The AE Global Summit | Day 1

​The AE Global Summit runs from October 28-30th, 2025 at Friends House, Euston, London.

​Theme: Open Problems for AI

​Focus: How can Britain leverage AI research breakthroughs safely to drive productivity and growth?

Day 1 | Tuesday | AI Research Breakthroughs & Infrastructure

​🕖 08:00 – 08:40

​REGISTRATION
📍 Main Entrance

​🕣 08:40 – 10:00

​Introductory Remarks & Opening Keynotes
📍 Light Auditorium – Ground Floor

​Speakers:

• ​Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Thinking About Thinking)

• ​Dr James Whittington (Thinking About Thinking)

• ​Dr Raia Hadsell (Google DeepMind)

​🕙 10:00 – 10:40

​Panel – “AI × Research Breakthroughs: The Next Set of Challenges?”
📍 Light Auditorium – Ground Floor

​Chair:

• ​Dr James Whittington (Thinking About Thinking Stanford Oxford)

​Speakers:

• ​Prof. Emine Yilmaz (UCL)

• ​Prof. Oana-Maria Camburu (Oxford)

• ​Dr Sarah Parisot (Imperial College London)

• ​Dr Minqi Jiang (Meta Superintelligence Labs)

​☕ 10:40 – 11:00

​BREAK
📍 Waldo Williams – Ground Floor

​VIP Break: Ada Salter Room – Ground Floor
(Speakers, Sponsors, VIPs only)

​Networking space with refreshments

​🧬 11:00 – 13:30

​Keynotes – AI × Research Breakthroughs
📍 Light Auditorium – Ground Floor

​Speakers:

• ​Prof. Jakob Foerster (Oxford)

• ​Prof. David Silver (Google DeepMind)

​VIP Lunch: Ada Salter Room – Ground Floor
(Speakers, Sponsors, VIPs only)

​🏭 13:30 – 14:10

​Panel – “AI × Breakthroughs in Industry: Does Industry Now Do AI Research Better?”
📍 Light Auditorium – Ground Floor

​Chair:

• ​Dr Felix Sosa (Harvard & NTT)

​Speakers:

• ​Vassia Simaiaki (Wayve)

• ​Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz (Thomson Reuters)

• ​Dr Lion Schulz (Bertelsmann)

• ​Dr Rachel Wagner-Kaiser (KPMG)

• ​Dr Leon Chlon (Hassana Labs)

​☕ 14:10 – 14:30

​BREAK
📍 Waldo Williams – Ground Floor

​VIP Break: Ada Salter Room – Ground Floor
(Speakers, Sponsors, VIPs only)

​Networking space with refreshments

​💡 14:30 – 15:00

​Keynote – “AI × Breakthroughs in Industry: Turning Research into Real-World Applications”
📍 Light Auditorium – Ground Floor

​Speaker:

• ​Dr Laura Gilbert (Tony Blair Institute)

​🧩 15:00 – 15:40

​Panel – “AI × Infrastructure: Getting the UK Ahead”
📍 Light Auditorium – Ground Floor

​Chair:

• ​Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday (Thinking About Thinking / Harvard & MIT)

​Speakers:

• ​Max Beverton-Palmer (NVIDIA)

• ​Karl Havard (Nscale)

• ​Mark Bjornsgaard (DeepGreen)

• ​Dr Joshua Tan (Metagov & Public AI)

​🍸 17:00 – 20:00

​Speakers, Sponsors & VIP Reception (Invitation Only)
📍 Private Venue – Details upon confirmation

​Special Focus: AI × Entrepreneurship: The UK's Best AI Startups | Canapés + Drinks