The City Quantum & AI Summit

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