Boardwave Live 2026

Vive L'Europe

17 September 2026
IET, London

Our Speakers

Meet the people who'll be joining us on stage. They include some of the most consequential voices in global technology - frontier researchers redefining what AI can do, founders who have built category-defining companies from scratch, investors with a front-row seat to where capital is flowing, and operators who have led transformation at scale.

More speakers to be announced soon.

Bernard Liautaud

Managing Partner, Balderton Capital

Alexandra Depledge MBE

Entrepreneurship Advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Chris Wigley

COO, PhysicsX

Dr. Katie King, MA (Cantab) MSci PhD

Co-Founder & CEO, BioOrbit

Dr. Jan Goetz

CEO & Co-founder, IQM Quantum Computers

Andrew Richardson

Chief People Officer, Fyxer AI

Dan Murray

Co-Founder, Heights
Portrait of Thuria-Webnar CEO and co-founder of Evaro

Thuria Wenbar

Co-Founder & CEO, Evaro

Dr. Ben Maruthappu

Founder & CEO, Cera

Eleanor Lightbody

CEO, Luminance

Sanj Bhayro

Managing Director - EMEA Sales, OpenAI

Hannah Prevett

Associate Business Editor, The Sunday Times

Katie Prescott

Technology Business Editor, The Times

Phill Robinson

Co-Founder & Chair, Boardwave

Sam Conniff

Chief Uncertainty Experts

Kath Easthope

Co-Founder & CEO, Boardwave
Europe. 2026. This is the moment.

Not the moment we've been waiting for. The moment we've been building towards.

The noise is deafening. The pace is relentless. Every week brings a new headline, a new model, a new reason to question whether what you built last year still holds. Leaders everywhere are asking the same questions - some out loud, most in private.

This is the year Boardwave Live meets that moment head on.

On the 17th September 2026, over 400 of Europe's most ambitious tech and AI leaders will come together for a day unlike any we've hosted before. A day with a beginning, a middle and an end. A story that moves from the proof of how far Europe has already come, through the reality of what is being built and transformed right now, to the question that keeps every leader awake at night: what comes next, and are we ready for it? And who knows what will happen between now and then...

The people on stage will include some of the most consequential voices in global technology - frontier researchers redefining what AI can do, founders who have built category-defining companies from scratch, investors with a front-row seat to where capital is flowing, and operators who have led transformation at scale. The conversations they'll have here aren't the ones they give everywhere else. We might even throw a robot or two in there too.

If previous years are anything to go by, we hope you'll leave with more than ideas. We hope you'll leave with clarity, new relationships, and having been inspired from spending a day with people who are facing exactly what you're facing. People who get it - the war stories, the small wins, the big bets, the moments you can only really share with someone who's been there too.

Looking Back at Boardwave Live 2025

Boardwave Live 2025 was where we explored how transversal technologies are reshaping industries and how Europe's tech leaders can turn disruption into opportuniy.

Those who joined were part of the conversation, they networked with over 400 tech leaders and gained insights from our world-class speakers, all global pioneers who are driving change across finance, defence, health, retail, logistics and more.

The video captures the day for what it was: an event that energised the European tech and AI industry through meaningful connections, thought-provoking content and interactive workshops.

Boardwave Live Passes

 Member Day Pass - Free
Join us for an all day agenda, home to some of the most consequential voices in global technology, as well as networking opportunities.

Time: 08:00 - 21:00 BST
Partner Day Pass - £540
Partner members can join us for the entire day, and evening, by purchasing a partner ticket. One ticket per company.

Time: 08:00 - 21:00 BST
Evening Pass - Free
Members and Partners are welcome to join the evening festivities free of charge. Expect an evening of laughter, entertainment, drinks and industry leading networking.  One member per partner company free of charge.

Time: 16:30 - 21:00 BST

Venue Information

Our Venue

IET, Savoy Place

2 Savoy Pl, London WC2R 0BL, United Kingdom
17 September 2026
Breakfast from 08:00
Main stage programme from 09:00 - 18:00
Networking drinks from 18:00 - 21:00
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Vive L'Europe

Europe. 2026. This is our moment. We hope to create one of the most uplifting days in the European tech calendar to celebrate how far Europe has come, and where we can go.

As it wouldn't be Boardwave Live without an ambitious tech moment, and if previous years are anything to go by, occasionally wacky and possibly disastrous, we're starting the day together, all 400 of us, with something we've never attempted before. Something that will end the day with the whole room on their feet. We're not saying any more than that.

Strategic Partners

We would like to extend a big thank you to our Strategic Partners for their continued support of the Boardwave mission. Their collaboration is essential in enabling us to deliver this high-impact programme and to connect our members with the best in the industry.

Event Partners

A huge thanks goes out to our Event Partners, who's support is allowing us to deliver Boardwave Live 2026 to over 400 European tech and AI leaders.