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AI SUMMIT | Business and AI
Overview
Cost: Free
AI and Business 2026
AI is a key driver of productivity, competitiveness, and business resilience, and we want Welsh businesses to thrive by embracing its potential.
Our speakers and contributors include Bill (The Disruptive Innovator), Andy McStay (ethics and AI), Victoria Southam (Microsoft), Toby B (Node9 Consulting), Ruth (University of South Wales), Alan Mumby (UWTSD / RSA Fellow for Wales), Euros (creator of Cian, the Welsh-first AI tool), Klaire Tanner, and representatives from Ambition North Wales.
Welsh businesses will also take to the stage to share their real-world AI adoption journeys.
Outline of the day
| Session | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Business Wales: Finance & Innovation | — |
| Cinio / Lunch & Networking | — |
| Welcome & scene-set | Jordan Eardley - Project Lead Business Wales |
| Opening "AI & language: is it making us lazy?" | Bill, The Disruptive Innovator |
| Ethics and AI for Business | Andrew McStay - Bangor Univeristy |
| Panel the skills Wales needs for the future of AI | Ambition North Wales |
| Break & networking | |
| Keynote - Copilot | Victoria Southam - Microsoft |
| Practical talk Data, AI & Power BI for SMEs | Toby B, Node9 Consulting |
| AI Assurance the emerging market and what it means for Welsh business | Ruth Astbury, AI Confidence For Women |
| Innovation & the bigger picture | Alan Mumby, UWTSD |
| Meet Cian.AI email & AI | Euros Evans - Cian.Ai |
| AI & business admin | Klaire Tanner - CreuTech |
| Close & BBQ |
Dates and venues
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