AI · Founders
Hosted by techSPARK
When
Tuesday 10 November 2026
9:30am – 12:30pm
Where
St Nicholas Church
St Nicholas Church, Bristol BS1 1UE
Price
Paid
Morning two of the Brazen Summit: what AI is doing to work, careers and infrastructure.
Dr Daniel Duma opens with a keynote on what agentic AI can do today. A panel with Emily Armstrong (Aer Studios), Joel Gibbard MBE (Open Bionics) and Caelum Rosenkranz (Google Cloud) asks how the next generation of tech leaders gets experience if AI takes the entry-level tasks. Kirstine Dale (Met Office Chief AI Officer), Su Crighton (KPMG), Andrew Ward (nLighten) and Katie Gallagher OBE then cover what works beyond pilots. Dame Dawn Childs, CEO of nLighten, closes on sovereignty and compute. 09:30 to 12:30 at St Nicholas Church. Paid; no face price published.
the Met Office and KPMG speakers talk about AI in production, and a closing session on UK compute capacity is rare in Bristol. Best for CTOs, heads of people and anyone planning AI hiring or spend.
Daniel Duma · AI entrepreneur and engineer
Emily Armstrong · Head of People, Culture and Operations, Aer Studios
Joel Gibbard MBE · Co-founder and CEO, Open Bionics
Kirstine Dale · Chief AI Officer, Met Office
Caelum Rosenkranz · Startup Lead, Google Cloud
Andrew Ward · Director of Hyperscale, Platform and AI Sales, nLighten
Dawn Childs · CEO, nLighten
St Nicholas Church, St Nicholas Church, Bristol BS1 1UE
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Brazen Summit 2026, Day 4: Scaling, Impact and the Road to ExitThu 12 Nov · PaidDate & Time
Tuesday 10 November 2026
9:30am – 12:30pm
Price
Paid
Organiser
techSPARK
Daniel Duma
AI entrepreneur and engineer,
Emily Armstrong
Head of People, Culture and Operations, Aer Studios
Joel Gibbard MBE
Co-founder and CEO, Open Bionics
Kirstine Dale
Chief AI Officer, Met Office
Caelum Rosenkranz
Startup Lead, Google Cloud
Andrew Ward
Director of Hyperscale, Platform and AI Sales, nLighten
Dawn Childs
CEO, nLighten
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