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London Tech Week 2026 Opens Registration and Announces First Speakers

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London Tech Week 2026 has opened registration for its 8–10 June event at Olympia London, positioning itself as a major European forum on AI, quantum, deep tech, and frontier innovation.
Organizers announced the first wave of global speakers across AI, quantum, robotics, biotech, and enterprise technology, alongside Microsoft and AWS as headline partners.
The 2026 edition introduces a redesigned structure with separate Enterprise and Startup “Worlds,” an expanded VIP programme, and new interactive formats including hackathons.

PRESS RELEASE — Registration for London Tech Week 2026 is now open, marking the launch of Europe’s most influential technology gathering, taking place 8 – 10 June 2026 at Olympia London. The campus will host tech’s most influential figures, including leading founders, enterprise leaders, investors and policymakers from around the world, at a pivotal moment for Europe’s technological future.

Against a backdrop of rapid advances in AI, quantum, deep tech and frontier innovation, the next ten years will shape Europe’s competitiveness, resilience and ability to lead on the global stage. London Tech Week will provide one of the central forums for insight, debate and collaboration on the critical issues facing the continent’s tech ecosystem.

The 2025 edition welcomed more than 30,000 attendees from 128 countries, including 12,500 enterprise leaders, 5,500 startup attendees and over 1,000 investors. With attendees from enterprise CIOs and unicorn founders, to global investors and policymakers, London Tech Week has built a reputation as a globally significant platform.

First Wave of Global Speakers & Headline Partners Announced

London Tech Week also today unveiled its first confirmed speakers for 2026, highlighting preeminent European and global voices in AI, robotics, quantum computing, biotech, and frontier science. Learn from most influential figures about what’s capturing their attention and where they are placing their bets, including:

Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder & CEO,
ElevenLabs Anton Osika, Co-Founder & CEO, Lovable
Alan Chang, Co-Founder & CEO, Fuse Energy
Alex Kendall, Founder & CEO, Wayve
Jeannette Zu Furstenburg, Managing Director & Head of Europe, General Catalyst
Luca Ferrari, Co-Founder & CEO, Bending Spoons
Tom Hale, CEO, ŌURA
Will Marshall, Founder & CEO, Planet
Toyin Ajayi, Co-Founder, Cityblock Health
Max Junestrand, Co-Founder & CEO, Legora
Professor Sarah Tabrizi, Director, UCL Huntington’s Disease Centre
Alex Zhavoronkov, Founder & CEO, Insilico Medicine

Furthermore, London Tech Week 2026 Headline Partners are Microsoft and AWS reflecting deep industry support for the event. They will also shape a week dedicated to showcasing the technologies, ideas and leaders redefining the future of business.

“Europe has entered a Decisive Decade for technology innovation, and London Tech Week 2026 will bring together the most influential figures shaping that future,” said Carolyn Dawson OBE, CEO of Founders Forum Group. “Our focus this year is on practical, real-world innovation. The UK and Europe’s ability to be competitive in technology requires founders, industry leaders, investors, talent and policymakers to come together, tackle the barriers, and create the opportunities for innovators to scale into global leaders. We’re curating everything in one place so attendees can discover new ideas, touch, test and interrogate the tech that’s reshaping our world, and learn what works in practice.”

What’s New for 2026?

For 2026, London Tech Week has been redesigned to deliver deeper, more focused engagement for the global technology ecosystem. Key enhancements include:

A New Event Architecture – Two Worlds

To deliver a personalised experience to delegates, the programme is now organised into:

Enterprise World

AI Arena – this is London Tech Week’s flagship stage hosting the biggest names in global tech including Visionaries shaping AI, real-world applied AI, and enterprise transformation at scale
Core Stage – focused on developments in compute, cloud, connectivity, quantum and infrastructure
Transformation Stage – exploring how technology is reshaping critical sectors and enterprise functions, focusing on finance, sales and marketing, and customer operations

Startup World

Deep Tech Stage – exploring advances in space, robotics, materials, life sciences, national security.
Founders Stage – visionary entrepreneurs sharing their journeys and lessons learned in building from the ground up to Unicorn scale.
Ignition Stage – showcasing the next generation of startups and scale-ups transforming the world; will also host Tech Nation’s grand pitch competition finale

Expanded VIP Programme

A significantly enhanced VIP experience will convene a large and curated group of C-suite leaders, including CIOs, CTOs, CAIOs and CDAOs, for high-value networking, closed-door roundtables, private briefings and curated 1:1 meetings.

New Interactive Formats

For the first time, London Tech Week will introduce hackathons – of which more will be announced in the coming months. As well as the return of popular invite-only events including the Investor Forum (for VC/CVC audiences only) and the C-Suite AI Strategy Forum.

Tech Industry Leaders on London Tech Week

London Tech Week is the forum for bold, visionary leaders shaping ideas and the future. Darren Hardman, Microsoft UK CEO, in his London Tech Week 2025 Main Stage keynote, said: “Talent – not just technology – will decide which nations lead in the AI era.” He described AI as “the defining opportunity of our generation” that was “fundamentally transforming how we work, how we live, and how we dream – on an unprecedented scale.”

Meanwhile, Tanuja Randery, AWS Managing Director, EMEA in her London Tech Week 2025 keynote, emphasised AI’s transformative potential for Europe. She highlighted London Tech Week as a key gathering for “the brightest, most creative and learning-oriented minds” reimagining the future through AI innovation – positioning the event as central to fostering a culture of invention.

Registration is now open — London Tech Week 2026 is welcoming delegates, founders, investors and technology leaders to now register for passes, with limited early-bird pricing available. You can visit the link to register today: www.londontechweek.com

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