Seizing the AI Opportunity
AI has the potential to boost UK GDP by £550 billion by 2035, making adoption an urgent economic priority.
techUK and our members are committed to working with the Government to turn the AI Opportunities Action Plan into reality. Our aim is to ensure the UK seizes the opportunities presented by AI technology and continues to be a world leader in AI innovation, development and adoption.
techUK runs a full calendar of activities including events, reports, and insights to demonstrate some of the most significant AI opportunities for the UK. Our AI Hub is where you will find details of all upcoming activity. We also send a monthly AI newsletter which you can subscribe to here.
AI events
AI Vision to Value: Delivering the UK's AI Opportunities Action Plan
Central London Conference
AI Leader's Series: Multimodal AI - The Next Evolution of Intelligent Systems
Online
Inside the AI Content Store: Updates and feedback session for techUK members
London Workshop
Agents of Change – A Showcase of AI Talent and Agents Driving AI Adoption in the Workplace
10 St Bride Street, London Partner event
Partner Event: AI and Sustainability Summit
HPE Customer Innovation Centre, 1 Aldermanbury, London EC2V 7HR
AI news
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AI & Data
Regulating AI and data is one of the central challenges in current tech policy. With constantly evolving technologies, techUK’s Digital Regulation Team support members with navigating this ever-changing policy landscape, providing resource, expertise and a forum for discussion.
Digital ethics and AI assurance
In an increasingly digital world, it’s important that technology is used to improve and enhance the quality of people’s everyday lives. Embedding ethical principles, such as transparency and accountability, with assurance mechanisms into the creation of products, tools and services is essential for building public trust and confidence in technology. techUK focuses on resolving some of the most difficult ethical challenges, to ensure tech works for people and responsible innovation can flourish.
AI Leader's Series
techUK is thrilled to unveil an exciting new addition to our AI Adoption programme - our AI Leader's Series. This series is designed to bring together some of the brightest minds in artificial intelligence to explore cutting-edge developments, emerging trends, and the transformative potential of AI for the UK’s economy and society.
The AI Leader's Series is more than just a series of discussions; it’s a journey into the heart of AI innovation. These sessions will feature leading industry experts, researchers, and other stakeholders who will share their expertise and perspectives on a wide range of topics, including the state of AI today, opportunities for the UK, and how to navigate challenges. Learn more and get involved here.
Catch-up on previous AI Leader's Series events
Upcoming AI Leader's Series events:
AI Leader's Series: Multimodal AI - The Next Evolution of Intelligent Systems
Online
Industrial AI Sprint Campaign
techUK brings together industry leaders, innovators and wider stakeholders to showcase the UK’s vibrant Industrial AI ecosystem. Through engaging discussions and shared insights, we explore how Industrial AI is driving innovation across advanced manufacturing, energy, defence, and life sciences.
We dive into key themes like predictive maintenance at scale, human-AI collaboration, and building strong data foundations for confident AI adoption. Alongside these, we’ll address challenges such as skills gaps, data access, cybersecurity, and the importance of keeping people at the heart of AI integration.
Together, we’ll uncover how Industrial AI can boost productivity, fuel economic growth, and pave the way for a resilient, sustainable industrial future.
Read our latest Industrial AI insights:
Case Studies: Putting AI into Action in the UK
techUK’s collection of UK AI adoption case studies showcases examples of how organisations are Putting AI into Action, either through the adoption of AI models within their organisations, or by developing AI tools that can be leveraged by others.
By shining a light on these use cases, techUK hopes to demonstrate examples of best practice from across sectors and organisations of all sizes. If you have an example of AI being adopted in the UK, let us know.
AI Campaign Weeks
AI Campaign Week 2025
This week, we'll be exploring how the UK can drive leadership to remain a global leader in AI, as well as critical themes such as AI adoption, assurance, compute and infrastructure and skills development. We'll explore how each of these elements are essential to the growth and deployment of AI at scale, and can be a key driver of economic growth and productivity.
AI Campaign Week 2024
In September we published blogs, videos and a podcast exploring the real-world AI applications making a positive impact on people, society, the economy, and the planet and demonstrating some of the most significant opportunities for AI adoption in 2024 and beyond.
