Meredith is the President of the Signal Foundation, the non-profit organisation founded to “protect free expression and enable secure global communication through open source privacy technology. The foundation wholly owns Signal Messenger, the secure messaging app used by 40M people around the world. Meredith was previously the co-founder and Faculty Director of the AI Now Institute at NYU. Prior to founding AI Now, she worked at Google for over a decade, where she led product and engineering teams, founded Google’s Open Research Group, and co-founded M-Lab. She has advised the White House, the FCC, FTC, the City of New York, the European Parliament, and many other governments and civil society organisations on artificial intelligence, internet policy, measurement, privacy, and security.

Technology companies have crept into nearly every corner of our lives and our governments. To reverse this existential power imbalance, Marietje will outline game-changing solutions to empower elected officials and citizens alike. Democratic leaders can—and must—resist the influence of corporate lobbying and reinvent themselves as dynamic, flexible guardians of our digital world.

AI has already infiltrated our day-to-day lives, through language-generating chatbots like ChatGPT and social media. But it’s also affecting us in more insidious ways. It touches everything from our interpersonal relationships to our kids education, work, finances, public services, and even our human rights. Madhu discusses how AI can strip away our collective and individual sense of agency, and shatter our illusion of free will.

In Brave New Words, Salman explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology will transform learning, offering a roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting new world. Khan will also delve into the ethical and social implications of AI and GPT, offering thoughtful insights into how we can use these tools to build a more accessible education system for students around the world.

Klaus is a passionate advocate of the European Tech Ecosystem, arguing for the strengthening of Europe’s sovereignty in times of digital transformation. He will discuss innovation financing and reflect on learnings from being Chair of the European Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, together with his ambitions as Chair of the NATO Venture Fund.

Chris’s book is a potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the Internet—and how that affects us all. He will walk us through the history of the internet, showing how it has gone through three major design eras: the first focused on democratising information (read), the second on democratising publishing (write), and the third on democratising ownership (own). We are on the cusp of the third era — own — so he explains the key concepts underlying it, including blockchains and digital services built on top of blockchains.

AI will permeate our lives in unforeseeable ways, but it is clear that the shape of AI’s future—and of our own—cannot be left only to those building it. Verity argues that it is critical for society to take the lead in figuring out what, and who, this technology is really for, if we are to guide it away from our worst fears and toward a future that we can trust and believe in.

Sebastian joins us to share the astonishingly frank and intimate story of Silicon Valley’s dominant venture-capital firms—and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economy.

Liberty City Ventures have been involved in the blockchain space since 2010 (buying and mining bitcoins) and cofounded/incubated two major companies in the blockchain infrastructure ecosystem (Paxos and Lukka). As part of our crypto series, Emil joins us to share his expertise in this space.

The Metaverse will enable whole new experiences in the realms of life, labour and leisure. Over lunch, Herman Narula will explore why the metaverse matters for all of us.

Join us for the astonishingly frank and intimate story of Silicon Valley’s dominant venture-capital firms – and how their strategies and fates have shaped the path of innovation and the global economy.

Following Alexis’s Nov 2021 session, Alexis will share his thinking on crypto and NFTs in the light of the crypto winter, outlining real use cases and investment opportunities.

How the Open Metaverse, based on crypto & NFTs, has the potential to infuse property rights into the digital economy, changing the future of how we live, work & play.

OneFootball, the world’s most popular and biggest digital football media platform, is designed for fans who are mobile-first, who want tailored content and news about their favourite clubs and players, and whose biggest barrier to football is access. Lucas will talk about recent joint ventures and discuss his vision for the future.

Everybody is talking about it. But what actually is the metaverse and what are going to be the opportunities for businesses and for society. Spoiler alert – it is not just going to be floating around in virtual environments.

Carissa offers a blistering exposé of how our personal data is being exploited, why that matters and what we can do about it. Privacy Is Power is the first book to call for the end of the data economy, and to offer a practical roadmap for citizens, companies, and policymakers.

