Tuesday 8th December 2026
IET London Savoy Place, London
AI is no longer a technology issue. It’s a leadership issue.
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the biggest drivers of productivity, competitiveness and growth.
The opportunities are enormous. But so are the challenges.
The businesses that successfully adopt AI will improve productivity, accelerate innovation and build competitive advantage. Those that fail to adapt risk falling behind.
“The question facing leaders is no longer whether AI matters.
It is how to lead AI adoption successfully across an organisation.”
Shevaun Haviland CBE
Director General, British Chambers of Commerce
The British Chambers of Commerce AI Adoption Summit has been designed to help answer that question.
Bringing together senior business leaders, policymakers and technology pioneers, the summit will explore how businesses can move beyond experimentation and drive AI adoption at scale.
Senior Advisor to Anthropic, Microsoft and Goldman Sachs. Former Prime Minister.
General Partner, Hiro Capital. Former Deputy Prime Minister, and former President, Global Affairs, Meta.
Minister for Artificial Intelligence
Technology and AI Editor, BBC (Conference Host)
Chair, Industrial Strategy Advisory Council; Former President of Enterprise and Industry EMEA, Microsoft.
Member, House of Lords; Former Minister for Investment; Former CEO, Darktrace
Entrepreneur and technology investor; Chair of the London AI and Jobs Taskforce
President, British Chambers of Commerce
Director General, British Chambers of Commerce
Senior Director of AI and Head of the AI for Government program at the Tony Blair Institute
Chief Executive Officer, Rigby Group; Chair, Family Business UK
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Multiverse
Founder, Formation Advisory; Director, AI and Geopolitics Project, University of Cambridge; Author, “AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI’s Future and Save Our Own”
Co-Founder, LichenAI; Creator, How To Talk To Robots; NED, Luminate; NED, Innovate Cambridge. Former Chair, UK Government's AI Council
Head of UK & Ireland, TCS
Leadership Team, Governance, Reputation and Legal, BDO
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Evident
Executive Director, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy; Professor of Responsible AI, Queen Mary University of London.
Independent Non-Executive Director, Babcock International Group
President, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD); former Cabinet Minister
Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Policy, Henley Business School
Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School
AI Champion for Advanced Manufacturing, DBT; CTO, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Chair, Skills England; former CEO UK and Ireland, Cisco; former Chair, Innovate UK
Head of Innovation, TCS UK & Ireland
CEO, Devon Chamber of Commerce
Founder and CEO, Responsible Intelligence; AI Strategic Advisor, IEEE Standards Association; Intellectual Forum Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge; Member Advisory Board on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, NATO.
James Kuht - CEO & Co-Founder of PAIR
Chief Strategy Officer, Era4; Professor of Practice in AI, Kings College London
Group CEO, Informed Solutions; Chair, Digital Leaders AI Programme.
CEO, ARIA
CEO, CMI
DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge; Chair, ai@cam
Head of Entrepreneurial Business, BDO
Chair, British Chambers of Commerce
Founder & CEO, AIBL. Senior Advisor Collingwood
Designed specifically for CEOs and C-suite executives from medium and large organisations, the event is built around the strategic, organisational and leadership challenges of AI adoption.
Our objective is simple: To help business leaders move from discussion to implementation.
Explore how AI is reshaping productivity, competitiveness and growth, and what this means for the future success of your organisation.
Hear practical lessons from business leaders who are already using AI to transform operations, develop new capabilities and create competitive advantage.
Understand how successful organisations are addressing the critical issues of investment, skills, governance, workforce engagement, trust and organisational change.
Discover how CEOs and boards can adapt their organisations, operating models and leadership approaches to thrive in an AI-enabled economy.
The BCC AI Adoption Summit uniquely brings together senior leaders from business, government and technology to explore how AI can drive UK business adoption and economic growth.
The programme is built around four leadership themes:
The summit opens by examining why AI adoption has become one of the most important economic and business challenges facing the UK.
Senior political, business and technology leaders will discuss:
Featuring keynote speeches and discussions with senior policymakers, business leaders and AI experts.
How are leading organisations already creating value through AI?
This session focuses on practical examples of adoption and implementation from businesses actively using AI to improve performance, productivity and customer outcomes.
Topics include:
Delegates will hear directly from leaders who are driving transformation within their own organisations.
Interactive breakout sessions will explore the practical questions confronting business leaders today.
Choose from sessions including:
AI Investment: How should organisations prioritise AI investment and where should leaders focus first?
Skills, Talent and Capability: How can organisations build the workforce capability needed to thrive in an AI-enabled economy?
Ethics, Governance and Trust: How do businesses deploy AI responsibly while maintaining trust with customers, employees and regulators?
Cyber Security and Resilience: How can organisations innovate confidently while protecting systems, data and operations?
Workforce and Culture: How do leaders bring people with them through significant organisational change?
The Future Opera
The summit concludes by focusing on one critical question:
What does leadership look like in the AI age?
Senior business leaders, academics and technology experts will explore:
The day will culminate in a CEO-focused discussion on the practical realities of leading businesses through the AI revolution.
This event has been designed specifically for:
The businesses that succeed with AI will not be those that understand the technology best. We expect tickets for this summit to sell out fast so register now to avoid disappointment.
Ticket price: £250
