Who attends aiblLIVE
A room of 1,000+ senior UK mid-market leaders who own AI in their business, across five function tracks and the strategy layer that connects them.
If you are accountable for AI outcomes, not just aware of them, you are in the right room.
Built for the leaders accountable for AI, and the people delivering it.
Every AI programme needs two things in the room: someone who owns the mandate, and someone who makes it happen.
aiblLIVE is built for both, and for the function leaders whose results depend on getting AI right.
Wherever you are with AI
Just starting
You know AI matters but are not sure where to begin. The day shows what is genuinely possible in your function and gives you a first plan.
Stalled or stuck
Pilots are live but the value is not. You get the honest reasons programmes stall, and how peers got past them.
Scaling
Something is working and you are pushing it further. The strategic and boardroom sessions go deep enough to be worth your day.
You’ll get the most value if…
You own AI outcomes, not just awareness
You are accountable for what AI delivers in your business or function, not just for having a view on it.
You have an active mandate
Whether you are deciding where to start, unsticking a stalled pilot, or scaling what works, you have a remit to act in 2026.
You are under board pressure to show results
You need direction and proof, not more inspiration.
You want honest peer comparison at your scale
You would rather hear from a business like yours than an enterprise case study you cannot replicate.
You are adding AI to an existing business
Your organisation was not built on AI, and you are integrating it into real operations and teams.
You want to leave with a plan
You are here for decisions and next steps, not a notebook of ideas.
Some of the operators attending aiblLIVE
Build your own journey across the event
aiblLIVE runs as five tracks, one for each function where AI is landing, plus a strategy layer.
Follow the one that matches your remit, or move across them and build your own day.
Customer
CCOs, CX Directors, Heads of Customer Success and Contact Centre Operations.
Explore the Customer trackEfficiency
COOs, CFOs, Chief Transformation Officers, VP Operations and Operational Excellence leads.
Explore the Efficiency trackAI Infrastructure
CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, Chief AI Officers, Heads of Data and AI Governance.
Explore the AI Infrastructure trackTransformation
CEOs, MDs, founders and Heads of AI or Transformation with the mandate across the business.
Explore the strategy layerVOOH, VP of marketing
Thanks to the AI For Business Leaders team for hosting a great event… cutting through the noise with some genuinely useful insights…
Colt Technology Services, Chief Commercial Officer
A must for executives navigating AI strategy and implementation.
The room and our research
aiblLIVE is a room of senior operators who own AI in their business, not a general audience. Here is who is in the room, and the research that shapes the programme.
The people in the room
- 78% are C-suite, MD or business owner.
- 83% hold an active board mandate to invest in AI in 2026.
- 65% approve new tools in days or weeks, not months.
- 1,000+ senior leaders across five tracks.
Backed by the research
The programme is built on our State of UK AI Adoption Survey, 755 UK mid-market leaders, run with Executive Summary. It reflects who is actually in the market and what they are accountable for.
The two roles every AI programme needs in the room
The organisations getting returns from AI have two roles pulling together: the mandate-holder, a CEO, MD or founder who owns the outcome and the budget, and the deliverer, an AI Champion, Head of AI or transformation lead who makes it happen day to day.
aiblLIVE puts both in the same room, alongside the function leaders whose results depend on it, so strategy and delivery leave aligned rather than pulling in different directions.
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Who attends: your questions
Who actually attends aiblLIVE?
Senior UK mid-market leaders accountable for AI: CEOs and MDs, functional and C-suite leaders (CMO, CFO, COO, CHRO, CCO, CIO, CTO), Chief AI Officers and Heads of AI, and the AI Champions delivering adoption. 78% are C-suite, MD or business owner.
What seniority level is it for?
Director level and above, people who own accountability for AI outcomes. It is built for business leaders, not a hands-on-keyboard technical audience.
I’m an AI Champion without a C-suite title. Is it for me?
Yes. You own the implementation challenge, and the programme, peer discussions and micro-consultations at the Expert Bar are built for you.
I’m a CEO or MD. Is it relevant to me?
Yes, and you are exactly who it is built for. You move across tracks, benchmark against peer CEOs and MDs, and use the boardroom sessions to pressure-test your plan. 83% of delegates hold a board mandate to invest in AI in 2026.
My role spans more than one track. Which should I choose?
Start with the track where your board pressure is highest, then move across the others through the day. One pass gives you all of them.
What size of organisation attends?
Mostly UK mid-market and scale-up businesses, roughly £20m to £1bn in revenue, across financial services, professional services, manufacturing, retail and more. For everything else, see the full FAQ.
Find your track. Book your place.
20 October 2026, Convene Sancroft, London. One pass, all five tracks.
