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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
0On the bill · sessions
58Companies · in total
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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
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Sponsors

The houses 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
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

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
14Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

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 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Aston UniversitySp·P1V
  2. 02Goldman SachsSp·P1V
  3. 03IBMSp·H1V
  4. 04Netcom TrainingSp·P1V
  5. 05University of WolverhamptonSp·P1V
  6. 066 DegreesSp
  7. 07AccentureSp·P
  8. 08Advanced (OneAdvanced)Sp
  9. 09Agilyx GroupSp
  10. 10ArupSp
  11. 11b13Sp
  12. 12Birmingham City University (BCU)Sp
  13. 13British Business BankSp
  14. 14Create CentralSp
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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