100+ Attendees
100+ Speakers
10+ Policy Makers
15+ Countries
10+ Sessions
08 Exciting Tracks
100+ Attendees
100+ Speakers
10+ Policy Makers
15+ Countries
10+ Sessions
08 Exciting Tracks
Welcome to World AI Regulation Summit 2026
Legislation at the speed of AI
The World AI Regulation Summit is the first global meeting where the people who write, pass, interpret, enforce and operate inside AI law come together annually — in one room, on the record of a single proceedings, and under conditions that allow honest exchange.
Jurisdictions are introducing new statutes, codes of practice, regulator guidance and liability frameworks at a pace no ministry can match alone. The EU is moving from AI Act on paper into enforcement. South Korea has operationalised the first comprehensive AI Basic Act outside Europe. The US is fragmenting into state-level obligations while federal pre-emption is debated. China, the Gulf, Japan and Singapore are each defining AI sovereignty on their own terms. Courts are now ruling on training data, model liability and synthetic media.
No single national debate can hold all of this. The Summit exists to create that space — a senior, neutral, structured forum where ministers, parliamentarians, regulators, judges, general counsel and AI policy leads meet the people building the systems they are now responsible for governing.
Convened in London under the Chatham House Rule. The host and chair is one of the United Kingdom's most senior parliamentary voices on AI regulation, who sponsored some of the first legislations on the topic, joined by co-chairs and rapporteurs from the major AI jurisdictions. Each edition produces a formal proceedings document that informs policy work in the following year. The Summit is designed for smaller jurisdictions to shape — rather than inherit — global standards applied locally.
Key Sessions Include
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Global regulators’ briefing on the evolving AI rulebook and how it will be enforced.
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How to classify, document and govern high-risk and general-purpose AI systems.
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Allocating responsibility for foundation and agentic AI between developers, deployers and users.
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AI in core public-interest domains: safeguards for rights, consent, safety and due process.
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AI, national security and public protection: dual-use risks, export controls and escalation.
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Synthetic media and deepfakes: protecting elections, information integrity and public trust.
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Generative AI and intellectual property: training data, creator rights and the litigation wave.
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AI, work and organisations: automation, algorithmic management and collective voice.
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The next 12-month governance playbook: what policy and compliance leaders must build now.
The brightest minds in AI take the stage
Meet Our Speakers
Why This Summit Matters Now
AI regulation in 2026 is no longer a discussion about principles. It is a live contest over enforcement, jurisdiction, liability and access — and the outcomes will reshape industries, public administration and civil rights for a generation.
The first enforcement cycle is already underway
EU AI Act high-risk obligations are biting before technical standards, the assurance market and supervisory tooling are ready. Boards are being asked to certify systems nobody yet knows how to assess.
The geopolitical fracture is hardening
The EU's risk-based framework, the US innovation-first posture, China's state-led model and the Gulf's sovereignty agenda are competing political economies of AI. Standards bodies — ISO, IEEE, ITU, OECD — have become the new diplomatic terrain.
Agentic and generative AI have outrun the rulebook
AI systems now generate, decide, transact and act across organisational workflows. The copyright litigation wave is producing court decisions faster than any legislature can respond. Synthetic media is mature enough to interfere with elections, identity and finance.
Smaller jurisdictions can no longer afford to wait and copy
More than sixty countries are drafting AI legislation. Those that move late will inherit somebody else's definitions of risk, liability and certification. The Summit is built for them to learn as they build their own responses.
Industry needs honest exposure to where the rules will hurt
Regulators need to hear where rules will fail at implementation. Industry needs to hear what will not be negotiable. Neither conversation happens at investor days or commercial conferences.
The judiciary and the legal profession are about to be tested
Courts are being asked to rule on autonomous-decision liability, evidentiary standards for AI-mediated harms and remedies that statute does not yet anticipate. A shared vocabulary is needed before the first major case sets the wrong precedent for everyone.
Nine streams shaping the agenda.
Jurisdictional policy architecture
UK, EU, US, Singapore, Japan, Middle East, Hong Kong, China and multilateral approaches.
Compliance readiness
What regulated and non-regulated industries need to understand now to prepare for future AI obligations.
Agentic AI and accountability
Liability, evidence, human oversight and decision ownership when AI systems act.
Foundation models & GPAI
Model-layer obligations, systemic risk, open-source treatment, compute governance and deployment controls.
AI assurance & auditability
Evidence trails, risk registers, audit interfaces, testing, documentation and defensible governance.
Regulator–industry exchange
A structured exchange on what regulators and developers misunderstand about each other.
Rights, trust & public accountability
Digital trust, identity, synthetic content, discrimination, redress and fundamental rights.
Standards & international coordination
How ISO, IEEE, ITU, OECD, NIST and other bodies are shaping global AI regulatory alignment.
AI sovereignty and infrastructure
Compute, energy, national capability, AI safety institutes and the infrastructure behind regulatory power.
Who will Attend
Policymakers and drafters
Civil servants, ministerial advisers, parliamentary committee staff and policy unit leads who draft the working papers, white papers and code-of-practice texts that are translated into legislation.
Legislators and assistants
Sitting parliamentarians, peers, congressional and senate members, MEPs and committee chairs with active AI portfolios, with direct off-the-record access to counterparts in other jurisdictions.
Legal, compliance and related professions
Judges and tribunal members with AI matters before them; barristers, solicitors and in-house counsel; senior partners in advisory and assurance firms; and the technical-compliance professionals who translate statute into evidence.
Public policy leaders in technology companies and major corporations
Heads of AI policy, government affairs, responsible AI, model risk and trust & safety at AI labs, cloud providers, model developers, assurance platforms and major industrial corporations embedding AI in regulated activities.
Leading academics
Academics publishing or intending to publish authoritative papers and conducting experiments on the impact of AI, building a body of knowledge the industry and legislators can use.
NGOs, civil society and other influencers
Digital rights organisations, consumer protection bodies, trade unions, think tanks and independent voices whose evidence and advocacy shape both legislation and public legitimacy.
Standards bodies, international organisations and sector regulators
Senior figures from ISO, IEEE, NIST and equivalent national standards bodies; the OECD, UN, ITU, GPAI and Council of Europe; sectoral regulators in financial services, health, telecoms, competition and data protection; international AI safety institutes; and selected senior journalists covering AI policy.
Delegate Pass
Standard Pass
The Standard Pass is designed for senior delegates who want full access to the summit’s policy discussions, regulatory briefings and cross-industry governance sessions.
Early Bird Rate: US$1800 (available until 31st July 2026)
Includes:
- Access to all main conference sessions across both days
- Access to selected breakout sessions, subject to room capacity
- Morning and afternoon refreshments
- Working lunches on both days
- Delegate networking opportunities
- Access to the approved post-summit proceedings summary
- Delegate materials and event updates
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Everything you need to know about World AI Regulation Summit 2026
Delegate Pass
Standard Pass
The Standard Pass is designed for senior delegates who want full access to the summit’s policy discussions, regulatory briefings and cross-industry governance sessions.
Early Bird Rate: US$1800 (available until 31st July 2026)
Includes:
- Access to all main conference sessions across both days
- Access to selected breakout sessions, subject to room capacity
- Morning and afternoon refreshments
- Working lunches on both days
- Delegate networking opportunities
- Access to the approved post-summit proceedings summary
- Delegate materials and event updates
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