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Quantum + AI Tech Show

Wednesday 4 November 2026·8:30am·Big Penny Social
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Date & Time

Wednesday 4 November 2026

8:30am

Location

Big Penny Social

1 Priestley Way, London, E17 6AL

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Free

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Insiders Intelligence Group

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A one-day applied quantum and AI show at Big Penny Social in Walthamstow, running three parallel summits - Quantum + AI Compute, Security & Infrastructure, and Industry & Applications - alongside Creative LDN and Labs stages. Doors 08:30, programme through an afterparty from 16:40, close at 19:00. The speaker list is unusually senior. James Appathurai, NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber; Dr Samantha Francis, Programme Director for AI at UKRI; Dr Stephen Moore, Quantum Science and Technology Strategy Lead at the UK Ministry of Defence; Richard Murray, CEO of Orca Computing; Stuart Seymour, Group CISO at Virgin Media O2; and Marcus du Sautoy of Oxford. Tickets go through Ticket Tailor and no price is published. Why go: it is the one London room this autumn where quantum procurement, defence and security people share a building with the firms actually building the hardware. Best for infrastructure, security and R&D leads working out what quantum means for their stack.

Speakers

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James Appathurai

Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, NATO

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Dr Samantha Francis

Programme Director for AI, UKRI

DS

Dr Stephen Moore

Quantum Science & Technology Strategy Lead, UK Ministry of Defence

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Richard Murray

CEO & Co-Founder, Orca Computing

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Stuart Seymour

Group Chief Information Security Officer, Virgin Media O2

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Marcus du Sautoy OBE

Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford

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