About the 2026 King's AI Summit

The King’s AI Summit: Workforce Futures will convene senior leaders from government, business, public sector, trade unions and the research community to examine the innovations driving today’s AI models and address urgent questions about their impact on jobs, skills, expertise, inequality and the quality of work.

Over the course of two days, frank solutions-focused debate and cross-sector exchange will build common understanding of how AI can improve work and organisational performance, and how we prepare for it shaping the workforce of the future.

Register for the Summit here.

Core questions

• Automation & impact: What is the real evidence for automation across jobs and occupations—and what are the costs and benefits for economies and societies?

• Evolving expertise: How should professional domains adapt when AI augments or substitutes core tasks?

• Winners & losers: Who gains and who is left behind—and how do we design for more equitable outcomes?

• Skills & upskilling: How are skill profiles changing with AI at work, and how can workers proactively develop new capabilities?

• Governance & ethics: What forms of regulation and assurance best align AI with ethical obligations in practice?

• Human–AI dynamics: Are human–AI interactions displacing human–human interdependencies at work—and what does this mean for social relations and learning norms?

Who should attend

• Policymakers: Ministers, regulators, civil servants and standards bodies shaping the future of work and technology governance

• Industry leaders: C-suite, people leaders, chief data/AI officers and innovators implementing AI at scale

• Media & commentators: Editors, journalists and analysts covering technology, labour markets and public policy

• Academics & researchers: Computer scientists, social scientists and interdisciplinary scholars exploring AI and work

King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence 

The Summit is hosted by the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence, bringing together the best minds at King’s and beyond to accelerate the development of safe, secure and ethical AI that tackles major national and global challenges.