Program Key Themes and Discourses

Explore top talks, breakthrough ideas, and session times across the Businessabc AI Global Summit.

AI, Sustainability, and the Next Era of Global Innovation

First Half day

AI Financial Economic Narrative - Financial industries / Economic models / AI Arms race

“Rewiring Economic Systems: Democratising Capital, Law, and Growth with AI”

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Modernised Markets - AI and blockchain transforming capital flows, tokenisation, and legal-economic frameworks.

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Inclusive Models - Rethinking income, labour, and access through UBI and equitable AI-driven policy.

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Strategic Investment - Coordinating AI funding, infrastructure, and global growth through economic diplomacy.

09:00

Registration & Networking

09:00 – 10:00 (1hr)
Kensington Great Hall

Attendees check in, collect materials, and connect with peers over coffee and light refreshments.

10:00

AI New Paradigms Social Financial Economics

10:00 – 10:20 (20 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

Market intelligence: AI-driven forecasting, sentiment analysis, and risk pricing. • Algorithmic trading: Speed vs. stability; regulation of autonomous financial agents. • AI as fiduciary tool: Portfolio management, robo-advisors, and ESG integration. • Threat vectors: Flash crashes, model overfitting, and systemic opacity in financial systems.

keynotes

Nick Rosa
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Opening

Dinis Guarda
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Hirander Misra
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10:20

Panel - AI Social Economic Legal Models Blockchain - Tokenization

10:20 – 11:10 (50 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

Smart contracts: Automating legal processes with auditable transparency. • Token economies: Fractional ownership, IP protection, and decentralised finance (DeFi). • AI-blockchain convergence: Identity verification, provenance tracking, and data monetisation. • Legal friction: Jurisdictional complexity, liability attribution, and enforceability of AI decisions.

Speakers

Prof Yu Xiong
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Dr Niall Roche
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11:10

Coffee Tea Break

11:10 – 11:25 (15 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

11:25

Special Conversation - AI - Challenges and Financial Economic Future Models

11:25 – 12:15 (50 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

UBI in the age of automation: Redistribution models for post-labour economies. • AI and welfare optimisation: Personalised support, fraud detection, and delivery efficiency. • Societal value recalibration: Recognising unpaid labour & creativity in economic models. • Risks: Dependency culture, underfunded schemes, and political resistance to change.

Moderator

Dinis Guarda
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Speakers

Lord Clement Jones Cbe
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Janet Adams
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12:15

Panel - AI, Youth & Human-Centric Development

12:15 – 13:00 (45 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

AI in Healthcare & Telemedicine: Exploring AI-driven health solutions for emerging markets. • AI in Education & Youth Development: How AI fosters inclusive learning and youth empowerment. • AI for Sustainable Energy & Gender-Inclusive Growth: Leveraging AI for clean energy and equitable economic transformation.

Speakers

Charles Nader
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Second Half day

AI Wellbeing / Healthcare models - AI EQ - AI Future of Society - AGI

“Aligning Progress: Human-Centred Innovation in an Accelerating AI Era”

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AI for Health & Life Sciences - Driving breakthroughs in diagnostics, care, and biotech.

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EQ, Creativity & Work - Enabling emotional intelligence, creativity, and workforce reskilling.

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Decentralised Intelligence - Unpacking decentralised intelligence and the future of human-AI alignment.

14:00

Special Conversation - AI Health and Human Practice Present

14:00 – 14:20 (20 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

Clinical decision support: Enhancing diagnostics, triage, and treatment pathways. • AI in public health: Early outbreak detection, health equity, and personalised interventions. • Human-AI collaboration: Augmenting—not replacing—practitioners in care delivery. • Risk: Data privacy, consent fatigue, and deskilling of healthcare professionals.

Coordinator

Dilip Pungliya
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Dr. Rajesh Sivaprakasam
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Antonio Vieira Santos
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14:25

Panel - AI HealthTech Life Sciences

14:25 – 15:15 (50 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

MedTech innovation: AI-powered wearables, remote monitoring, and digital twins. • Drug discovery acceleration: Predictive modelling and generative chemistry. • Health system integration: Interoperability, real-time feedback loops, and automation. • Threats: Tech monopolies, algorithmic bias in patient data, and affordability barriers.

Moderator

Dr. Rajesh Sivaprakasam
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Speakers

Prof. Prokar Dasgupta Obe
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Dr Rhana H Zakri
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Dr. Muhammad Khurram
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Dr Pankaj Chandak
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15:20

Keynote - AI IP - Copyright Law

15:20 – 15:30 (10 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

keynotes

Ryan Abbott
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15:30

Panel - The AI Arms Race - Business + Tech Uniting the Growing Human Divide

15:30 – 16:10 (40 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

Compute and data monopolies vs. open-source/sovereign stacks. • Skills inequality between SMEs vs. hyperscalers. • Policy levers: tiered compliance, sandboxes, compute credits.

Speakers

Jean Lehmann
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Vladislav Larichev
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Gaurav Gandhi
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16:10

Tea & Networking Break

16:10 – 16:25 (15 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

16:25

Metaverse Physical AI Web 3.0 - Panel AI EQ + Wellbeing - Work - Reskilling - Accessibility

16:25 – 17:20 (55 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

Emotional intelligence in machines: Empathetic AI and mental health interfaces. • Workplace AI: Monitoring stress and automating routine tasks. • Reskilling strategies: Human-AI synergy through emotional, social, and creative training. • Pitfalls: Privacy intrusion, digital fatigue, and over-automation of relational roles.

keynotes

Dr. Annette Doms
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Moderator

Antonio Vieira Santos
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Speakers

Deborah Sawaf
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Gracie Page Fozzati
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Louize Clark
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17:30

Special Conversation - AI - Creativity Human Machine

17:30 – 18:15 (45 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Topic

AI Creativity Impulse Statements on Digital Human Twins to drive cross-sector conversations on inclusive, human-led AI futures.

keynotes

Ghislaine Boddington
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Firechat

Ghislaine Boddington
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Dr. Rupert Hofmann
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Desdemona Robot
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18:20

Keynote - AI AGI ASI Singularity

18:20 – 18:40 (20 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Moderator

Dinis Guarda
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Speakers

Dr. Ben Goertzel
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18:45

Tea & Networking Break

18:45 – 19:00 (15 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

19:00

Concert Desdemona Dream – Desdemona Robot and Band – Ben Goertzel

19:00 – 20:00 (60 mins)
Kensington Great Hall

Virtual and in-person performance followed by announcement of the BusinessABC AI University Global Prize and official summit conclusion.