As all things digital continue to accelerate, which technology trend matters most to companies and executives? Join Jeremy Palmer, co-leader of QuantumBlack Labs, to understand the top trends and deep dive into the most important Applied AI.

Join us for breakfast at Google’s office with Ronan Harris, Managing Director of Google UK, who will update us on latest developments at Google, plans for the future and the current and future regulatory environment.

As Co-founders of VEGA Cyber Associates, Alex and Sadie will discuss the extent of cyber threats and what leaders must do to achieve digital resilience, decoding and explaining the technology required.

Ben will be discussing the impact of fintech on every part of the financial industry. He will also explain why Clocktower Technology Ventures do not invest in crypto.

Generative AI has ushered in a new era where machines can engage with human language like never before. This breakthrough promises to transform our lives and livelihoods. In this session, Alexander will demystify this cutting-edge technology, discuss its practical applications, and explain how corporate leaders can use it to reinvent business models and the industries in which they operate.

Jack joins us to explain the impact of AI and quantum on financial services, from breaking the encryption that is the bedrock of banking, to portfolio and risk optimisation. We will also look at the impact of quantum on the biopharma industry, resulting in faster, safer delivery of drugs with better IRR.

Join us at this pivotal moment for generative AI for a fascinating session with Microsoft’s Chief Strategy Officer

By the year 2029, it is predicted that machine intelligence will break out of specific tasks and into general intelligence and that by 2049, AI will be a billion times smarter, in everything, than the smartest human. If AI is Einstein and humans are a fly, how do we convince this super being not to squash the fly?

Venture capital is going through a golden era, and is on track to see its greatest returns since the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. Investor appetite for venture capital and private deals is at an all time high, as valuations of startups and newly-listed tech companies have soared. In this session, Harry will discuss the early stage venture capital landscape, where it is and where it’s heading.

Yat will open our eyes to how the Metaverse has the potential to end data feudalism & wealth inequality

Venture capital is going through a golden era, and is on track to see its greatest returns since the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. Investor appetite for private deals is at an all time high, as valuations of startups and newly-listed tech companies have soared. In this session, Josh will discuss the early stage venture capital landscape, and the shifts taking place.

In this session, Alexis will discuss DeFi and the role of community in crypto, the NFT surge, the blockchain gaming phenomenon and how Web3 is going to reshape the future of the internet.

How will AI change the world over the next 20 years? For better or for worse? By gazing toward a not-so-distant horizon, Kai-Fu Lee’s latest book, AI 2041, offers urgent insights into our collective future, while reminding us that, ultimately, humankind remains the author of its destiny.

The Cult of We is the gripping inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder and what its epic unravelling says about a financial system drunk on the elixir of Silicon Valley innovation.

Tim Higgins joins us to discuss his newly published book, Power Play, the first major investigative book on Tesla, a story of power, recklessness, turmoil and triumph.

His name is a byword for revolutionary innovation and design. But how did James Dyson become Britain’s most celebrated inventor?

In conversation with Matthew Syed, author and columnist for The Times, Dyson will share the story of his life as an inventor and entrepreneur and explain why he is convinced that the solution to the world’s problems will be met by young engineering minds.

Azeem explains out how we can harness the power of tech to serve our real needs – fostering new ways of doing business, innovative forms of politics, and fresh approaches to national defence.

In Amazon Unbound, Stone offers the must-read follow-up to his bestseller The Everything Store, detailing the seismic changes that have taken place at Amazon over the past decade as it became one of the most powerful and feared companies in the global economy, led by one of the most powerful and feared leaders in business.

Cade joins us to discuss his recent book, Genius Makers, a ground-breaking account of the race to create Artificial Intelligence. As well as explaining and exploring artificial intelligence and showing how individuals and companies are reaching for it, Genius Makers also poses serious ethical questions about the technology.

