AE Global Summit, Open Problems for AI.
The institution's Annual Meeting. Three days convening the researchers, engineers, founders, investors and policymakers most directly engaged with the open problems of artificial intelligence.
A flagship conference on Open Problems for AI in research, startup and applications.
The Algorithmic Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Summit is Thinking About Thinking’s flagship international conference. It brings together researchers, engineers, founders, policymakers and thinkers to explore how intelligence, artificial, biological and collective, is studied, built and governed.
The Summit focuses on foundational questions across artificial intelligence, machine learning, neuroscience, computer science, mathematics and the sciences of mind, with particular attention to how technical systems intersect with institutions, culture and the future of work.
Rather than promoting finished answers, AE Global Summit is designed to surface open problems, shared constraints and productive disagreements, and to build intellectual bridges across disciplines that rarely meet in the same room.
Friends House, London · 25-27 November 2026
The full programme is in preparation. Confirmed keynotes, invited talks and the closing panel are released as the conference approaches.
Dr Ruairidh Battleday
Dr Ruairidh Battleday is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher and founder working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, neuroscience and mathematics.
Dr James Whittington
Dr James Whittington is a computational neuroscientist and AI researcher working at the intersection of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and mathematics.
A small selection of those who have spoken at previous editions of the Summit. The full programme of each edition is retained on the Past Editions list below.
Prof Karl Friston
UCL · Verses AI
Prof Tim Rocktäschel
Google DeepMind & UCL
Prof David Silver
Google DeepMind & UCL
Dr Raia Hadsell
Google DeepMind
Kanishka Narayan MP
UK Government
Dex Hunter-Torricke
Google DeepMind
Dr Irina Jurenka
Google DeepMind
Dr Jakob Foerster
Oxford · Meta FAIR
Dr Shane Gu
Google DeepMind
Prof Taro Toyoizumi
RIKEN CBS
Dr Marc Warner
Faculty
Prof Chris Summerfield
AISI & Oxford
Programmes, speakers and schedules from previous editions of the Summit, retained as the institution has held them.
- 2025London, Autumn 202528-30 October, 2025. Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.View →
- 2025Tokyo, Spring 20259-11th April, 2025. Tokyo, Japan.View →
- 2024London, Autumn 202423-24th October, 2024. Euston, London.View →
- 2024Boston, Winter 20244-6th December, 2024. Boston, USA.View →
- 2024Mountain View, Spring 202415th April, 2024. Mountain View, California.View →
- 2023Boston, Fall 2023Monday 27th November 2023. PillarVC Headquarters, 500 Boylston St, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02116.View →
Three tiers.
Student, general and early-bird VIP. Tickets are issued by the organisation directly; capacity is limited by design.
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Keynote - Era of experience (Prof. David Silver)
Keynote Talk by Prof. David Silver (Principal Research Scientist formerly at Google DeepMind & Professor of Computer Science at UCL). This t…
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Keynote - AI & The Crossroads for Society (Dex Hunter-Torricke)
Keynote Talk by Dex Hunter-Torricke - Senior Fellow at Fathom (formerly Google, Meta, SpaceX, United Nations). This talk was given at the Al…
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Winning in the UK’s AI Start-up Ecosystem (Minister Kanishka Narayan)
Talk by Minister Kanishka Narayan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for AI and Online Safety). This talk was given at the A…
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Keynote - AI, cognition and society (Prof. Chris Summerfield)
Keynote Talk by Prof. Chris Summerfield (Professor & Research Director at Oxford & The AI Security Institute). This talk was given at the Al…
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Keynote - Beyond Chatbots Using AI to model the unknowns (Dr Raia Hadsell)
Keynote Talk by Dr Raia Hadsell (Vice-President of Research at Google DeepMind.). This talk was given at the Algorithmic Innovation and Entr…
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Keynote - An AI Inspired View of Development, Aging and Rejuvenation (Prof. Thore Graepel)
Keynote Talk by Prof. Thore Graepel (Professor at UCL). This talk was given at the Algorithmic Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Summit…
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