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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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40Speakers
44Sponsors
0Sessions
58Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at AI, in alphabetical order.

Alex Zarifeh
Founder · ATLP Future Readiness
Amy Moore
Solutions Manager
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 Plumb
Chief Innovation Officer
Dominic Richardson
Partner
Dr Marco Ghisoni
Technical Product Manager
Emily Stubbs
Head of Policy · Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce
Helen Frost
VP of Platform
Janne Kaariainen
Principal Consultant
Joanna Birch
Founder · Growthinnk Associates
Karen Newman
Founder · BOM
Karen Rodkin
Operations Director · Netcom Training
Katie Obi
Chief People Officer · OneAdvanced
Kellie Kwarteng
Founder · Halzak | Elevate Women in Tech
Laura Bond
Founder

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 58 companies show up, and 5 bet on three roles at once?

58 companies. five 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
5All threespeak · spons · exh
39Sponsoringsponsor only
14Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Aston University·Goldman Sachs·IBM·Netcom Training·University of Wolverhampton

Speakers by seniority

75% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite718%
  • Founder / Owner820%
  • VP-level38%
  • Director / Head of1230%
  • Manager / Lead513%
  • Product13%
  • Marketing / Brand13%
  • Other roles38%

Of 40 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Aston UniversitySponsor · Patron1
2Goldman SachsSponsor · Patron1
3IBMSponsor · Headline1
4Netcom TrainingSponsor · Patron1
5University of WolverhamptonSponsor · Patron1
66 DegreesSponsor-
7AccentureSponsor · Patron-
8Advanced (OneAdvanced)Sponsor-
9Agilyx GroupSponsor-
10ArupSponsor-
11b13Sponsor-
12Birmingham City University (BCU)Sponsor-
13British Business BankSponsor-
14Create CentralSponsor-
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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