Price:
Attendance at the Annual Conference 2026 is free for our members. Non-member prices for the conference are:
Attend in-person for non-members
- Early bird discount rate - £320 + VAT (ends Thursday 21 May)
- Standard rate – £370 + VAT
Watch live online for non-members
- Early bird discount rate - £80 + VAT (ends Thursday 21 May)
- Standard rate - £100 + VAT
Please register for this event using the form at the bottom of this page and our Events team will be in touch to confirm your place.
Agenda:
| 09:00 - 09:05 |
Chief Executive Officer’s welcome
Miles Celic OBE, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK |
| 09:05 – 09:15 |
Chair's address
Anne Richards DBE, Chair of the Leadership Council, TheCityUK |
| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Panel session: Leading from the front in financial technology
This panel will discuss how technology is redefining the competitive landscape for financial and related professional services
- Suchitra Nair, Partner, Head of the EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy, Deloitte (Chair)
- Valerie Bannert-Thurner, Executive VP, Chief Revenue Officer, Fintech Division, Nasdaq
- Paul Landless, Partner, DLA Piper
- Trevor Mallinson, Head of Strategic Relations, Bloomberg L.P
- George Marcotte, Senior Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer UK&I, Accenture
|
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Keynote speech
The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP, the Leader of the Opposition
Followed by an in conversation with
Miles Celic OBE, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK
|
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Panel session: Building a dynamic and competitive economy
This panel discussion will build on existing narratives around the steps needed to both simplify and modernise regulatory supervision
- Roshni Prasad, Director of Capital Investment and Financial Services, Canada, British Consulate Toronto (Chair)
- Deputy Rhona Humphreys, States of Guernsey
- Darren Ketteringham, UK Leader of Industry for Financial Services, Partner, PwC
- David Shone, Partner, Financial Regulation Group, Slaughter & May
- Atul Sodhi, CEO, UK, Credit Agricole CIB
|
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Keynote speech
Stephen Welton, Chair, British Business Bank
|
| 12:00 - 12:45 |
Panel session: Driving growth through global competitiveness
This panel will focus on how innovation drives growth, and discuss the role of policy, regulation and capital markets in making this possible
- Alderman Sir William Russell (Chair)
- Stephen Berger, Managing Director and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Policy, Citadel
- Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Chairman, Rothesay Life
- Nazareen Gilbertson, Head of Corporate Development, ICE Clear Europe & ICE Futures Europe
- Sharon Lewis, Partner, Sector Leader of Financial Institutions & Co-Chair of Digital Assets & Blockchain Practice, Hogan Lovells
- Dan Neidle, Founder, Tax Policy Associates Ltd
|
| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Keynote speech |
| 13:00-13:05 |
Closing remarks
Miles Celic OBE, Chief Executive Officer, TheCityUK |
| 13:05 - 14:00 |
Networking lunch |
Please note: Agenda subject to change