In conversation with Diana Fox Carney, Nicole opens our eyes to the underground cyber weapons market and gives us a terrifying first look at a new kind of global warfare. In this market, governments aren’t regulators; they are clients – paying huge sums to hackers willing to turn over gaps in the Internet, and stay silent about them.

Never has cybersecurity been more important. As one of the world’s leading cybersecurity experts having spent 24 years with the FBI, Shawn will be guiding us through the complexities of cybersecurity and what it means for us all going forward.

Finance is 10-15% of the global economy by GDP or by market capitalisation. Almost $10 trillion of financial market cap will be impacted by the growth of Financial Technology. This growth covers everything from payments, insurance, working capital, lending, capital markets and asset management. All of them will be transformed over the next decade through Fintech.  The global Fintech winners already include: Ant Financial, Adyen, Square, PayPal, Stripe, but many more are coming.

In this session, Ben will discuss the global Fintech landscape with a deep dive into the future of the asset management industry.

Surveillance capitalism is everywhere. But it’s not the result of some wrong turn or a rogue abuse of corporate power — it’s the system working as intended. How should it be regulated? And by whom? In conversation with Georgina Godwin, Cory will share his thoughts on how to navigate this ever more complex field.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has found a natural home in the world of sport, where marginal gains can often make the difference between one team’s triumph and another’s defeat. In this session, Jacomo Corbo, QuantumBlack’s Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, will explore how AI is changing sport and why sport is still leading the AI tech revolution.  From developing an autopilot that outperforms Olympic sailors for the America’s Cup to building a real-time race strategy engine in Formula E, Jacomo will share lessons learned from building complex AI-enabled capabilities and the cultural shifts required to successfully embed AI into fast-moving, performance-driven organisations, whether in the world of sport or beyond.

Over the past ten years, AI has evolved from little more than a boardroom buzzword into one of humanity’s most influential technologies, guiding decisions in government, corporate leadership and throughout our daily lives.

How should firms navigate the artificial intelligence era? And what shape will this technology take in the coming years as businesses seek to leverage competitive advantage by scaling AI in the enterprise?

Written with unprecedented access, Steven’s new book tells the story of Facebook, the company that connected the world and reaped the consequences.

In this event Michael Moe – Founder and CEO of GSV, a growth focused investment platform based in Silicon Valley – will be talking about the changing landscape of education and how Covid-19 has changed forever the way we learn.

Hayden is on a mission to revolutionise the way people consume their energy. He is the co-founder and CEO of Bulb, the UK’s biggest green energy supplier and fastest growing private company.

Bulb aims to help its customers save money and save emissions. It supplies its customers with 100% renewable electricity from solar, wind and hydro and its gas supply is 100% carbon neutral.

He will be talking to us about the future of renewable energy, how the pandemic is (re)shaping that, and the challenges of building a business in a highly regulated sector.

Recent reports highlight serious risks of disruptive or cascading climate change prior to 2050. Reducing greenhouse gases is essential, but even the most optimistic projections predict many decades for emissions reduction and carbon removal efforts to take effect, leaving us without insurance against near-term catastrophic risks.

Scientific assessments suggest that the most promising way to reduce warming within a decade or two is to enhance the natural cooling of Earth’s atmosphere by increasing the reflection of sunlight through scattering particles or brightening clouds. Today we have very little information on these approaches, and scientists believe it will take many years of concerted work to assess them, yet global investment in research is less than $20m per year.

Every year, Benedict produce a presentation digging into macro and strategic trends in the tech industry.

This year’s report, Standing on the shoulders of giants, asks what the Next Big Thing will be, now that 4 billion people have a smartphone, everyone is willing to do anything online and mobile is boring.

The internet has expanded from commodity e-commerce and advertising to transforming much broader parts of the economy for many more people. Meanwhile, we wonder about cars, VR, smart home, machine learning and crypto as future trends. 

