Lord Holmes frames AI as a regulatory object, regulatory tool and challenge to the institutions responsible for public accountability. A senior guest from a contrasting jurisdiction offers a counterpoint.
Invited / proposed contributors: Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond MBE; Invited senior jurisdictional keynote speaker
Senior policy figures and regulators brief the summit on where their jurisdictions are heading, what they are preparing to enforce and what industry should understand before compliance deadlines arrive.
Invited / proposed contributors: Baroness Stowell of Beeston; Lord Tim Clement-Jones; Dragoș Tudorache; Brando Benifei; Gabriele Mazzini; Josephine Teo or nominee; Hiroki Habuka; Yoichi Iida
A focused presentation on what industry and policymakers can learn from South Korea’s AI Basic Act, including transparency obligations, domestic representative requirements and the challenge of implementing a comprehensive AI law while technical guidance and enforcement tools continue to mature.
Lord Holmes and the rapporteurs identify the genuine friction points across jurisdictional approaches.
Breakout Room A. This session examines how policymakers should govern general-purpose and frontier models without freezing innovation or leaving deployment harms unaddressed.
Invited / proposed contributors: Gabriele Mazzini; Professor Sandra Wachter; Professor Nathalie Smuha; Professor Philipp Hacker
Breakout Room B. A cross-industry session on AI agents that browse, decide, transact, recommend, escalate and act across organisational workflows.
Invited / proposed contributors: Professor Dame Wendy Hall; Professor Sandra Wachter; Professor Luciano Floridi
Breakout Room A. A country and jurisdiction-based case study linked to foundation models and general-purpose AI, examining how EU obligations on GPAI, systemic risk, transparency and technical documentation translate into compliance work.
Breakout Room B. A practical case study linked to agentic AI, examining how testing, assurance and governance toolkits can support oversight of AI systems that act across workflows.
Breakout Room A. This cross-industry session focuses on the proof organisations will need to demonstrate responsible AI use: documentation, testing, audit trails, monitoring, escalation and board oversight.
Invited / proposed contributors: AI assurance, regulator and legal contributors
Breakout Room B. Synthetic media is treated as part of a broader trust challenge affecting elections, finance, education, media, employment, children, identity and public services.
Invited / proposed contributors: Nick Pickles; Ada Chung Lai-ling
Breakout Room A. A case study linked to assurance and evidence, examining what happens when obligations, guidance, technical standards and organisational compliance systems mature at different speeds.
Breakout Room B. A case study linked to digital trust, comparing Singapore, US and other targeted deepfake rules, takedown obligations and platform responsibilities.
Participants from Breakout Rooms A and B reconvene in the main conference hall for the Day One synthesis.
Rapporteurs summarise key policy tensions and unresolved questions. Lord Holmes closes Day One and introduces Day Two’s industry-readiness focus.
Invitation-only dinner for selected speakers, advisory contributors and senior delegates. Venue TBC.
Senior AI developer or infrastructure leaders explain where regulation is technically coherent, where it is not and what meaningful oversight should look like.
A cross-industry session translating emerging AI laws and policy directions into practical readiness questions for all sectors, not only financial services.
Invited / proposed contributors: Invited: EU AI Act, UK policy, Singapore AI Verify and US policy contributors
Sector leaders and policy specialists examine how global AI rules will affect compliance, operations and accountability across industries.
Invited / proposed contributors: Invited: senior cross-industry governance, legal and regulatory contributors
Structure:
Invited / proposed contributors: Invited: senior cross-industry governance, legal and regulatory contributors
Breakout Room A. This session compares the political economies of AI regulation and what they mean for multinational organisations operating across jurisdictions.
Invited / proposed contributors: Amandeep Singh Gill; Tomas Lamanauskas; Hiroki Habuka; Yoichi Iida
Breakout Room B. This session examines discrimination, automated decision-making, public services, employment, welfare, education and consumer harms.
Invited / proposed contributors: Baroness Stowell of Beeston; Professor Sandra Wachter; Professor Mireille Hildebrandt
Breakout Room A. A country-based case study linked to geopolitical fragmentation, examining federal pre-emption pressure, state AI laws and the practical implications for multinational organisations.
Breakout Room B. A case study linked to rights and public accountability, examining how state-level AI obligations affect developers, deployers, transparency, evidence and redress.
The closing session asks what the summit has collectively failed to confront and adopts the working direction of the proceedings document.
Invited / proposed contributors: Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond MBE; Invited: senior AI governance statesperson
Final remarks, publication process and invitation to continue into the annual World AI Regulation Summit cycle.