The AI Regulation Summit 2025 is a global conference organized by City & Financial Global, focusing on the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence regulation. This second annual summit is scheduled to take place in Central London on January 27, 2025, bringing together leading experts to discuss international regulatory approaches, key legal issues, and coordination efforts to prevent regulatory arbitrage.
The summit's agenda includes comprehensive updates on the AI Bill and the UK Government's new approach to AI regulation. It will explore the future evolution of AI regulation in the UK, best practice risk management strategies for AI system providers and users, and developments in EU AI regulation and the U.S. strategy for regulating AI. Key legal topics such as data privacy, consumer protection, cybersecurity, intellectual property protection, and ethical considerations in AI will also be addressed.
Notable speakers include John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner; James Benford, Executive Director for Data and Analytics Transformation and Chief Data Officer at the Bank of England; and Vivienne Artz OBE, Senior Data Strategy and Privacy Policy Advisor at the Centre for Information Policy Leadership. The event offers networking opportunities, including morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea sessions, as well as a networking drinks session following the closing remarks.
The summit is designed for senior management professionals, including Chief Risk Officers, Chief Innovation Officers, Chief Technology and Data Officers, General Counsel, Heads of Legal, Chief Compliance Officers, and Programme Directors for AI and Ethics across various sectors such as financial services, technology, cybersecurity, healthcare, legal services, and academia. The advisory community, including law firms, AI solutions providers, strategy consultants, and risk management advisory firms, will also find the event highly relevant.
Speakers(27)
Alex Shandro
Partner at A&O Shearman
Alexander Milner-Smith
Partner and Co-head of Data, Privacy & Cyber at Lewis Silkin
Alex advises some of the world's leading companies on the adoption of global privacy strategies and on the full range of data protection / privacy issues including dealing with: data breaches and cyber security incidents; extra-EEA / UK data transfers; data privacy policies & notices; audits and DSARs; handling Information Commissioners Office, and other regulatory queries or investigations and marketing & cookie issues.
Barry Smith
Managing Partner and Director at Smith & Guinan
Carol Wilson
Head of Data Privacy, Data Ethics and Information Lifecycle Management at Santander UK
Catharina Glugla
Partner, Head of Digital, Data, IP & Technology, Dusseldorf, Germany at A&O Shearman
Dr Adriano Koshiyama
Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Holistic AI
Adriano Koshiyama is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Holistic AI, creators of the industry-leading AI Governance Platform that empowers enterprises to adopt and scale AI with confidence. Adriano has an extensive background in AI research, publishing more than 70 papers on AI auditing, assurance, and risk management.
Dr Paul Dongha
Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy at NatWest Group
Fatima Abukar
Principal Advisor, Responsible AI and Data at FCA
Gareth Burkhill-Howarth
Global Data Protection Officer at WPP
Gareth Burkhill-Howarth is WPPs Global Data Protection Officer, responsible for ensuring the groups compliance with data protection and privacy regulations across all its operating markets. Leveraging over 16 years of experience at WPP and a background in technology and data, Gareth guides the responsible use of data within the group's agencies, including developing and implementing AI governance frameworks to promote the safe and responsible application of AI.
Giles Pratt
Partner and Global Head of IP/Data at Freshfields
James Benford
Executive Director for Data and Analytics Transformation and Chief Data Officer at Bank of England
Jane Finlayson-Brown
Partner and Global Co-Head, Digital, Data IP & Technology at A&O Shearman
John Bowman
AI Ethics Market Strategy Lead at IBM
John Edwards
UK Information Commissioner at Information Commissioner's Office
Kai Zenner
Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss (EPP Group) at European Parliament
Kate Jones
Chief Executive Officer at The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum
Lord (Chris) Holmes of Richmond MBE
Michael Birtwistle
Associate Director for Law and Policy at Ada Lovelace Institute
Professor Carsten Maple
Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute; Professor of Cyber Systems Engineering, University of Warwick's Cyber Security Centre (CSC) at Principal Investigator, NCSC-EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence, Cyber Security Research
Rachael Annear
Partner at Freshfields
Rachael is part of our International Data Protection and Cyber Practice with a particular interest in financial services, retail and tech sectors, and the growing impact of AI on the field of data protection. She has extensive experience advising a wide range of organisations on data protection matters and complex global data strategies, against the demands of the shifting global legal and regulatory landscape.
Racheal Muldoon
Partner at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Racheal Muldoon, a Partner at international law firm, Charles Russell Speechlys, is an award-winning lawyer with globally recognised expertise at the intersection of the law and technology, including Digital Assets and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Sarah Gadd
Chief Data Officer and Head of Data & Process Automation at Julius B r
Shameek Kundu
Executive Director, AI Verify Foundation, IMDA, Singapore
Shameek Kundu heads AI Verify, an open source foundation created by the Singapore government. The foundation focuses on the creation and adoption of AI testing frameworks, code base, standards and best practices.
Stephan Geering
Deputy General Counsel & Compliance, Trustworthy AI and Global Privacy Officer at Anthology
Tina Maisonneuve
Chief Privacy & Data Trust Officer at Aon
Vivienne Artz OBE FCSI (Hon) CMgr CCMI AIGP
Senior Data Strategy and Privacy Policy Advisor at Centre for Information Policy Leadership
William Malcolm
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Privacy Advisory Global Lead at Google
Event Details
- Date
- November 5-6, 2025
- 2 days
- Location
- 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
- Cavendish Venues - 1 America Square
- Audience
- Senior management professionals in AI, legal, and compliance sectors; advisory community including law firms and AI solutions providers.