • Visionaries
    AI Arena
Startup World
Enterprise World
General Pass
Core Stage
  1. Core Stage
  2. Networking Break
    Core Stage
    • Quantum Showcase
    Core Stage
    Quantum computing is rapidly moving from theory to reality, capturing global attention as breakthroughs accelerate. This session cuts through the complexity to reveal what quantum is, why it matters n ...
    • Quantum Showcase
    Core Stage
    Quantum is entering a pivotal phase where extraordinary scientific progress meets some of the toughest engineering challenges in modern technology. This session explores the breakthroughs driving the ...
    • Quantum Showcase
    Core Stage
    Enterprises are beginning to see real gains from quantum computing as early projects deliver faster optimisation, sharper risk insights, and more efficient operations. This session highlights how orga ...
    • Quantum Showcase
    Core Stage
    Quantum technologies are beginning to reshape how public services plan, model, and respond to national challenges. This session brings together public‑sector teams to share real‑world applications and ...
    • Quantum Showcase
    Core Stage
    Industry’s early adopters are now putting quantum to work on high‑value commercial challenges. Organisations across finance, pharma, and complex industrial systems are testing quantum for modelling, d ...
    • Quantum Showcase
    Core Stage
    Universities are delivering the breakthroughs and nurturing the talent that will shape the next era of quantum. This session explores how academic discoveries progress into commercial ventures, what i ...
    • Quantum Showcase
    Core Stage
    National quantum programmes are accelerating worldwide, creating new opportunities for deeper collaboration and shared capability. This session looks at how the UK can strengthen partnerships with key ...
Startup World
Enterprise World
General Pass
Transformation Stage
  1. Transformation Stage
  2. Networking Break
    Transformation Stage
    • Customer Operations
    Transformation Stage
    Supply chains are the backbone of modern business, but inefficiencies and disruptions can create chaos that ripples across operations and destroys customer satisfaction. This session delves into how o ...
    • Customer Operations
    Transformation Stage
    In an era of increasing complexity, digital twins are emerging as a game-changing tool for supply chain management. By creating virtual replicas of physical processes, organisations can simulate, moni ...
    • Customer Operations
    Transformation Stage
    Customer engagement is evolving, and AI-powered portals are at the forefront of this transformation. These intelligent platforms are reshaping how organisations interact with their customers, offering ...
    • Customer Operations
    Transformation Stage
      What does it take to create value with AI and move beyond experimentation?  Where is AI making an impact across our value chain?  How are we leveraging insights to develop tools to optimise customer ...
    • Customer Operations
    Transformation Stage
    Payments are a pivotal moment in the customer journey, where operational efficiency meets customer satisfaction. This session explores how organisations can optimise payment processes to enhance the o ...
    • Customer Operations
    Panel Discussion
    The Human-AI Dance 
    Transformation Stage
    As AI becomes more integrated into customer interactions, the challenge lies in balancing automation with the human touch. This session explores how organisations can blend the strengths of AI, such a ...
Startup World
Enterprise World
General Pass
Founders Stage
  1. Founders Stage
  2. Networking Break
    Founders Stage
    • Founder Leadership
    Founders Stage
    AI has entered a new era: global platforms dominate, but fresh opportunities are emerging in infrastructure, ecosystems, and entirely new industries. Fresh off the launch of The Tech Nation Report 202 ...
    • Founder Leadership
    Founders Stage
    Scaling brings intense highs, unexpected lows and rapid identity shifts for founders. This session explores how leaders evolve emotionally, develop resilience, and adapt as their companies outgrow the ...
    • Founder Leadership
    Founders Stage
    This fireside uncovers the strategy, pace and mindset behind the shift from hypergrowth to profitability.     - How do you maintain clarity and resilience when the market moves against you?   - Explor ...
    • Founder Leadership
    Founders Stage
    This session reframes failure as a critical engine for innovation and resilience. Founders share how they cultivate risk-taking cultures that turn setbacks into strategic fuel.    - How can founders t ...
    • Founder Leadership
    Founders Stage
    Founders working at the edge of AI, health tech and advanced computation share how they build ambitious products while navigating competition, complexity and regulation. So, how are founders competing ...
    • Founder Leadership
    Founders Stage
    From a small start-up in Vilnius to Europe’s leading second-hand platform, Vinted has changed how people buy and sell second-hand. In this session, Adam Jay (CEO, Vinted Marketplace) sits down with Av ...
Startup World
Enterprise World
General Pass
Deep Tech Stage
  1. Deep Tech Stage
  2. Networking Break
    Deep Tech Stage
    • Industrial Sovereignty
    Deep Tech Stage
    Europe’s path to sovereignty now depends on scaling industrial capacity, securing critical supply chains and deploying frontier technologies at speed. This session defines what technological independe ...
    • Industrial Sovereignty
    Deep Tech Stage
    Europe’s defence and industrial ambitions require faster adoption of deep tech, new procurement models and cross-border collaboration. This session explores how alliances between governments, investor ...
    • Industrial Sovereignty
    Deep Tech Stage
    Europe is rebuilding the defence and industrial capabilities required for an era shaped by autonomy, AI and intensifying geopolitical competition. Sovereignty now depends on scaling industrial capacit ...
    • Industrial Sovereignty
    Deep Tech Stage
    Europe produces world-class deep tech, but too often it fails to scale because key technologies develop in isolation. AI, robotics, compute, energy and cyber are rarely designed to work together from ...
    • Industrial Sovereignty
    Deep Tech Stage
    Dual-use innovation is reshaping Europe’s industrial landscape, with technologies built for defence increasingly driving commercial growth. This session uncovers how AI, autonomy, sensing and material ...
    • Industrial Sovereignty
    Deep Tech Stage
    As AI moves into physical systems and critical industry, control of the digital stack becomes a question of sovereignty, not just security. From trusted silicon and cryptographic hardware to AI reason ...
Startup World
Enterprise World
General Pass
Ignition Stage
  1. Ignition Stage
  2. Networking Break
    Ignition Stage
    • Rising Stars Final
    Ignition Stage
    Opening remarks from Chantelle Young & Carolyn Dawson, followed by introduction to the Tech Nation OnetoWin host and judging panel.
    • Rising Stars Final
    Ignition Stage
    From cutting-edge AI to pioneering climate tech startups, each UK region is home to flourishing tech ecosystems with their own distinct strengths.  10 startups from across the UK will take to the stag ...
    • Rising Stars Final
    Ignition Stage
    A forward-looking investor-led discussion exploring the emerging technologies and market shifts that will define the next wave of UK startup success, from AI breakthroughs to climate innovation.  
    • Rising Stars Final
    Ignition Stage
    Celebrating the powerhouse tech ecosystems across Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, and beyond, and why the UK's distributed innovation landscape is its greatest competitive advantage.  
    • Rising Stars Final
    Ignition Stage
    The UK's most promising early-stage startups face live questioning from top-tier investor judges in a high-stakes pitch battle to crown Britain's next national champion.  
    • Rising Stars Final
    Ignition Stage
    Celebrating the UK's newest national champion as we reveal which startup has won the competition, investment, and a global platform to scale their vision.