Culture can create relevance faster than any media budget, but turning that relevance into enduring commercial value requires more than borrowing the right aesthetic. This session explores how brands can build with communities rather than simply market to them—and whether cultural authenticity, global scale and billion-dollar ambition can genuinely coexist.

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The UK wants to become an AI superpower, but ambition alone will not deliver it. This session tests the country’s readiness across government, infrastructure, regulation, transport, skills and public trust. Leaders shaping national policy and deploying frontier technologies will explore where Britain is moving quickly, where it risks falling behind and what readiness really requires.

AI transformation is not simply a technology deployment. It requires new leadership habits, operating models and ways of bringing people with you. In this conversation, Pam Maynard OBE shares lessons from leading large-scale change, including how organisations move from ambition to adoption while maintaining trust, accountability and measurable business value.

Who gets to decide which founders, ideas and communities receive investment? This session brings together fund managers, investors and institutions to examine what it takes to move from asking for capital to controlling and deploying it. The conversation will explore emerging fund managers, access to institutional backing and how a more representative investment ecosystem gets built.

A viral moment is not a business model. This session explores how creators can turn attention into lasting careers, trusted brands and sustainable revenue. Leaders from major digital platforms will unpack audience development, platform strategy, partnerships, ownership and monetisation—and share what creators need to build something that survives beyond the next algorithm change.