Frequently asked questions

aiblLIVE London is a one-day AI adoption event for UK mid-market business leaders, on 20 October 2026 at Convene Sancroft in London. It is built around operators who have put AI into production across five business functions: Growth, Customer, Efficiency, Workforce and AI Infrastructure. The day runs on operator case studies, live demos and hands-on workshops rather than vendor keynotes.

The people on stage are operators who have actually deployed AI in a mid-market 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, and the deeper commercial conversations stay in the Discovery Zone, on your terms. 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.

Senior leaders accountable for AI in UK mid-market organisations, roughly £20m to £1bn in revenue. 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. No coding, and no session that needs 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 Bar clinics 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 five functions where AI is landing hardest in the mid-market. One pass gives you all five, plus the transformation layer that connects them. Follow one track end to end, or build your own day across several. Each track has its own page with the full programme.

Every format has a job. Short operator case studies show you what worked and what it cost. Hands-on build workshops get you making something you can use, with a facilitator and your own laptop. Live demos run real tools on real data. Boardroom sessions are closed-door peer discussions under the Chatham House Rule. Expert Bar clinics are pre-booked one-to-ones with enablement partners. And Smart Networking helps you meet the people most relevant to your challenge.

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, not what you sit through.

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 Bar, when you choose to have them.

aiblLIVE is a paid event with tiered pricing that rises as the date approaches. One pass covers everything: all five tracks, every workshop and demo, your matched clinics, the networking and food and drink through the day. There is no free tier and no VIP upsell, so every delegate gets the same access. The current price is on the booking page.

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.

Full-day access to all five tracks, the hands-on workshops, live demos, pre-booked Expert Bar clinics, Smart Networking, and food and drink throughout, including the evening drinks reception.

Tickets are fully refundable up to 30 days before the event. Inside 30 days they are non-refundable, but you can transfer your place to a colleague at any time.

Senior operators from UK mid-market and scale-up businesses who have implemented AI, from companies including CityFibre, Ipsos, Oddbox, Retail Trust, Scania, Mintel and Marshmallow. New speakers are confirmed on a rolling basis, and the current line-up is on the speakers page.

Yes. The programme is built on the State of UK AI Adoption Survey: 755 UK mid-market leaders, run with Executive Summary in Jan-Mar 2026. It shapes the tracks, the session topics and the structure of the day. 83% of those leaders hold a board mandate to invest in AI in 2026, so the gap is execution, not intent, and closing that gap is what the day is for.

20 October 2026 at Convene Sancroft, Rose Street, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ. Registration opens at 8am for a 9am start. St Paul’s and City Thameslink are both a few minutes’ walk.

Yes. You will meet selected AI platforms and software providers through live demos, on stage and in the Discovery Zone, running real tools on real data. It is built for real conversations, not a crowded exhibition floor with a wall of stands. For hands-on help applying any of them, the Expert Bar is where you sit down with the enablement partners.

Yes, and the Expert Bar is where it happens. You pre-book a one-to-one clinic with a vetted AI enablement partner, matched to the challenge you bring, so the time goes on solving your problem rather than sitting through a pitch. These are the implementation and consulting partners from the aibl AI Enablement Directory, the people who help mid-market organisations put AI into production. Come with a live AI problem and leave with a clear next step.

Selected sessions will be available to registered attendees after the event. The real value is in the room, though: the workshops, the clinics and the peer conversations are the reason to be there on the day.

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 is structured to let you move across all five tracks, benchmark against peer CEOs and MDs, and pressure-test your plan at the Expert Bar and in the boardroom sessions. 83% of delegates hold a board mandate to invest in AI in 2026.

No. aiblLIVE is built for mid-market and scale-up businesses, roughly £20m to £1bn in revenue, where the adoption challenge looks nothing like a global enterprise programme. Company size is not the filter. Relevance is.

The Discovery Zone is the exhibition space that runs all day. It holds the Expert Bar, the boardroom sessions, live demo pods, a Q&A studio and Smart Networking. It is where what you see on stage turns into decisions, and it stays open from registration through to the evening drinks.

A pre-booked consultation service in the Discovery Zone. You submit your AI challenge when you register, we match you with handpicked enablement partners, and your one-to-one clinics are confirmed in the event app before you arrive. No cold pitches, no badge-scanning, just time on your specific problem.

Most sessions are open access, first come, first seated. Two things need booking ahead: the hands-on build workshops, where places are limited, and your Expert Bar consultations. You set both up at registration after you buy your pass.

Your booking confirmation or the name you registered under, a laptop if you have booked a build workshop, something to share your details such as a LinkedIn QR code, and your schedule from the event app.

Yes. A short summary of each session goes up on the aiblLIVE website soon after it finishes, and selected sessions are available to registered attendees after the event. The real value is in the room, though: the workshops, clinics and peer conversations do not translate to a recording.

The Vendor Ticket is for AI tool and service companies attending in a commercial capacity. It gives full delegate access plus the ability to operate commercially from the exhibition floor. The current vendor price is on the booking page.

Yes. Breakfast from 8am, lunch in the exhibition at 12:30, refreshments through the day, and networking drinks from 5:30pm. Note any dietary requirements when you register.

Convene Sancroft is moments from St Paul’s. The nearest tube is St Paul’s on the Central line, a 3-minute walk; Bank is 9 minutes away with more interchanges; and City Thameslink is a 6-minute walk. From the airports, take the Elizabeth line from Heathrow to Liverpool Street, Thameslink from Gatwick to City Thameslink, or the DLR from London City to Bank. We recommend public transport.

We recommend public transport. If you do need to drive, the nearest car park is Smithfield Car Park, West Smithfield, London EC1A 9DS.

Yes, there is WiFi at the venue. As with any event with more than a thousand people online at once, we would not rely on it for anything heavy.

There is a supervised cloakroom for coats and umbrellas. We would not recommend bringing large bags or leaving valuables, so travel light where you can.

Business casual. Nothing formal required.

Email events@aiblmedia.com before the event and we will make the arrangements. Convene Sancroft is a fully accessible venue with step-free access throughout.

Registration opens at 8am and the programme starts at 9am. If you are arriving close to 9am, allow about 10 minutes for registration and badge collection.