Leadership Programme

Essential Sessions for Leaders

Across the two days of Tech Show London we've pulled together a cross-section of talks and networking opportunities that feed into meeting the needs of today's busy technology leader.

This specially curated programme will help you to see quickly which sessions can give you the best insights into the challenges facing you today and give you the opportunity to speak to your peers directly.

Mainstage
  1. Mainstage
    In an era shaped by algorithms, platforms, and artificial intelligence, technology doesn’t just chan ...
  2. Mainstage
    Martha Lane Fox is a digital entrepreneur, public policy leader, and co-founder of lastminute.com, o ...
  3. Mainstage
    If science could predict the day you’ll die, would you want to know? If technology allowed us to tal ...
  4. Mainstage
    What does it take to build technology that lasts decades, not quarters? As Reddit’s founding enginee ...
  5. Mainstage
    Mumsnet" and "AI” in the same sentence still surprises some people — and that’s exactly why this con ...
  6. Mainstage
    In an era of constant change, women are redefining leadership in industries not built with them in m ...
Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
  1. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    Nic joins a conversation with Ben Pearce, founder of Elevated You and stage chair, to discuss the jo ...
  2. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    The AI conversation has moved on. While the industry obsessed over training—bigger models, more para ...
  3. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    Early-career women are choosing tech for its creativity, impact and opportunity – yet many still hes ...
  4. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    Declaring an app-first strategy is easy; making it work at scale is not. This session shares a real- ...
  5. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    Trailblazing women in engineering, AI, and cloud infrastructure and beyond share their journeys, cha ...
  6. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    Cloud strategies were tested in 2025, with service incidents, rising complexity, and cost volatility ...

    Sponsored by:

    Trust Systems

DevOps Live Keynote
  1. DevOps Live Keynote
    Building effective DevOps culture is never simple. There are extra challenges to doing it while repl ...
  2. DevOps Live Keynote
    Leadership is a career switch, not just a promotion.” This Women in DevOps panel explores the transi ...
Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Keynote
  1. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Keynote
    Ransomware has become a systemic business risk. In the era of Ransomware 3.0, attackers combine AI, ...
  2. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Keynote
    With a rich heritage rooted in brick-and-mortar retail, Dr. Martens is reimagining the shopping expe ...

    Sponsored by:

    Cloudflare

  3. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Keynote
    For years, security teams have been able to answer nearly every question about enterprise activity – ...
  4. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Keynote
    How do you scale AI at full throttle when trust is the biggest barrier?  This session cuts through t ...

    Sponsored by:

