Frequently asked questions

aiblLIVE London is a one-day AI adoption event for leaders of UK organisations with £20m+ turnover. The 2027 edition runs on Tuesday 13 July at InterContinental London, The O2, for 2,000 business leaders. It is built around operators who have put AI into production across five tracks: Growth, Customer, Efficiency, Workforce and AI Infrastructure. The day runs on content sessions, workshops, leadership roundtables and the Discovery Zone rather than vendor keynotes.

The people on stage are operators who have actually deployed AI in a business, chosen for what they built. Case studies and peer discussions are programmed for the audience, not sold to the highest bidder. Where partners do present, in live demos and some workshops, they earn the slot on how well the workflow fits the track. The deeper commercial conversations stay in the Discovery Zone, when you want them. Most AI events are a sales pitch in disguise. This one is a working day for people who have to make AI deliver a return. See how aiblLIVE compares with The AI Summit London, World Summit AI, AI & Big Data Expo Global and other AI events.

900+ senior leaders accountable for AI attended in 2026, from scale-ups to FTSE-listed groups and public bodies. 75% were at director level or above and 43% in the C-suite. In our research, 78% are C-suite, MD or business owner. You will meet CEOs and MDs setting direction, Chief AI Officers and Heads of AI running delivery, and the function leaders driving adoption across the five tracks.

Yes. It is built for business leaders, not engineers. Every session is about what to do with AI in your function, how to get your teams using it, and how to prove the return to your board. There is no coding, and no session assumes a technical background.

Yes. If you own the job of making AI happen, you are a core part of the audience. The programme, the peer discussions and the Expert Bars are built for the people delivering adoption on the ground, not only the people who set the mandate.

Yes, if your business was not built on AI and you are adding it to existing operations. The case studies come from companies at your scale, so you leave with use cases you can actually replicate, not enterprise programmes with a budget and a team you don’t have.

Growth, Customer, Efficiency, Workforce and AI Infrastructure. The tracks are organised by the AI problem leaders are solving, not by job title. One pass gives you all five, so you can follow one track end to end or build your own day across several. Each track has its own page.

There are six ways in. Content sessions: 15 minutes on stage, then 5 minutes of questions from the room. The leadership pathway: a route through the day for CEOs, CFOs, COOs and chairs. Leadership roundtables: twelve one-hour roundtables, by invitation, under the Chatham House rule. Workshops: twelve one-hour workshops where you bring a laptop and a real problem. The Discovery Zone, with its Expert Bars and demo pods. And AI-powered networking, where our AI super connector lines up double opt-in introductions before you arrive.

A shortlist of two or three AI use cases proven at your scale, a draft 90-day plan for your function, an honest read on where you stand against your peers, and a few enablement partners matched to your specific challenge. The day is built around what you take away.

The core programme is operator-led. Case studies and peer discussions feature leaders chosen for what they have implemented, not for a commercial relationship. Some slots, mainly live demos and a few workshops, are delivered by our partners, and they earn their place on how well the workflow fits the track. Where a session is partner-led, it is clearly a partner session. The deeper commercial conversations happen in the Discovery Zone and at the Expert Bars, when you choose to have them.

Pass prices for 2027 will be published when passes open. Register your interest to hear first. In-house leaders at UK and Ireland organisations may be eligible for a complimentary guest pass.

Yes. Teams of three or more get a group rate. Email events@aiblmedia.com with who is coming and we will put a quote together.

The 2027 line-up will be announced in the run-up to the event. In 2026, 70+ speakers took part, most of them operators who had implemented AI, from organisations including the Met Office, Virgin Atlantic, Scania, Ipsos, WPP, Royal Mail, Thames Water, CityFibre, JP Morgan Chase and The Economist Group.

Yes. The programme is built on aibl’s State of UK AI Adoption Survey of 755 UK mid-market business leaders, run with Executive Summary from January to March 2026. It shapes the tracks, the session topics and the structure of the day. 82.5% of those leaders had a board mandate to invest in AI, yet only about half could show a measurable return. The barrier is execution, not intent, and the day is built to close that gap.

Tuesday 13 July 2027 at InterContinental London, The O2, 1 Waterview Drive, London SE10 0TW. North Greenwich station on the Jubilee line is about ten minutes’ walk. We will confirm timings for the day when passes open.

Yes. In the Discovery Zone you can try walk-up demos at the demo pods and meet the startups worth your time. It is built for real conversations, not a crowded exhibition floor with a wall of stands.

Yes. In the Discovery Zone you can book 20-minute slots at the Expert Bars and sit down with specialists on your own AI challenge. Come with a live problem and leave with a clear next step.

Yes. Follow one track end to end, or mix sessions across all five. Most delegates stay with their function track for the case studies and peer discussions, then cross into adjacent sessions through the day.

Yes, and you are exactly who it is built for. You own the AI mandate across every function, so the day lets you move across all five tracks, benchmark against peer CEOs and MDs, and test your plan at the Expert Bars and in the leadership roundtables. In 2026, 43% of attendees were in the C-suite.

No. The room runs from scale-ups to FTSE-listed groups and public bodies, and every case study is chosen because you can apply it. Company size is not the filter. Relevance is.

Every route through the day runs through the Discovery Zone. Book 20-minute slots at the Expert Bars, try walk-up demos at the demo pods, and meet the startups worth your time.

Bookable 20-minute slots in the Discovery Zone where you sit down with specialists on your own AI challenge. Booking details will be shared when passes open.

The nearest station is North Greenwich on the Jubilee line, about ten minutes’ walk from the hotel. The Jubilee line reaches North Greenwich from London Bridge and Westminster without a change. London City Airport is a short taxi ride away. We recommend public transport.

Business casual. Nothing formal required.

Email events@aiblmedia.com before the event and we will make the arrangements with the venue.