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Birmingham Tech Week 2026: AI Symposium

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40Speakers
44Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
58Companies · in total
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Speakers

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