Georgia Lewis Anderson

• Compare how leading enterprises are using AI in 2026, so you can see where your organisation sits on the maturity curve. 
• Learn which use-cases, metrics and operating models are translating AI deployments into measurable business outcomes and which aren’t. 
 
Moderator: Georgia Lewis Anderson 
Thomson Reuters - Group Chief Information Officer, Jason Escaravage  
Vodafone - Group Chief Technology Officer, Scott Petty 
Lloyds Banking Group – Chief Information Officer, Amit Thawani 

Oracle - Senior Vice President, AI & Data, EMEA, Neil Sholay

AI and cloud investments continue to scale, yet executive leaders face increasing scrutiny to demonstrate clear, defensible returns. Insights from Apptio’s 2026 Technology Investment Management Report show that 90% of technology leaders say uncertainty around ROI is now shaping investment decisions, even as AI and cybersecurity remain top priorities for 2026.

This session outlines an executive-level investment framework to help leadership teams:

• Align CIOs and CFOs on a shared, trusted view of technology investments, enabling faster, more confident capital allocation decisions.
• Connect financial and operational data to distinguish true cost from realized value as priorities evolve.
• Direct funding to the initiatives with the highest business impact, ensuring AI and digital transformation deliver measurable outcomes, not just increased spend.
 

Apptio (IBM) - Field CTO, Greg Holmes

AI is reshaping the economics of risk and redefining how organisations protect people at scale. Drawing on Zurich Insurance Group's AI360 strategy, Ericson Chan offers a rare dual perspective: an insurer actively embedding AI into its own operations, while underwriting the risks AI creates for the wider world. In this presentation we explore how AI is shifting from linear adoption to recursive acceleration, what this means for society's risk landscape, and how leaders can build trustworthy, governance-backed AI that delivers lasting competitive advantage.

Zurich Insurance Group - Group Chief Information & Digital Officer, Ericson Chan 

• Clarify shared ownership of AI across the C‑suite so decisions are made from one coherent playbook, not competing agendas.

• Turn AI strategy into a practical operating model that business, technology, risk and people leaders can execute together, enabling AI‑driven products and services to become safer, more personalised and faster to deliver for customers.

Moderator: Georgia Lewis Anderson
NatWest - Group Chief Information Officer, Scott Marcar 
Barilla - Group Chief Digital & Business Technology Officer, Amitabh Apte 

BT Business - Chief Technology Officer, Colin Bannon

Miro – Managing Director UK&I, Rina Ladva

AI is reshaping the sports business — changing how organizations engage fans, make decisions, and unlock new opportunities for growth across markets. This session will explore why trust, strong governance, and responsible data use are essential to scaling AI effectively — and to delivering more personalized fan experiences with the transparency and accountability required for long-term success.

Moderator: Ceric & Co – Chairman, Samir Ceric

NBA – Chief Privacy and Data Governance Officer, Courtney Stout

• Stress-test your near-term AI priorities against real operational constraints.
• Leave with a sharper view of where to focus effort in the next six months to maintain strategic momentum.

As enterprises gather momentum with AI, the conversation is moving from experimentation into the practical realities of scaling and operationalising AI. Data readiness, security, performance, cost control and the orchestration of agents across complex application and data landscapes are becoming critical questions for business and technology leaders.

In this executive roundtable, Oracle will bring together senior leaders to discuss what is working well, what remains challenging, and how organisations are preparing for the next phase of enterprise AI. The discussion will focus on practical experiences, lessons learned, and decisions leaders need to make to scale AI and agentic workflows effectively.

Oracle, Director AI & Data EMEA - Milo Honegger

Oracle, Senior Director, AI & Data Strategy - Hammad Hussain

AI agents are reshaping enterprise applications, but their success is determined not by models but by the data behind them. This session examines how traditional, fragmented data architectures limit AI effectiveness and introduce security and governance risks. It outlines a unified approach to operational and AI data and presents a practical framework for aligning data strategies with the requirements of scalable, agent based AI.

Chris leads the Global Customer Success Management team at Couchbase. He and his team focus on helping clients maximize the value of their Data and AI platforms to improve customer and employee experiences and business value. Chris brings 30 years of industry experience to his role, having previously held leadership and consulting positions at Veritas, EMC, and RSA Security. 

Couchbase - Global Customer Technology Strategy Leader – Chris Bridgland

• Translate high-level strategy and ROI goals into clear mandates for VPs, Directors, and Project Leads without becoming diluted.

• Build an AI-ready culture that focuses on practical upskilling and real-world change management.

