AE: Global Summit on Open Problems for AI
London, 2025
28-30 October, 2025. Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.
Three days at Friends House on the open problems of artificial intelligence. Theme: Open Problems for AI. Focus: how Britain can leverage AI research breakthroughs safely to drive productivity and growth.
Partners
Speakers from Google DeepMind, UCL, Oxford, Microsoft, Meta and the UK AI Security Institute, together with leaders from finance, healthcare, law and government, working through the algorithmic, ethical and applied questions ahead.
The programme convened, over three days:
- Keynote talks
- Panel discussions
- Startup Spotlight Sessions
- Breakout rooms
- Networking receptions
Keynotes
Keynote
Dr Raia Hadsell
Google DeepMind
Keynote
Prof. Jakob Foerster
Oxford
Keynote
Prof. David Silver
Google DeepMind
Keynote
Prof. Andrew Saxe
UCL Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit & Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
Keynote
Dr Laura Gilbert
Tony Blair Institute
Keynote
Prof. Richard Susskind
Society for Computers and Law
Keynote
Prof. Chris Summerfield
AISI & Oxford
Keynote
Ashley Ramrachia
Academy
Keynote
Kriti Sharma
IFS Nexus Black
Keynote
Dex Hunter-Torricke
Google DeepMind
Keynote
Dr Irina Jurenka
Google DeepMind
Keynote
Prof. Thore Graepel
Altos Labs & UCL
Speakers
Speaker
Prof. Csaba Szepesvári
Google DeepMind · University of Alberta
Speaker
Prof. Emine Yilmaz
UCL
Speaker
Prof. Oana-Maria Camburu
Imperial College London
Speaker
Dr Sarah Parisot
Microsoft
Speaker
Dr Zhengyao Jiang
Weco
Speaker
Vassia Simaiaki
Wayve
Speaker
Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz
Thomson Reuters
Speaker
Dr Lion Schulz
Bertelsmann
Speaker
Dr Rachel Wagner-Kaiser
KPMG
Speaker
Dr Leon Chlon
Hassana Labs
Speaker
Max Beverton-Palmer
NVIDIA
Speaker
Karl Havard
Nscale
Speaker
Mark Bjornsgaard
DeepGreen
Speaker
Mike Mattacola
CoreWeave
Speaker
Dr Joshua Tan
Metagov & Public AI
Speaker
Kanishka Narayan MP
UK Government
Speaker
Dr Marc Warner
Faculty
Speaker
Dr Artemis Seaford
ElevenLabs
Speaker
Dr Marius Hobbhahn
Apollo Research
Speaker
David Sully
ADVAI
Speaker
David Dalrymple
ARIA
Speaker
Dr Jakob Mökander
Tony Blair Institute
Speaker
Dr James Kuht MBE
PAIR
Speaker
Julian Von Nehammer
Arondite
Speaker
Dr Mark L. Moerdler
Bernstein
Speaker
Dr Brent Clickard
HSBC
Speaker
Madhumita Murgia
Financial Times
Speaker
Sue Daley OBE
techUK
Speaker
Antonia Kerle
BBC Research & Development
Speaker
Alexander Straub
Straub Ventures
Speaker
Dr Trias Gkikopoulos
Innovate UK
Speaker
Erwann Le Lannou
XTX Markets
Speaker
Emily Turner
HSBC Innovation Banking UK
Speaker
Matt Hawkins
Cudo Compute
Speaker
Eric Davison
Cooley LLP
Speaker
Emma Osman
Google Cloud
Speaker
Rupert Elston
London AI Hub
Speaker
Prof. Rose Luckin
UCL & Educate Ventures
Speaker
Dr Timo Hannay
Project X
Speaker
Ed Cooke
MindMax Labs
Speaker
Prof. Pearse Keane
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology & Moorfields Eye Hospital
Speaker
Dr Lucinda Scharff
Google Health
Speaker
Dr Hannah Madan
Prima Mente
Speaker
Dr Annabelle Painter
Visiba UK
Speaker
Robin Carpenter
NHS
Session Chairs
Chair
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Thinking About Thinking · Harvard & MIT
Chair
Dr James Whittington
