Frontier Innovation Summit
12 November 2026
Royal Academy of Arts, London
About the Summit
The Frontier Innovation Summit brings together innovators, investors, researchers, policymakers and industry leaders who are building the technologies that are shaping the future and have the potential to tackle some of the world's biggest challenges in health, energy, safety and work.
Through panel discussions and showcases, the Summit explores how scientific breakthroughs can become commercially successful technologies, and how collaboration can help overcome barriers standing in their way.
The Summit draws on London's strengths as a hub for research, talent, capital and innovation.
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What to expect
The Summit showcases the best of London's work across frontier technologies: quantum computing that could solve problems beyond the reach of today's computers; space tech opening up a new economy in orbit; AI models that can reason, discover and act autonomously; robotics transforming manufacturing, services and healthcare; and energy technologies powering the path to net zero. Together, they show how breakthroughs are becoming the companies that shape the future.
Themes
Hear from leading experts from the UK and European innovation ecosystem and explore the technologies shaping the future. The Summit's main themes are:
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Achieving commercialisation at scale |
What will it take to turn London's abundant world-class research and scientific breakthroughs into globally significant companies? |
| Is the UK backing the right innovation? | What does the UK government need to do to ensure it is driving targeted innovation and building a resilient tech ecosystem? |
| Collaborating with Europe to win at deep tech | How can the UK and Europe work together to compete against the scale of US and Chinese tech firms? |
| How will sovereignty shape the future of deep tech? | What do tech sovereignty and strategic autonomy mean in a world of international supply chains and cross-border innovation? |
| Deep tech and our globally competitive talent pool | What does the adoption of frontier technology mean for the future of our talent pool? |
Speakers
Take a look at the speakers lined up for this year (more to be announced soon):
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Reid Hoffman
Cofounder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock
Reid Hoffman
Cofounder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock -
Sherry Coutu CBE
Serial Founder and Investor
Sherry Coutu CBE
Serial Founder and Investor -
Brent Hoberman
Cofounder and Executive Chairman at Founders Factory, Founders Forum Group and firstminute capital
Brent Hoberman
Cofounder and Executive Chairman at Founders Factory, Founders Forum Group and firstminute capital -
Baroness Martha Lane Fox
Chair of the Mayor of London's AI and Jobs Taskforce
Baroness Martha Lane Fox
Chair of the Mayor of London's AI and Jobs Taskforce -
Joséphine Kant
Head of Ventures at Sovereign AI
Joséphine Kant
Head of Ventures at Sovereign AI -
Tom Adeyoola
Executive Chair of Innovate UK
Tom Adeyoola
Executive Chair of Innovate UK -
Prof. Charlotte Deane MBE FRS
Executive Chair of the EPSRC at UKRI
Prof. Charlotte Deane MBE FRS
Executive Chair of the EPSRC at UKRI -
Dr Carmen Palacios-Berraquero
Founder and CEO at Nu Quantum
Dr Carmen Palacios-Berraquero
Founder and CEO at Nu Quantum -
Richard Murray
Cofounder and CEO at ORCA Computing
Richard Murray
Cofounder and CEO at ORCA Computing -
Hetti Barkworth-Nanton CBE
CEO at Ploughshare
Hetti Barkworth-Nanton CBE
CEO at Ploughshare -
Matt Jukes QPM
Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service
Matt Jukes QPM
Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service -
Nin Pandit
Managing Director at Phoenix Court Group
Nin Pandit
Managing Director at Phoenix Court Group -
Max Buchan
Cofounder and CEO at Valarian
Max Buchan
Cofounder and CEO at Valarian -
Renaud Roques
Government Business Director at Chapsvision
Renaud Roques
Government Business Director at Chapsvision -
Laura Citron OBE
CEO at London & Partners
Laura Citron OBE
CEO at London & Partners -
Janet Coyle CBE
Managing Director of Grow London at London & Partners
Janet Coyle CBE
Managing Director of Grow London at London & Partners
What you can expect
Watch highlights from one of our events last year for a sense of the topics and conversations that will take place at Frontier Innovation Summit 2026.
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