Spanning sectors, industries and disciplines, DataFest brings the brightest minds in data and AI to the stage. Keep an eye out for more DataFest 2026 speakers coming soon!
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence | Global Centre on AI Governance
Theo Blackwell
Chief Digital Officer for London
Mayor of London
Colin Nwachukwu Ife
Head of Risk
Geordie AI
Heather Thomson
CEO
The Data Lab
Danny Quinn
Managing Director
DataVita
Will Millership
CEO
PRISM
Carl Strathearn
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Researcher & Expert Advisor on Embodied AI and Humanoid Robotics
Edinburgh Napier University
Prof. Emily Nordmann
Professor of Evidence-Informed Education and Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching
The University of Glasgow
Jamie Laycock
Head of Biology & AI Lead
The Glasgow Academy
Hazel Jane
Interfaith Minister
Hannah Fry
Author, radio & TV presenter
Cassie Kozyrkov
former Chief Decision Scientist
Google
Colin Jarvis
Global Head of Forward Engineering
OpenAI
Christopher Wylie
Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower
Tim Peake
Astronaut
European Space Agency
Orlando Machado
Chief Data Officer
the LEGO Group
Caroline Criado Perez
Campaigner and author of 'Invisible Women'
Zoe Kleinman
Technology Editor
BBC News
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Space Scientist
Duncan Clark
CEO
Flourish (part of Canva)
Daniel Hulme
Chief AI Officer
WPP
Cathy O'Neil
Mathematician, data scientist and author of 'Weapons of Math Destruction'
Dr Eleanor Drage
Research Fellow
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.
Ross McNairn
CEO
Wordsmith.ai
Ian Mackie
CEO
Malted AI
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