Events

AI Unlocked 2026, will bring together the brightest minds from academia, industry, and government to explore the power, promise and purpose of artificial intelligence. This two-day congress, chaired by Dr. Anjulika Salhan, a global expert in AI-driven innovation and founder of Systems Holdings, will be held at the prestigious Hyatt Regency in Birmingham. We invite you to join a dynamic community of AI pioneers shaping the future of machine learning and intelligent systems. World-class speakers from across sectors will share their research, breakthroughs, and real-world applications of AI, ranging from deep learning architectures and causal models to AI in finance, healthcare, governance, and regulation. Key themes include: • The evolving architecture of AI systems: transformers, GNNs, diffusion models • The rise of foundation models, multimodal AI, and explainability • Bridging theory and application: from generalisation and convergence to robust deployment • Policy and ethics: AI governance, regulatory frameworks, and public-private collaboration • What's next? Symbolic reasoning, AI safety, causal AI, and hybrid intelligence