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 on 17 to 18 September 2026. 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