Jacksonville UK Trade Mission: Fintech, Lawtech, Insuretech, AI, and Cybersecurity Summit
The Human in the Loop: Where Liability Lands When the Machine Gets It Wrong.
Bankers, insurers and lawyers are all putting AI into regulated work faster than the rules governing it can keep up. Jacksonville is part of that shift, home to FIS, the Fortune 500 fintech that processes some $9 trillion in transactions a year, as well as Paysafe's US headquarters.
Travelling with the delegation are Mark Bennett, President of Bank of America Jacksonville, Christina Clohecy, CFO of Dun & Bradstreet, and senior figures from ICE, Foley & Lardner and the region's credit unions.
The session will look at what it means in practice: IP protection, privacy, and where liability sits when something goes wrong, scrutinised from both US and UK legal angles.
Request a place to hear how firms are onboarding AI now, and how they are handling the cyber security exposure that comes with it.
Dedicated Networking Opportunity
This session is followed by scheduled networking with the delegation and guests at JW Marriott Grosvenor House.
Sponsor and participants
Sponsors: Dun & Bradstreet · Foley & Lardner
UK partner: TBC
Panel: TBC
About Jacksonville's 2026 Trade Mission
Jacksonville, Florida brings its annual trade and investment mission to London from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October 2026. It is led by Donna Deegan, Mayor of Jacksonville, joined by Shad Khan, owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham Football Club, and more than 50 business and civic leaders from the region.
Jacksonville is ranked the #3 large US city for economic growth. Florida has no personal income tax, leads the US in net business relocations, and saw some 698,000 new businesses formed in 2025, more than any other state; Jacksonville is where much of it lands. The city has been called the Wall Street of the South: FIS, Fidelity National Financial and GuideWell are headquartered there, and global banks including Bank of America, Citi and Deutsche Bank run major operations in the city.
The UK connection is already working. The UK and Florida signed their trade and economic cooperation agreement in Jacksonville in November 2023, and Jacksonville's City Council holds a Memorandum of Friendship with the City of London. JAX Hub, the city's fintech innovation programme, is accepting applications from UK companies for its 2026 cohort.
The mission exists to help UK companies succeed in US markets, with summits across finance and fintech, defence, aerospace and space technology, medical services and medtech, construction and real estate, retail and consumer brands, legal services and lawtech, AI and cyber security. Each pairs Jacksonville decision-makers with their UK counterparts. JAXUSA Partnership, the city's economic development agency, travels with the delegation and advises UK companies on entering the market.