The Digital Ethics Summit 2025, organized by techUK, convened on December 3, 2025, in Central London. This ninth annual event brought together leaders and experts from the digital ethics landscape to reflect on the year's advancements and set the agenda for 2026. Since its inception in 2017, the summit has served as a premier platform for discussing ethical frameworks in technology and fostering responsible innovation.
Key topics addressed included the maturation of AI assurance, the shift from AI safety to security, and the UK government's initiatives like the Trusted Third-Party AI Assurance Roadmap and the Fairness Innovation Challenge. Discussions emphasized building justified trust through robust scientific testing, maintaining human agency in AI design and deployment, and promoting cross-sector collaboration to enhance AI literacy across organizations.
The summit featured panel discussions, keynote speeches, and interactive workshops, providing attendees with opportunities to engage with responsible AI practitioners and explore sector-specific tools, particularly in education and child safety. Notable sessions included reflections on AI and digital ethics in 2025, lessons from the Fairness Innovation Challenge, and participatory design workshops focusing on AI for public benefit.
The event was tailored for practitioners, technical experts, legal professionals, and policymakers interested in digital ethics. Attendees gained insights into implementing ethical principles in technology, understanding regulatory developments, and sharing approaches to responsible innovation, making it an essential gathering for those committed to advancing ethical practices in the digital realm.
Speakers(9)
Carsten Maple
Professor of Cyber Systems Engineering at University of Warwick & Alan Turing Institute
Dr. Jakob Mokander
Director of Science and Technology Policy at Tony Blair Institute
Jakob is an expert on technology policy, with an emphasis on artificial-intelligence governance and international innovation ecosystems. His work focuses on harnessing the power of emerging technologies while managing the associated risks.
Gaia Marcus
Director at Ada Lovelace Institute
Gaia Marcus is Director of the Ada Lovelace Institute. Prior to joining Ada, Gaia was Deputy Director (Advanced Analytics and Local Capabilities) at the Spatial Data Unit within the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). In this role, she led on ensuring that data and data-driven analysis were used to support policymaking and service delivery.
Giles Lane
Principal Consultant, Futures and Dialogue at Royal Academy of Engineering
Jonathan Kewley
Partner and Co-Chair of the Global Tech Group at Clifford Chance
Jonathan Kewley is the Co-Chair of the Clifford Chance Tech Group, a team of over 600 Tech lawyers globally. He was recently voted Partner of the Year at the British Legal Awards - which recognised his leadership in Tech as well as driving a more progressive workplace culture in law. He is a globally renowned expert on AI innovation and safety.
Kate Jones
Chief Executive Officer at Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum
Kate Jones is the Chief Executive Officer of the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum. Kate leads this innovative team, working to increase and deepen coordination between regulators of online services and technology for the benefit of both businesses and their customers.
Sue Daley OBE
Director, Technology and Innovation at techUK
Sue leads techUK's Technology and Innovation work. This includes work programmes on AI, Cloud, Data, Quantum, Semiconductors, Digital ID and Digital ethics as well as emerging and transformative technologies and innovation policy. In 2025, Sue was honoured with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the Technology Industry in the New Year Honours List.
Tess Buckley
Senior Programme Manager in Digital Ethics and AI Safety at techUK
Tess is a digital ethicist and musician. After completing a MA in AI and Philosophy, with a focus on ableism in biotechnologies, she worked as an AI Ethics Analyst with a dataset on corporate digital responsibility (paid for by investors that wanted to understand their portfolio risks).
William Malcolm
Executive Director of Regulatory Risk and Innovation at UK Information Commissioner’s Office
Event Details
- Date
- December 10, 2025
- Location
- 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
- Central London
- Pricing
- Free for members; £150 for non-members
- Audience
- Practitioners, technical experts, legal professionals, policymakers