AI in Surrey 2025 | Tech Summit

Surrey Chambers of Commerce and its executive partners INV Group, Fluid One and Royal Holloway University are excited to announce a first of its kind AI summit for business leaders in Surrey and the Southeast. The event will be held at the Shilling Building on the campus of Royal Holloway University, Egham, Surrey.

We anticipate an audience of business leaders and decision-makers from the Surrey and the surrounding areas, all keen to explore how AI is transforming the technological landscape and what this means for their businesses and organisations.

The summit will feature a varied agenda, including keynote addresses, presentations, and panel discussions.

Agenda

8:00 – Arrivals, coffee and networking

8:50 – Intros and welcome from Paul Zimmerman, INV Group

9:00 – Keynote: “How AI is Radically Changing How We Do Business”

Professor Alan Brown, University of Exeter

9:30 – “Reimagining How We Get Work Done in the 2020s”

Himanshu Sahni, AWS EMEA AI / ML Lead

9:45 – “Protecting your Business in the AI Age”

Russell Horton, CEO of Fluid One

10:00 – Panel:

10:20 – Coffee and networking

10:35 – Representative from UK Gov on AI (tbc)

11:10 – “Where AI will Lead Business in the Next Few Years”

Professor Chris Watkins, Royal Holloway University

11:40 – “What We Can Achieve with AI Agents Today”

Billy Clackers, MD of Invotra

11:50 – “The Latest in AI and Drone Technology”

Jürgen Adam, Professor, Royal Holloway University and Director of Royal Holloway’s Omnidrone Research & Innovation Centre

12:10 – Panel

12:30 – Speed-pitches from local businesses offering services in AI

12:45 – Summary and close

13:00 – Networking lunch (provided by Fluid One)

14:00 – [Optional] Tour of the OmniDrone Research and Innovation Centre