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All techUK's work is led by our members - click the links below to learn more:
AI and Data Analytics Leadership Committee
The Committee is the leadership body that steers techUK’s AI and data analytics work programme and agrees priority issues and areas where specific action is needed to increase the adoption, deployment and use of AI and data analytics services, across both the public and private sectors.
AI Adoption Working Group
techUK's AI Adoption Working Group is comprised of organisations from across sectors and markets within our membership. It provides members with the opportunity to discuss the barriers to AI adoption and how best to overcome these challenges, as well as to discuss AI adoption opportunities and areas for cross-industry collaboration and engagement with Government.
For more information please contact:
Kir Nuthi
Kir Nuthi
Kir Nuthi is the Head of AI and Data at techUK.
She holds over seven years of Government Affairs and Tech Policy experience in the US and UK. Kir previously headed up the regulatory portfolio at a UK advocacy group for tech startups and held various public affairs in US tech policy. All involved policy research and campaigns on competition, artificial intelligence, access to data, and pro-innovation regulation.
Kir has an MSc in International Public Policy from University College London and a BA in both Political Science (International Relations) and Economics from the University of California San Diego.
Outside of techUK, you are likely to find her attempting studies at art galleries, attempting an elusive headstand at yoga, mending and binding books, or chasing her dog Maya around South London's many parks.
- Email:
- [email protected]
Usman Ikhlaq
Usman Ikhlaq
Usman joined techUK in January 2024 as Programme Manager for Artificial Intelligence.
He leads techUK’s AI Adoption programme, supporting members of all sizes and sectors in adopting AI at scale. His work involves identifying barriers to adoption, exploring solutions, and helping to unlock AI’s transformative potential, particularly its benefits for people, the economy, society, and the planet. He is also committed to advancing the UK’s AI sector and ensuring the UK remains a global leader in AI by working closely with techUK members, the UK Government, regulators, and devolved and local authorities.
Since joining techUK, Usman has delivered a regular drumbeat of activity to engage members and advance techUK's AI programme. This has included two campaign weeks, the creation of the AI Adoption Hub (now the AI Hub), the AI Leader's Event Series, the Putting AI into Action webinar series and the Industrial AI sprint campaign.
Before joining techUK, Usman worked as a policy, regulatory and government/public affairs professional in the advertising sector. He has also worked in sales, marketing, and FinTech.
Usman holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), a GDL and LLB from BPP Law School, and a BA from Queen Mary University of London.
When he isn’t working, Usman enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He also has a keen interest in running, reading and travelling.
Sue Daley OBE
Sue Daley OBE
Sue leads techUK's Technology and Innovation work.
This includes work programmes on cloud, data protection, data analytics, AI, digital ethics, Digital Identity and Internet of Things as well as emerging and transformative technologies and innovation policy.
In 2025, Sue was honoured with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the Technology Industry in the New Year Honours List.
She has been recognised as one of the most influential people in UK tech by Computer Weekly's UKtech50 Longlist and in 2021 was inducted into the Computer Weekly Most Influential Women in UK Tech Hall of Fame.
A key influencer in driving forward the data agenda in the UK, Sue was co-chair of the UK government's National Data Strategy Forum until July 2024. As well as being recognised in the UK's Big Data 100 and the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries for 2020 Sue has also been shortlisted for the Milton Keynes Women Leaders Awards and was a judge for the Loebner Prize in AI. In addition to being a regular industry speaker on issues including AI ethics, data protection and cyber security, Sue was recently a judge for the UK Tech 50 and is a regular judge of the annual UK Cloud Awards.
Prior to joining techUK in January 2015 Sue was responsible for Symantec's Government Relations in the UK and Ireland. She has spoken at events including the UK-China Internet Forum in Beijing, UN IGF and European RSA on issues ranging from data usage and privacy, cloud computing and online child safety. Before joining Symantec, Sue was senior policy advisor at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Sue has an BA degree on History and American Studies from Leeds University and a Masters Degree on International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Birmingham. Sue is a keen sportswoman and in 2016 achieved a lifelong ambition to swim the English Channel.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2055
- Twitter:
- @ChannelSwimSue,@ChannelSwimSue
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