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AI Symposium 2026

The AI Symposium 2026, part of Birmingham Tech Week, is focused on the practical realities of AI adoption across various sectors. Attendees will explore how organisations are transitioning from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment, with a strong emphasis on workflow transformation, organisational culture, data readiness, governance, and tangible oper…

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44Sponsors
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70Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at AI, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Powell
Director of Digital and Data Transformation at West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) · West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)
Alex Zarifeh
Founder · ATLP Future Readiness
Amardeep Gill
National Head of Public Sector at Trowers and Hamlins · Trowers and Hamlins
Amy Moore
Solutions Manager
Andrew Burns
Global Head of Data Strategy at National Grid · National Grid
Andrew Knight
NED
Andy Hague
CEO · TechWM
Carl Tanner
Senior Manager, EMEA Customer Enablement
Charlie Smith
Executive Director · IBM UK & Ireland
Cian Galvin
Head, TechFirst and Cyber Skills Team · Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Clare-Boden-Hatton
Director – Planning & Performance
Clare Streets
Innovation Lead
Dave Sharpe
Co-founder & CTO
David Holloway-Bone
Managing Director at Accenture UK & Ireland · Accenture UK & Ireland
David Plumb
Chief Innovation Officer
Dominic Richardson
Partner
Dr Marco Ghisoni
Technical Product Manager
Emily Stubbs
Head of Policy · Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce
Gabby Crofts
Co-Founder & CEO at B13.ai · B13.ai
Helen Frost
VP of Platform
Janne Kaariainen
Principal Consultant
Joanna Birch
Founder · Growthinnk Associates

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

6 Degrees
AccenturePatron
Advanced (OneAdvanced)
Agilyx Group
Arup
Aston UniversityPatron
b13
Birmingham City University (BCU)
British Business Bank
Create Central
Crowe UK
Crunch Digital Media
CyberQ Group
Goldman SachsPatron
Good Growth
Gowling WLGPatron
Harrison Clark Rickerbys (HCR)
HSBC
IBMHeadline
Intercity TechnologyPatron
Jensten
Marks & Clark
Midlands InnovationPatron
Millennium Point
NatWest
Netcompany
Netcom TrainingPatron
P2AV
Pinsent Masons
Pure Storage UK
QA
Rigby GroupPatron
Scalerr
SCCPatron
SF Recruitment TechnologyPatron
Shakespeare Martineau
Skills West Midlands
SW Group
UKTN (UK Tech News)
University of BirminghamPatron
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 70 companies show up, and 7 bet on three roles at once?

70 companies. seven are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
7All threespeak · spons · exh
37Sponsoringsponsor only
26Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Aston University·Goldman Sachs·IBM·Netcom Training·SCC·University of Wolverhampton·West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)

Speakers by seniority

71% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite916%
  • Founder / Owner1018%
  • VP-level35%
  • Director / Head of1832%
  • Manager / Lead713%
  • Product12%
  • Marketing / Brand12%
  • Other roles713%

Of 56 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Aston UniversitySponsor · Patron1
2Goldman SachsSponsor · Patron1
3IBMSponsor · Headline1
4Netcom TrainingSponsor · Patron1
5SCCSponsor · Patron1
6University of WolverhamptonSponsor · Patron1
7West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)Sponsor1
86 DegreesSponsor-
9AccentureSponsor · Patron-
10Advanced (OneAdvanced)Sponsor-
11Agilyx GroupSponsor-
12ArupSponsor-
13b13Sponsor-
14Birmingham City University (BCU)Sponsor-
Sponsors by tier
headline1
2% of 44
patron13
30% of 44
unspecified30
68% of 44
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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