What happens when everyone is online? When we connected everyone, we connected the bad people as well – now that the internet has become an integral part of society, it reflects and amplifies all of society’s problems.

Join this dial-in to hear Benedict’s views.

Europe’s cities are diverse, and it’s these differences that make them. Think narrow, curving roads, historic street plans, parked cars, cyclists, pedestrians, unpredictable weather and unique, localised behaviours – it’s a complex picture. How do we build safe self-driving systems for these environments?

Inspired by the rigour and techniques of the wireless chip industry, FiveAI is seeking to solve the self-driving safety problem both quickly and capital-efficiently, bringing the many benefits of autonomous vehicles – speed, safety, accessibility and ‘greenness’ – within our grasp.

PsiQuantum is at the forefront of quantum technology. The company was founded by the world’s four leading exponents of photonic quantum computing and is backed by some of Silicon Valley’s top VC firms and most accomplished individuals.

Unlike matter-based approaches to quantum computing, which must invent a way to make their quantum schemes scalable, PsiQuantum’s silicon photonic approach leverages an existing scalable process and makes it quantum. This technology puts PsiQuantum on pace to deliver a world-changing machine and quantum computing as a service (QCaaS) within the next few years.

Having already signed one of the world’s top semiconductor foundries as a production partner, the company is now working with marquee customers to transform the healthcare, energy, automotive, aerospace, high tech, and finance industries.

If we have any hope of stabilising the global climate, we urgently need to find new ways to produce the materials upon which our economies are built, and new ways to store energy.

Join Prof. Sadoway to hear about the frontiers of innovation. He has invented and is developing ways of producing metal from ore without the use of fossil fuel and without greenhouse gas emissions. He is also at the forefront of new battery technology. His liquid metal batteries promise to fundamentally change the way power grids operate, increasing the contribution from renewable resources and reducing the need to build traditional power plants.

The internet plunged us into a chaos that we have come to accept, and learned to make work for us. Artificial intelligence is giving us a new model, a model that acknowledges and embraces the overwhelming chaos of the world (which, for centuries, we have hidden from and tried to deny) and provides us with answers and solutions that we may, or may not, understand.

This changes almost everything: how we make plans and strategies; what counts as an explanation and meaning; and even how we think about the place of humans in this chaotic world.

If you had told Roger McNamee three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund’s bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg.

Zucked is McNamee’s intimate reckoning with the catastrophic failure of the head of one of the world’s most powerful companies to face up to the damage he is doing. It’s a story that begins with a series of rude awakenings. First there is the author’s dawning realization that the platform is being manipulated by some very bad actors. Then there is the even more unsettling realization that Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are unable or unwilling to share his concerns, polite as they may be to his face.

And then comes Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, and the emergence of one horrific piece of news after another about the malign ends to which the Facebook platform has been put.

Stories about facial recognition, and what this means for society, are appearing everywhere these days.

Join us for a breakfast with the founder and CEO of Facesoft, one of the most advanced facial recognition companies in the world, to learn about where we are with the technology. What is technologically possible? What might be possible in the future? And what are the use cases?

Data is a new form of infrastructure. Our economies and societies are coming to rely on data, but it is also an emerging battlefield where public interest, individual preference and corporate avarice seem poised to clash.

Massive volumes of data are being generated and processed every day. The data revolution is happening quickly, driving more informed policy making, scientific discovery and business innovation. But there is growing public awareness and concern about how data is collected, used, shared and monetised. How do we get from where we are now to where we might want to be, given the power that access to data confers?

Join Jeni Tennison of the Open Data Institute to learn about why access to data is so important and about the new kinds of institutions that could help ensure that data works in ways that are worthy of our trust.

Kai-Fu Lee has a unique perspective on the global technology industry, having worked extensively between the US and China in artificial intelligence research, development and investment for more than 30 years. In his current role, as Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, he manages US$2 billion in dual currency investment funds, invested in both Chinese and global technology companies.

