AI Unlocked: Innovation, Insight and Impact
AI Unlocked 2026, will bring together the brightest minds from academia, industry, and government to explore the power, promise and purpose of artificial intelligence.
Details
When? Thursday 17 September 2026
Where? Hyatt Regency Birmingham, UK
AI Unlocked 2026, will bring together the brightest minds from academia, industry, and government to explore the power, promise and purpose of artificial intelligence.
This two-day conference, chaired by Dr. Anjulika Salhan, a global expert in AI-driven innovation and founder of Systems Holdings, will be held at the prestigious Hyatt Regency in Birmingham. We invite you to join a dynamic community of AI pioneers shaping the future of machine learning and intelligent systems.
World-class speakers from across sectors will share their research, breakthroughs, and real-world applications of AI, ranging from deep learning architectures and causal models to AI in finance, healthcare, governance, and regulation.
Key themes include:
- The evolving architecture of AI systems: transformers, GNNs, diffusion models
- The rise of foundation models, multimodal AI, and explainability
- Bridging theory and application: from generalisation and convergence to robust deployment
- Policy and ethics: AI governance, regulatory frameworks, and public-private collaboration
- What's next? Symbolic reasoning, AI safety, causal AI, and hybrid intelligence
To celebrate innovation and talent, the congress will present four prestigious awards:
- Best PhD Student Paper
- Outstanding A-Level Project in AI
- Best Industry Application of AI
- Best AI Tool or Application Created
This is more than a conference. It is a collaborative platform for those who believe that understanding, designing, and governing AI requires vision, depth, and dialogue. Join us in unlocking the intelligence that will define our future.
Call for Papers
Please submit your 300 word abstract via https://my.ima.org.uk/ by 31st March 2026. Abstracts should be submitted as a Word document. If you are an IMA Member or you have previously registered for an IMA conference, then you are already on our database. Please “request a new password” using the email address previously used, to log in.
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