    Checkpoint

Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 1
  1. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 1
    Speakers will explore how frameworks enable organisations to make calm, defensible decisions around ...
  2. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 1
    For months, we've been saturated with headlines warning of an AI-powered cyber apocalypse—a relentle ...
Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
  1. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    In this session, we will share Dell Technologies’ journey in adopting AI and the key lessons we have ...
  2. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    Most AI initiatives don’t fail because the model is wrong—they fail because the data isn’t ready, tr ...
  3. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    As AI transforms decision-making across the enterprise, the financial sector faces a new challenge: ...
  4. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    AI is no longer the sole preserve of engineering teams. This session explores how citizen developers ...
  5. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    In this keynote, Aritra Chakravarty, the Head of Agentics AI at Lloyds Banking Group, will explore h ...
  6. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    As AI reshapes roles and structures, inclusion must remain front and centre. This discussion will ex ...
Data & AI for Business
  1. Data & AI for Business
    In this session, Dr. Edward Steele, IT Fellow for Data Science at the MET Office, shares how cross-s ...
  2. Data & AI for Business
    A practical, human led look at how AI is changing the pace of work and what leaders and teams need t ...
  3. Data & AI for Business
    Explore how organisations move beyond pilots to full-scale deployment of AI agents and co-pilots. Th ...
  4. Data & AI for Business
    Data isn’t the problem — decision-making is. This panel brings together leaders and founders to expl ...
Data & AI Innovations
  1. Data & AI Innovations
  2. Data & AI Innovations
    AI agents are increasingly shaping how financial organisations operate — yet scaling them beyond pil ...
  3. Data & AI Innovations
    AI technologies offer huge potential for the NHS and wider public sector. However use of AI is a big ...
  4. Data & AI Innovations
    Since 2013, DataKind UK have been applying cutting-edge data science approaches to the third sector’ ...
  5. Data & AI Innovations
    As AI races into production, the real risk isn’t the model, it’s the system around it. This session ...
  6. Data & AI Innovations
    This fireside chat will explore a journey of building a team from the ground up, from a lone enginee ...
Keynote: Global Strategies, People, Environment & Innovation
  1. Keynote: Global Strategies, People, Environment & Innovation
    Sustainability frameworks play a vital role in measuring and managing emissions, but they don’t alwa ...
  2. Keynote: Global Strategies, People, Environment & Innovation
    Unlocking AI Performance: Innovative Designs for high-density Data Centres
    This session explores the chip-to-grid approach and its impact on AI deployment in the white space. ...
  3. Keynote: Global Strategies, People, Environment & Innovation
    The Technology Trends Shaping the Future of the Data Centre
    This session will summarize the findings from the Vertiv Frontiers report which identifies macro for ...
Mainstage
  1. Mainstage
    The rise of AI agents is fundamentally reshaping how software is built, deployed and secured. In thi ...
  2. Mainstage
    The most dangerous breach in your organisation isn’t technical - it’s the silence you’ve normalised. ...
  3. Mainstage
    As the pace of digital change accelerates, organisations face growing pressure to scale securely, in ...
  4. Mainstage
    AI is moving from pilots to production as agents become a second workforce inside modern organisatio ...
  5. Mainstage
    Chatham House Rule - This session is held under Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the ...
  6. Mainstage
    A never-before-seen panel bringing together leading voices from the US data centre market — where hy ...
Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
  1. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    AI may be described as “just another tool,” but its pace of evolution and breadth of impact demand d ...

    Sponsored by:

    Met Office

  2. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    Facing soaring AI costs and a lack of control? Hear why embracing open models is the only way to sec ...

    Sponsored by:

    Crusoe

  3. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    AI just can't replace some skills. So those skills become more valuable. In this interactive session ...
  4. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    Enterprise technology markets such as cloud and AI infrastructure are increasingly shaped by complex ...
  5. Cloud & AI Infrastructure Keynote
    Noventiq’s session on AI and Sovereignty in AWS explores how organisations can harness cutting-edge ...

    Sponsored by:

    Noventiq

Cloud, DevOps & Applications
  1. Cloud, DevOps & Applications
    As digital platforms, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven systems increasingly shape how work is des ...
  2. Cloud, DevOps & Applications
    In this talk, Brittany explore practical approaches and best practices for building healthier, more ...
  3. Cloud, DevOps & Applications
    Every minute of downtime has a price tag. But while most organisations see cost, forward-thinking CI ...

    Sponsored by:

    Freshworks

Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 1
  1. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 1
    Geopolitics is now a core cybersecurity risk. From state-sponsored attacks and supply chain exposure ...
Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 2
  1. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 2
  2. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 2
    Risk management practices sit at the core of information security - and yet the NSCS Annual Review ( ...
  3. Cloud & Cyber Security Expo Theatre 2
    From the first few days of 2026 have shown, the only certainty in the current geopolitical environme ...
Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
  1. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    Motorsport has always pushed the limits of innovation — and AI is set to drive one of its next great ...
  2. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    AI adoption doesn’t fail because of technology, it fails because of difficulty around scaling. In th ...
  3. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
     "AI promises transformation, but is it worth the investment? and what does success actually look li ...
  4. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    Drawing on work with schools, universities, and corporate partners, this session will explore how ea ...
  5. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    The session focuses on the AI use cases that generate the quickest ROI with the least operational ri ...
  6. Big Data & AI World Keynote Theatre
    Enterprises have invested heavily in data science teams, yet many still struggle to demonstrate thei ...
Data & AI for Business
  1. Data & AI for Business
    While the capabilities of AI models continue to climb rapidly, with month-by-month improvements, dee ...
  2. Data & AI for Business
    AI delivers value only when it aligns with a company’s strategy. Yet 67% of projects shut down withi ...
  3. Data & AI for Business
    Artificial Intelligence has moved from theory to force. It is reshaping economies, accelerating scie ...
  4. Data & AI for Business
    Agentic AI promises to transform banking and financial services, but how much real value is it deliv ...