Drawing on his deep, first-hand experience Kai-Fu will cut through the noise around investing in AI, helping us understand how smart thinking can future-proof our investment portfolios and why we should start paying attention to how AI will propel economic growth. He will also discuss wider trends around AI.

Explainable AI (XAI) is often touted as the solution to our uneasiness about AI. Unlike ‘black box’ machine learning (where even the designers cannot explain why decisions have been reached) its actions can be easily understood – and therefore trusted – by humans. 

What should we really be striving for in this area and how likely are we to be able to achieve it? Is there an inevitable trade-off between the power of AI and its transparency? Hear what our panel of experts have to say on these critical questions in the debate around AI and society.

Peter is the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder and Director of Singularity University, a global learning and innovation community using exponential technologies to tackle the world’s biggest challenges and build a better future for all.

As an entrepreneur, Peter has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital, and education. He is also co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies.

A New York Times bestselling author of two books, Abundance & BOLD, he earned degrees in Molecular Genetics and Aerospace Engineering from MIT and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Fortune Magazine recently named Peter Diamandis as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.

Tilbury is one of the Amazon fulfilment centres in the UK to use Amazon Robotics technology. During the 60-minute tour, visitors will have the chance to see how Amazon employees – working alongside innovative technologies including Amazon Robotics – pick, pack and ship small items such as books, electronics and consumer goods.

If you’ve always wanted to try your hand at packing one of the iconic Amazon boxes, this may be your chance!

We will be running two tours, 10h45 and 13h15. For the morning tour we need to catch the 09h41 train from Fenchurch Street station. For the afternoon tour we catch the 12h11 train. It is a 40 minute journey and a 10 minute walk at the other end.

Continuing our series with QuantumBlack on AI, we will hear from Torsten Reil about how his company used artificial evolution to train virtual creatures how to walk.

Originally a biologist, Torsten’s research into how animals move was the foundation for NaturalMotion’s AI-based animation technology, which powers some of the biggest blockbuster movies (e.g. Lord of the Rings) and video games (such as GTA IV and V).

In 2011, the company started developing its own game IP, resulting in the largest racing franchise on mobile (the 200m-user CSR Racing) and the award-winning Clumsy Ninja.

Hacking is not a victimless crime. [redacted] relentlessly pursues the perpetrators and holds them personally accountable.

A hand-picked team of the world’s elite cyber security talent from both the private and the public sector, [redacted] fuses highly-specialised intelligence skills with technical acumen, enabling them to uniquely connect the dots and protect their clients.

This event is the fourth in the Pi/Quantum Black series on ‘AI and us’. It will take place at the Quantum Black offices near Trafalgar Square.

We have learnt about the basics of AI and heard about working with AI at scale.

In this event we hear Tom Hulme, General Partner at Google Ventures, and Carina Namih, Investment Partner at venture firm Episode 1, in conversation with Azeem Azhar of Exponential View.

Amazon is at the forefront of using AI at scale, across the whole enterprise.

Hear from Doug Gurr about the transition from humans to AI and robots: how do the two relate to each other at corporate level and how does this change the way the company integrates new staff and thinks about working practices and leadership? What is it really like to work with robots? And what are the implications of this shift for staff, for investors and for society?

This event is part of the Pi/Quantum Black series on ‘AI and us’. It will take place at the Quantum Black offices near Trafalgar Square.

AI is a general purpose technology which will optimise, accelerate and accentuate all our pre-existing systems, forcing them to metamorphosize, break or take us to unpleasant conclusions. Now is the time to figure out what we want our future to look like and which principles of value we should defend, because this ‘new machine’ is not bound by the speed of human thought.

What won’t, can’t or is less likely to change (things like subjective human experience, families, community, climate change, migration & power)? How will we reconcile the immutable parts of our human lives with the parts that are changing rapidly and profoundly? And where does the influence lie?