Moderator: Experian - GM, AI & Automation, Christine Foster  
Virgin Active - Chief AI Officer, Marco Ianonne  
Bayer - Global Head of Digital Transformation & AI – Strategic Marketing, Digital and R&D, Emanuele D’Agati 

RingCentral - Product Marketing Manager, UK/INTL, Bryan Peddie

• Examine the leadership behaviours, incentive structures and operating model changes needed to embed AI across the enterprise.
• Agree on a cultural transformation strategy that turns adoption bottlenecks into accelerators for long-term AI value.

Your developers, engineers, and designers are moving up to 40x faster with AI. So why isn't your company? Join this session to see how collective intelligence is closing the gap between individual speed and organisation-wide outcomes.

Miro - Staff Solutions Engineer, Mo Hossain

Deploying AI across a global organisation is as much a human challenge as a technical one. As CTO of the world's largest jewellery brand, Garima Singh has led the charge in shifting Pandora's workforce from AI anxiety to AI confidence — embedding adoption into the culture while keeping business value firmly at the centre. In this case study, she shares the practical playbook behind that journey: how to identify resistance, bring early adopters on board, build the right foundations, and turn sceptics into fluent AI practitioners at scale.

Pandora - Chief Technology Officer, Garima Singh

• Turn AI-enabled efficiency into sustained business value.

• Measure freed capacity, reallocating it to new revenue streams, and building feedback loops that compound ROI over time. 

Moderator – Unicredit, Former CIO, Joanna Pamphilis

Santander – Chief Transformation, Data and AI Officer, Jasmeet Narang

Bank of America – Head of Technology & Operations for BofA Securities Europe S.A, Andy Price 

Mars Food & Nutrition - Chief Digital & Information Officer, Balki Subramanian

Intesa Sanpaolo – Chief Data and AI Officer, Marco Ditta

Tessera Labs – Chief Executive Officer, Kabir Nagrecha

Georgia Lewis Anderson

Georgia Lewis Anderson

• Consider what a distinctly European AI advantage could look like: sovereign capability, economic output, or something more nuanced and whether current strategies are bold enough to realise it.

• Explore the policy, talent, and investment decisions European leaders must get right in the next 24 months to avoid being permanently outpaced.

Moderator: Global Blockchain Business Council - Chief Revenue Officer, Emma Joyce

OpenUK – Chief Executive Officer, Amanda Brock

Era4 – Chief Strategy Officer, Sana Khareghani

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology – Director of AI Adoption and Preparedness, Mary Jones OBE

Atkins Realis – Global Future Focus & AI Director, Jack Li

The next frontier of AI isn't just digital — it's physical. From autonomous flight and AI-driven manufacturing to robotics, digital twins, and predictive systems that keep aircraft airborne, physical AI is fundamentally reshaping what aerospace can do and how fast it can evolve. In this case study, Dr Greg Ombach, SVP and Group Head of Disruptive Research, Technology & Innovation at Airbus, shares how one of the world's largest aerospace companies is making bold, long-term bets on physical AI; translating deep-tech research into industrial-scale impact across design, production, and operations.

Airbus - Senior Vice President, Group Head of Disruptive Research, Technology & Innovation, Dr Grzegorz (Greg) Ombach

• Move beyond fractured global regulations with a unified, principles-first framework. 
• Operationalise these principles to reduce risk, accelerate innovation, and build the confidence needed to deploy AI at scale. 
 

Moderator: Brunel Business School - Dean of Brunel Business School and host of The AI Adoption Podcast, Ashley Braganza

Women in AI Governance – Co-Founder, Emerald De Leeuw-Goggin

NatWest - Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy, Dr. Paul Dongha

Travelodge - Chief Data Officer, Kinnari Ladha

Deliverance AI - Chief Executive Officer, Mick McNeil

• Overcome agent reliability, orchestration and governance challenges.

• Solve integration and scaling bottlenecks to speed up core processes and move agentic pilots from testing to enterprise-wide adoption.

Moderator: UKAI – CEO, Tim Flagg

Metro AG - Chief Information Officer, Khaled Bagban

Unilever – Global VP for Technology, Customer Operations, Francis Castro

Lloyds Banking Group - Managing Director, Transaction Banking Technology Platforms, Clare Schramm Fergus

MillTech – Chief Quant and AI Officer, Justin Xu

HappyRobot AI – Chief Executive Officer, Pablo Palafox

Run by: Alan Turing Institute

Moderator: Alan Turing Institute - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Lead, Juliette Sexton

Alan Turing Institute - Director of Operations for the Chief Scientist, Nicki Ridgway

Alan Turing Institute - Professor of Cybersecurity and Maritime Theme Lead, Kimberly Tam

Travelodge - Chief Data Officer, Kinnari Ladha

Pandora - Chief Technology Officer, Garima Singh

Women in AI Governance - Co-Founder, Emerald De Leeuw-Goggin