The City Quantum & AI Summit
Connections in Chaos
AGENDA Wednesday, 8 October 2026
12:15-13.00
Guests arrive and light lunch
13:00
Welcome: Alderman and future Lord Mayor (subject to election) Bronek Masojada
13:10
Welcome: Karina Robinson FCSI (Hon), CEO, Redcliffe Advisory and Founder, The City Quantum & AI Summit
13:20
DEFENCE – Safety and Security in Troubled Times
Chair: Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, GBE, KCB, former Chief of the Defence Staff
Enrique Lizaso, Co-Founder and CEO, Multiverse Computing
Tony Lowe, CEO, Delta.g
Simon Harwood, CTO, Strategy & Technology Director, Leonardo UK
TBC
14:00
LIFE SCIENCES: The Search for Advantage through Quantum & AI
Chair: TBC
Dr Lara Jehi, MD, MHCDS, Chief Research Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic
James McCafferty, Chief Information Officer, Wellcome Sanger Institute
TBC
TBC
14:45-15:10
Coffee Break
15:10
SPACE: A conversation, in association with Farnborough International Airshow
Chair: TBC
Ashley Fieglein Johnson, President and CFO, Planet
TBC
15:45
FINANCING INNOVATION
Chair: Kevin Parry, OBE, Chair of Nationwide
Emily Turner, CEO, HSBC Innovation Bank UK
Dame Julia Hoggett, DBE, Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange
TBC
TBC
16:45 - 17:10
Coffee Break
17:10
FIRESIDE CHAT:
Roman Orus, Co-founder & CSO, Multiverse Computing and member of the UN Independent Scientific Panel on AI
TBC
17:45
KEYNOTE: TBC
18:00-18:05
Closing Remarks
18:15
DRINKS RECEPTION: SURPRISE EVENT
19:45-22:00
INVITATION-ONLY DINNER IN THE OLD BALLROOM
Hosted by TBC, with a conversation between TBC
For more information, please send an email to Karina Robinson.
For Media enquiries contact our Communication Partner, Cardew Group
Ed Orlebar: ed.orlebar@cardewgroup.com
Alexander James: alexander.james@cardewgr
Collaborators:
Partners:
Consultancy Partner Amberstone Innovation
Communications Partner Cardew Group
Sector Media Partner Resonance Holdings
For any media enquiries, please contact:
Ed Orlebar: ed.orlebar@cardewgroup.com
Alexander James: alexander.james@cardewgroup.com