This is the first in the Pi/QuantumBlack series on artificial intelligence, AI and us.

It is hard to move these days without running into something to do with AI: we use the technologies every day, through our phones and computers, and we are bombarded with breathless and conflicting opinions as to whether they will harm or heal our world. In mounting this series, we aim to provide attendees with a broad introduction to AI and what it can do for us, as well as to cut through to some of the core questions that the technologies raise for business, for society and for our sense of self.

Join Decoded CEO, Kathryn Parsons, and quantum educator, Matt Lilley, for a one hour deep dive into the world of quantum computing.

Ask any question and see the technologies in action.

Limited availability.

Join Garrick Hileman, a leading authority on monetary and distributed systems innovation, to understand how technology is changing the world of finance and investing.

Despite all the promise of the internet, the way executives make decisions has remained surprisingly unchanged. They continue to focus on observing internal data, which is the result of actions that happened in the past. But this data is historical, biased and tells only part of the story.

Every day, competitors are leaving behind online breadcrumbs filled with valuable external data – from hiring a new employee, to filing a new patent, launching a new product, online ad spend, and social media. Leveraging insights gleaned from this outside information allows companies to look ahead and make more informed decisions. Meltwater CEO Jorn Lyseggen calls this approach Outside Insight.

Blockchain is on a mission to build a more open, accessible, and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time.

Thanks to its rapid expansion and position as the world’s most popular digital currency wallet, the firm’s technology is revolutionizing the $13T financial services industry by empowering millions across the globe to authenticate and transact immediately and without costly intermediaries.

In conjunction with Intelligence Squared we bring you Satya Nadella, one of the world’s most inspirational business leaders, as much a humanist as a technologist and executive.

He comes to the Intelligence Squared stage to discuss his personal journey from a childhood in India to becoming CEO of Microsoft, the culture change that he has driven inside his legendary technology company, and the transformation that is coming to all our lives as we face the most disruptive wave of technology humankind has experienced: artificial intelligence, mixed reality, and quantum computing.

While many people worry about the negative impact of exponential digital growth – from automation taking over our jobs to the increasing power that algorithms are having over our lives – Nadella will proffer his optimistic vision of the future, which he sets out in his forthcoming book Hit Refresh. He will argue that, as technology upends the status quo, the very human quality of empathy will become increasingly valuable. And he will explain how people, organisations and societies must transform in their quest for new energy, new ideas, relevance and renewal.

At this breakfast, hosted at Google’s London HQ, UK Managing Director, Ronan Harris will discuss the impact that technology is having on all parts of our lives, and how we can expect that to change over time.

Planet is driven by a mission to image the entire Earth every day, and make global change visible, accessible and actionable.

An integrated aerospace and data analytics company, Planet operates history’s largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites. These satellites collect a radical new data set with endless, real-world applications. Whether you’re measuring agricultural yields, monitoring natural resources, or aiding first responders after natural disasters, Planet data can help.

Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet designs, builds and operates over 140 satellites, and develops the online software and tools that serves data to users. Decision makers in business, government, and within organizations use Planet‘s data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest problems.

Mustafa Suleyman is co-founder and Head of Applied AI at DeepMind, where he is responsible for the application of DeepMind’s technology to real-world problems, as part of DeepMind’s commitment to use intelligence to make the world a better place. In February 2016 he launched DeepMind Health, which builds clinician-led, patient-centred technology in the NHS.

At 19, Mustafa dropped out of Oxford University to help set up a telephone counselling service, building it to become one of the largest mental health support services of its kind in the UK, and then worked as policy officer for then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. He went on to help start Reos Partners, a consultancy with seven offices across four continents specializing in designing and facilitating large-scale multi-stakeholder ‘Change Labs’ aimed at navigating complex problems. As a skilled negotiator and facilitator Mustafa has worked across the world for a wide range of clients such as the UN, the Dutch Government and WWF.