Tech Show London Mainstage

2026 Mainstage Headliner: Louis Theroux

Known for exploring power, influence, and the human stories behind complex systems, Louis Theroux headlined the Tech Show London 2026 Mainstage on the 4th of March.

Across two days, Louis and a curated line-up of keynote speakers brought clarity, challenge, and real-world perspective to the technologies shaping business, society, and global change.

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2026 First Speakers Announced - Louis Theroux, Martha Lane Fox, Hannah Fry, Piers Linney

Revolutionary ideas for your future

Hear from the greatest tech minds, all in one place.

The Tech Show London Mainstage Theatre features big names talking about big ideas. This diverse line-up ranges from world-leading experts in AI, Inventors, C-level executives and government representatives, to world renown entrepreneurs, and inspirational voices in tech.

This is your chance to gain inspiration and insight from visionaries from the UK, USA and beyond. Your brain will be buzzing with fresh ideas and best practice advice to help you carve out future-proof strategies for your business and accelerate on the wave of innovation.

Keynote speakers from across the tech stack tackled the hottest topics facing our industries in 2025, including:

  • AI: Maximising the benefits in an ethical manner
  • Leadership & entrepreneurialism to drive growth and creativity
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion 
  • Digital safety and app development for a safer world
  • Environmental sustainability and what technologists can do for a greener climate
  • Strategies to avoid and overcome major technical failures 
  • Prevention for cyber crime for businesses and consumers

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    In an era shaped by algorithms, platforms, and artificial intelligence, technology doesn’t just change what we do — it changes who we are. In this opening fireside chat, Louis Theroux and Professor Ha ...
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    Martha Lane Fox is a digital entrepreneur, public policy leader, and co-founder of lastminute.com, one of the UK’s first and most influential internet businesses. In this keynote, she reflects on what ...
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    If science could predict the day you’ll die, would you want to know? If technology allowed us to talk to animals, would you want to listen? And if machines could erase your worst memories, would you w ...
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    What does it take to build technology that lasts decades, not quarters? As Reddit’s founding engineer and CTO, Chris Slowe has navigated hypergrowth, technological reinvention, and the relentless pres ...
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    As AI systems move beyond automation into decision-making, collaboration and execution, organisations are beginning to treat software as part of the workforce. In this session, Krish Ramineni, Co-Foun ...
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    Mumsnet" and "AI” in the same sentence still surprises some people — and that’s exactly why this conversation matters. Drawing on 25 years of human conversation and more than 6.5 billion words of live ...
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    How does the UK turn AI ambition into sustainable economic leadership? In this high-level Mainstage conversation, Dr Claire Thorne (Co-CEO, Tech She Can) moderates a strategic dialogue with Resham Kot ...
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    In an era of constant change, women are redefining leadership in industries not built with them in mind. This unmissable Mainstage panel brings together influential women in tech to explore how mindse ...
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    The rise of AI agents is fundamentally reshaping how software is built, deployed and secured. In this session, Guy Podjarny, Founder of Snyk and Tessl, explores what it means to design technology for ...
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    The most dangerous breach in your organisation isn’t technical - it’s the silence you’ve normalised. In this provocative and timely keynote, Sarah Armstrong-Smith challenges the industry’s long-held n ...
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    As the pace of digital change accelerates, organisations face growing pressure to scale securely, innovate faster and build future-ready talent — all while navigating increasingly complex technologies ...
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    AI is moving from pilots to production as agents become a second workforce inside modern organisations. In this keynote, Piers Linney explains what that actually looks like in practice. Not theory. No ...
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    A never-before-seen panel bringing together leading voices from the US data centre market — where hyperscale ambition, AI demand, power constraints and sustainability collide. From Silicon Valley to V ...

1 ticket, 5 shows!

Tech Show London brings together five leading technology events: Cloud & AI Infrastructure, DevOps Live, Cloud & Cyber Security Expo, Big Data & AI World, and Data Centre World.

One ticket gets you free access to all five shows on 
10-11 March 2027 at Excel London.

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