--- title: London Tech Week 2026 Gives Quantum, Space and Robotics Founders a Stage Alongside AI description: London Tech Week 2026 runs 8-12 June at Olympia London with a new Deep Tech Stage featuring speakers from Perplexity AI, Axiom Space, Planet Labs and the UK quantum programme. author: Darie Nani (Editor-in-Chief) date: 2026-03-31T16:11:32.826Z updated: 2026-04-01T23:36:55.137Z canonical: https://www.sovereignmagazine.com/article/london-tech-week-2026-deep-tech-stage image: https://cdn.nanimediahouse.com/ltw-2025-tech-horizons-stage.webp categories: Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Networking content_type: News region: London publication: Sovereign Magazine about: - type: Event name: London Tech Week 2026 description: London Tech Week is an annual technology conference held in London, produced by Founders Forum Group in partnership with Informa Tech and London & Partners. The 2026 edition runs from 8 to 12 June at Olympia London, featuring six stages across enterprise and startup tracks, with Microsoft and AWS as headline partners. The event drew more than 30,000 attendees from 128 countries in 2025. url: https://londontechweek.com startDate: 2026-06-08T09:00:00.000Z endDate: 2026-06-12T18:00:00.000Z sameAs: - https://londontechweek.com - https://x.com/LDNTechWeek - https://www.linkedin.com/company/london-tech-week/ - https://www.instagram.com/londontechweek/ --- London Tech Week 2026 has added a dedicated Deep Tech Stage to its programme, giving founders in quantum computing, space infrastructure, surgical robotics and life sciences a platform alongside the event's AI-heavy main stages. The five-day event runs from 8 to 12 June at Olympia London, with Microsoft and AWS as headline partners. London Tech Week has grown into one of Europe's largest technology conferences, drawing more than 30,000 attendees from 128 countries in 2025, when Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shared the opening stage and [more than £1 billion in investment commitments](https://www.sovereignmagazine.com/article/microsoft-s-22-billion-uk-investment-could-supercharge-britain-s-advanced-manufacturing-ambit) were announced on-site. AI still commands the biggest platform in 2026: the AI Arena runs across all three main conference days. But the new Deep Tech Stage carves out dedicated space for the sectors that tend to get overshadowed at AI-dominated conferences. ## Who is speaking on the Deep Tech Stage The speaker list reads as a cross-section of frontier technology. Aravind Srinivas, co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, headlines alongside Max Jaderberg, president of Isomorphic Labs, the Alphabet subsidiary that spun out of DeepMind to commercialise [AI-driven drug discovery](https://www.sovereignmagazine.com/article/ai-for-life-tech-titans-are-investing-billions-in-biotech-s-ai-future). Isomorphic released what scientists described as "an AlphaFold 4" in February 2025, building on Nobel Prize-winning protein structure prediction to design new drugs. Beyond AI, the lineup spans sectors that rarely share a stage: **Michael T. Suffredini** ran NASA's International Space Station programme for a decade before founding Axiom Space, the company building the world's first [commercial space station](https://www.sovereignmagazine.com/article/space-economy-growth-accelerates-as-global-conferences-shape-new-frontiers). Axiom raised $350 million in February 2026. **Will Marshall**, co-founder and CEO of Planet Labs, operates more than 200 Earth-imaging satellites and recently signed a $230 million deal with Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT. **Sir Peter Knight** chairs the UK's National Quantum Technology Programme, overseeing a £2.5 billion government commitment that includes the £2 billion ProQure procurement programme announced in March 2026. **Matt Clifford CBE** chairs ARIA (the UK's answer to DARPA) and formerly advised the Prime Minister on AI, authoring the AI Opportunities Action Plan. **Oana Jinga**, co-founder and CEO of Dexory, leads a London-based warehouse robotics company that raised $80 million in Series B funding in October 2024. **Luke Hares**, co-founder and CIO of CMR Surgical, helped build the Cambridge company whose Versius surgical robot system competes directly with Intuitive Surgical's Da Vinci across 20 NHS hospitals. Investor representation comes from Erin Hallock of the NATO Innovation Fund, the world's first multi-sovereign venture capital fund backing defence-relevant deep tech startups, and Dr Hermann Hauser KBE of Amadeus Capital Partners, the co-founder of ARM. ## UK deep tech spending backs up the ambition The stage is launching against a backdrop of significant UK government investment in frontier technology. The £2 billion ProQure quantum programme is among the most ambitious national quantum strategies in the world, and IonQ is installing a 256-qubit computer at Cambridge, making it the UK's most powerful quantum machine. ARIA, still in its early years with 53 employees and a £27.6 million annual budget, has government backing to scale past £1 billion. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has committed £58.5 billion from 2026/27 to 2029/30 in broader R&D spending. The AI Security Institute (formerly the AI Safety Institute) has tripled its research team and tested more than 30 frontier models since its creation. The NATO Innovation Fund's presence on the London Tech Week agenda signals something specific: defence procurement is shifting towards dual-use startups rather than traditional contractors. Amadeus Capital Partners, founded by ARM co-creator Hermann Hauser, has been investing in deep tech from Cambridge for decades and now sits alongside a NATO-backed fund targeting the same pipeline. ## AI still leads, but the bill is getting wider London Tech Week 2026 is structured around six stages split into two worlds. Enterprise World features the AI Arena (the largest stage), a Core Stage covering cloud, cybersecurity and quantum compute, and a Transformation Stage focused on finance and operations. Startup World houses the Deep Tech Stage alongside a Founders Stage and an Ignition Stage for early-stage companies. The AI Arena's lineup includes Mati Staniszewski, co-founder of ElevenLabs, and Ioannis Antonoglou, co-founder of Reflection AI, with enterprise sessions led by Microsoft UK CEO Darren Hardman and AWS UK managing director Alison Kay. Carolyn Dawson OBE, CEO of Founders Forum Group and lead of London Tech Week, said the expansion reflects where the continent's strengths actually sit. "Europe has the potential to lead in deep tech. In Britain, we have world-class science, world-class founders, and a regulatory environment that's moving in the right direction. London Tech Week brings together the investors, builders and policymakers who can turn that into lasting advantage, for the UK and for Europe as a whole." ## Dates and registration The main London Tech Week conference runs from 8 to 10 June 2026 at Olympia London, with a fringe programme of more than 70 events across the city extending to 12 June. Delegate passes are available at [londontechweek.com](https://www.londontechweek.com). The full agenda is live on the event website. ### Event: London Tech Week 2026 8 June 2026 – 12 June 2026 In-person Venue: Olympia London, London, United Kingdom Organized by: Founders Forum Group London Tech Week is an annual technology conference held in London, produced by Founders Forum Group in partnership with Informa Tech and London & Partners. The 2026 edition runs from 8 to 12 June at Olympia London, featuring six stages across enterprise and startup tracks, with Microsoft and AWS as headline partners. The event drew more than 30,000 attendees from 128 countries in 2025. [Event website](https://londontechweek.com) ## FAQ **Q: What happens at London Tech Week?** London Tech Week is an annual technology conference held in London, structured around six stages covering AI, deep tech, enterprise technology and startups. The 2026 edition runs from 8 to 12 June at Olympia London, featuring keynotes from leaders at Perplexity AI, Isomorphic Labs, Planet Labs and Axiom Space, alongside more than 70 fringe events across the city. **Q: Who can attend London Tech Week?** London Tech Week is open to founders, investors, enterprise leaders, policymakers and anyone working in or around technology. The 2025 edition drew more than 30,000 attendees from 128 countries. Delegate passes for 2026 are available through the official London Tech Week website. **Q: Is the UK a leader in quantum computing?** The UK government has committed £2.5 billion to quantum technology over a decade, including a £2 billion ProQure procurement programme announced in March 2026. IonQ is installing a 256-qubit computer at Cambridge, the most powerful quantum machine in the country. Sir Peter Knight, chair of the National Quantum Technology Programme, is among the speakers at London Tech Week 2026. **Q: Is London Tech Week worth attending?** London Tech Week has grown into one of Europe's largest technology conferences, with more than 30,000 attendees from 128 countries in 2025. That year's edition featured an opening address from Prime Minister Keir Starmer alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and saw more than £1 billion in investment announcements. The 2026 programme expands coverage to deep tech alongside AI.