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Innovation Arc Day

Tuesday 9 June 2026

08:30 - 13:15

Speakers

Dr. Ben Miles, Co-Founder & General Partner - Empirical Ventures

Dame Tamara Finkelstein DCB, CEO - Royal Academy of Engineering

Tim Rocktaschel, Professor of Artificial Intelligence - UCL

Ekaterina Almasque, Founding Partner - Blank Page Capital

Prof Susan Rosser, Professor of Synthetic Biology

Douglas Paul OBE, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies - University of Glasgow

Prof. Anita Grigoriadis, Professor of Molecular and Digital Pathology; CEO - PharosAI

Michael Moore, Chief Executive - UK Private Capital

Duncan Johnson, CEO - Northern Gritstone

Dr. Phil Clare, CEO - Queen Mary Innovation

Dame Anne Glover, Co-Founder and CEO - Amadeus Capital Partners

Anne Lane, CEO - UCL Business Ltd

Sir John Lazar, President - Royal Academy of Engineering

Alex Van Someren, Executive Chair - Photonic Inc.

Dr Kris Naudts, Founding & Managing Partner - Firgun Ventures

Carlos Moreira da Silva, Managing Partner - 33N Ventures

Fran McIntyre, Managing Director - Innovate UK Business Connect

Kavita Reddi, Chair, Board of Trustees - University of London

Professor Kate Goldsworthy, Director of the Future Denim Lab, Director of the UAL Innovation Lab, Central Saint Martins - University of the Arts London

Aline Miller, Associate Vice President (Enterprise) - The University of Manchester

Professor Graham Lord, Co-Chair - SC1 London

Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment - Imperial College London

Prof. Christos Bergeles, Director, Robotics and Vision in Medicine Lab - King’s College London

Prof. Bob Coecke, Founder and CEO of Relational Intelligence, Former Chief Scientist, Quantinuum, Professor of Quantum Foundations, Logics and Structures - University of Oxford

Prof. Sir Colin Humphreys, Professor of Materials Science - Queen Mary University of London

Prof. Elena Simperl, Professor of Computer Science; Co-Director - King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Lord Vallance, Minister for Science, Innovation Research and Nuclear - UK Government

Will Dufton, Partner - Giant Ventures