Thinking About Thinking · Stanford & Oxford
Chair
Dr Felix Sosa
Harvard & NTT
Chair
Prof. Skyler Wang
McGill & Meta
Chair
Nicolay Hagen
Main Quest
Chair
Dr Kevin Loi-Heng
Avalon Insights
Chair
Rehana Al-Soltane
Raspberry Pi Foundation
Chair
Prof. Dan Nicolau Jr
King's College London
Schedule
Tuesday 28 October
AI Research Breakthroughs & Infrastructure
07:00 - 08:40Registration
08:40 - 10:00Introductory Remarks and Opening Keynotes: Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday, Dr James Whittington, Dr Raia Hadsell, Prof. Csaba Szepesvári
10:00 - 10:40Panel: AI Algorithms — The Next Set of Challenges. Chair: Dr James Whittington
10:40 - 11:00Break
11:00 - 13:30Keynotes: AI x Research Breakthroughs — Prof. Jakob Foerster, Prof. David Silver
13:30 - 14:10Panel: AI x Breakthroughs in Industry — Does Industry Now Do AI Research Better? Chair: Dr Felix Sosa
14:10 - 14:30Break
14:30 - 15:00Keynote: Turning Research into Real-World Applications — Dr Laura Gilbert
15:00 - 15:40Panel: AI x Infrastructure — Getting the UK Ahead. Chair: Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
18:00 - 20:00Speakers, Sponsors and VIP Reception (by invitation)
Wednesday 29 October
AI Safety, Enterprise & Society
07:00 - 08:40Registration
08:40 - 10:00Opening Remarks and Keynotes: AI x Safety — Prof. Skyler Wang, Prof. Richard Susskind, Prof. Chris Summerfield
10:00 - 10:40Panel: AI x Safety — An Insider's Perspective. Chair: Prof. Skyler Wang
10:40 - 11:00Break
11:00 - 11:30Keynote: AI x Enterprise — Maximising Human Potential for the Tech Transformation. Ashley Ramrachia
11:30 - 12:00Keynotes: AI x Enterprise Risk. Chair: Nicolay Hagen
12:00 - 14:00Lunch and Breakout Sessions: Strategies for the AI Tech Transformation
14:00 - 14:30Keynote: The AI Tech Transformation — Kriti Sharma
14:30 - 15:10Panel: How to Maximise AI-Driven Value Within Your Business. Chair: Dr Dara Sosulski
15:10 - 15:30Keynote: AI & Government — UK's Strategy for AI Leadership. Kanishka Narayan MP
15:30 - 15:40Break
15:30 - 16:00Keynote: AI x Society — Dex Hunter-Torricke
16:00 - 16:40Panel: AI & Human Flourishing. Chair: Dr Kevin Loi-Heng
18:00 - 20:00Speakers, Sponsors and VIP Reception (off-site, by invitation)
Thursday 30 October
AI Entrepreneurship & Applications
07:00 - 08:40Registration
09:00 - 10:00Opening Remarks and Fireside Chat: Winning in the UK's AI Start-up Ecosystem. Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday and Kanishka Narayan MP
10:00 - 10:40Panel: AI x Entrepreneurship — How to Build a Trillion-Pound AI Company
10:40 - 11:00Break
11:00 - 12:00AI Startup Spotlight Session: New UK AI Companies to Watch
12:00 - 14:00Lunch and Expo
14:00 - 14:30Keynote: AI x Education — Dr Irina Jurenka
14:30 - 15:10Panel: AI x Education — Moonshots and Future Vision. Chair: Rehana Al-Soltane
15:10 - 15:30Break
15:30 - 16:00Keynote: AI x Medicine — Prof. Thore Graepel
16:00 - 16:40Panel: Rebuilding the Hospital from the Tech Up — Can the UK Scale its Clinicians? Chair: Prof. Dan Nicolau Jr
17:00 - 18:00Closing Reception
Conference Chairs
Chair
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Thinking About Thinking · Harvard & MIT
Conference Chair · President
Chair
Dr James Whittington
Thinking About Thinking · Stanford & Oxford
Conference Chair · President