Two days. 30+ sessions.

Opening remarks from the Director

• Cassidy BereskinFounder, OxGen AI Summit

Opening keynote address

Keeping up with AI developments — any role for the UK?

• Professor Lord Tarassenko CBE FREng FMedSciFounding President, Reuben College, University of Oxford

AI and business transformation

• Kate Joynes-BurgessModerator
• Allison SprayEMEA Chief Data & Intelligence Officer, Burson
• Neal RileyAI Innovation Lead, The Adaptavist Group
• Graham GannonManaging Director, Applied AI Engineering, Google
• Amr EllabbanHead of AI, Hg
• Rahul GoyalVice President, AI & Data at Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

The geopolitics of AI

• Tom PlantModerator
• Laura GilbertSenior Director of AI, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
• Kayla BlomquistCo-founder & Executive Director, Oxford China Policy Lab
• Sasha RubelHead of Generative AI Policy, EMEA, AWS
• Sam LowePartner, Flint Global

Fireside chat

• Bryan TsaoChief Product Officer, Legora
• Jeremy KahnModerator

Keynote address

AI safety without certainty: how should we act when we don't know which AI future is coming?

• Philip Torr FREng, FRSProfessor of Engineering Science and Schmidt AI 2050 Senior Fellow

Fireside chat

• Professor Sir Nigel ShadboltChair of AI@Oxford Research
• Rt Hon George Osborne CHManaging Director & Head of OpenAI for Countries, OpenAI

Safeguarding critical thinking

• Adamantia VelonisModerator
• Tey BannermanHuman-centred AI educator & Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
• Isabel ParkerChief Innovation Officer, White & Case
• Lev TankelevitchAI Researcher & Behavioural Scientist, Microsoft Research
• Steven ShawAssistant Professor, King’s College London

Fireside chat

• Rebecca FinlayCEO, Partnership on AI
• Jeremy KahnModerator

The AI efficiency myth: is more content creating less trust?

• Geeta Guru-MurthyModerator
• Dr Alex ConnockSenior Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
• Abigail SellenVice President, Microsoft Research Cambridge
• Cristina LawrenceChief Social & Innovation Officer, Razorfish
• Dr Nikolay BurlutskiyHead of Applied AI, BBC

Keynote address

AI for healthcare: building AI systems that connect biology, disease and drug development

• Danielle BelgraveVP of AI & Machine Learning, GSK

Keynote address

Generating Syllabi for Autonomous Vehicles

• Professor Paul Newman CBEFounder & CEO, Oxa

AI, Trust & Public Opinion

• Chloe ChadwickModerator
• Dr Elizabeth SegerSenior Policy Advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
• Harry LawDirector of Research, Cosmos Institute
• Hector de RivoireDirector of Public Policy, Microsoft’s Office of Responsible AI
• Professor Helen Kennedy FBA FacSSProfessor of Digital Society, University of Sheffield

Keynote address

Value Creation of AI Startups

• Professor Xiaolan Fu FAcSSProfessor of Technology and International Development, University of Oxford

Announcements from the Director

• Cassidy BereskinFounder, OxGen AI

OxGen 2026 drinks reception

Unwind after a day of cutting-edge conversations and connect over drinks with fellow attendees, speakers and the OxGen team.

OxGen 2026 VIP dinner

Exeter College, University of Oxford

Oxford's fourth-oldest college, founded on 4 April 1314 by Walter de Stapeldon, Bishop of Exeter and Treasurer of England. Dinner is served in the college hall, which dates from 1618 and looks onto a front quad completed between 1672 and 1710, beside the chapel rebuilt in neo-Gothic style in the 1850s. A few minutes' walk from the Digital Hub.

Day One Afterparty (VIP-only)

The Treasury, Cosy Club, Oxford

A nightcap in The Treasury — Cosy Club’s private room, set in the original vault of the bank the building used to be. Stained glass, dark wood panelling and low pendant light, a short walk from dinner.