AI Summit London Announces 10th Anniversary Speaker Line-Up for June 2026

The AI Summit London has officially unveiled its keynote speaker line-up for the event's 10th anniversary edition, scheduled for 10–11 June 2026 at Tobacco Dock in London. The announcement brings together senior leaders, technologists, and policymakers from across the globe to explore artificial intelligence deployment across government, enterprise, healthcare, finance, and infrastructure sectors.

According to the official press release distributed via Business Wire, speakers from NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services, Virgin Atlantic, AstraZeneca, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and JPMorgan Chase will address AI deployment, governance, infrastructure, and customer transformation across major industries.

The 2026 programme marks a decade since Informa launched the AI Summit Series in 2016. At that time, artificial intelligence events were largely focused on research and academia. The Summit positioned itself as the first conference dedicated to what AI means in practice for business. That distinction matters now more than ever, as organisations increasingly embed AI into core business functions rather than treating it as a side project.

One of the headline sessions will be the "AI Sovereignty – Possibility or Pipe Dream for Europe?" panel. Jim Carter, Director General Commercial and Industry at the Ministry of Defence, Ollie Ilott, Interim Director General Emerging Technology and AI at the UK Government, and Sasha Rubel, Head of AI/Generative AI Policy EMEA at Amazon Web Services, will debate whether Europe can realistically compete in the global race for AI infrastructure and sovereign capability.

Caroline Hicks, Vice President of The AI Summit Series at Informa, framed the timing this way: "We are standing at a critical inflection point in the evolution of artificial intelligence, where the conversation is no longer about what AI can do, but how quickly and responsibly it can be embedded into the fabric of every organisation." She added that this year's speaker line-up represents leaders actively redefining how businesses operate, compete, and create value through AI.

The full speaker roster includes Benedict Macon-Cooney, Chief AI & Innovation Officer at the Tony Blair Institute; Anthony Hills, EMEA Enterprise Director UK&I at NVIDIA; Anne-Claire Gerbaldi, SVP Chief Digital, Data and AI Officer at AstraZeneca; and Benjamin Richardson, Managing Director at CoreWeave International. Other notable attendees include Mara Pometti from Mastercard, Richard Clough from EY, and Davood Shamsi from JPMorgan Chase.

The event structure spans 10 stages and 14 tracks over two days. Delegates can access VIP All Access passes, standard Delegate passes, or a pass including a London Tech Week bundle. The official website london.theaisummit.com lists the complete speaker roster and registration details.

Travel partners include Delta Airlines, United Airlines, Eurostar, and HotelMap. For those attending in person, the physical reality of the event matters. Tobacco Dock is a converted warehouse complex in East London. Expect crowded exhibition halls, the hum of live technology demonstrations, and the inevitable friction of navigating between 10 stages while trying to catch every session you care about (which is impossible, but attendees will try anyway).

The exhibition floor will feature 100+ leading AI solution providers showcasing technologies transforming industries. This is where attendees can compare platforms, see live demos, and find partners to accelerate their AI strategy. The format includes closed-door roundtables, hands-on Masterclasses, AI Challenge Labs, and an Impact Arena for real-world applications.

As the flagship AI event of London Tech Week, The AI Summit London provides opportunities for AI adopters to connect with peers, partners, and innovators. The event aims to equip attendees with the knowledge, tools, and relationships needed to accelerate responsible, results-driven AI initiatives.

Whether this translates into actual ROI for attendees remains the real question. The conference promises to cut through buzzwords and spotlight real use cases, live demos, and candid playbooks. But the difference between hearing about AI transformation and actually implementing it is often measured in months of internal friction, budget approvals, and technical debt nobody wants to address.

Registration is open for the 2026 show. Interested members of the press and analysts may also register to attend. The full speaker list and delegate pass pricing are available on the official event website.

Artūras Malašauskas is an AI Systems Integrator with 20+ years of production-grade web engineering experience. He has designed, shipped, and scaled enterprise Python/PHP systems for logistics, SaaS, and public-sector clients. For the past year, he has focused exclusively on AI integrations: deploying open-source LLMs, building generative media pipelines (image, audio, video), and engineering multi-agent workflows for real production environments. His standard: reproducibility, security, cost-efficient inference—no vaporware. He documents and evaluates emerging AI tooling, separating verified capabilities from marketing noise. Technical editor at: muza-ai.eu, ai-verslas.lt, ai-naujinos.lt Connect on LinkedIn