The Impact & Invention Conference 2026
- Event Name: Impact & Invention Conference 2026
- Location: Ogden Centre West, Durham University DH1 3LE
- Date: Thursday, 26th March 2026
- Time: 13:00 - 19:00 GMT
- RSVP: Free to attend, book your ticket here
We are delighted to announce that the 3rd Impact & Invention Conference will be held on 26th of March 2026 in the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics (West), Durham University. This year’s theme is: Artificial Intelligence.
For information and videos of last year’s conference, visit here.
Provisional Schedule:
13:00 – 13:30Â Â Â Â Reception
13:30 – 13:45Â Â Â Â Introductory Address
13:45 – 14:30Â Â Â Â Keynote Address: Matt Frank, Chief Innovation Officer, Ancoris
14:30 – 16:00Â Â Â Â Presentations
16:00 – 16:30Â Â Â Â Tea & Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30Â Â Â Â Panel Discussion
17:30 – 17:45Â Â Â Â Closing Remarks
17:45 – 19:00Â Â Â Â Poster Session with Drinks & Nibbles
Venue Location
Speakers & Presenters
Mr Matt Frank
Chief AI & Innovation Officer, Ancoris
Professor Cate Ducati
Professor of Nanomaterials, University of Cambridge
Dr Stefan Sarkadi
Associate Professor, Centre for Defence and Secure AI, University of Lincoln
Dr David Watson
Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, King's College London
Professor Spyros Galanis
Professor of Economics, Durham University Business School
Dr Fermin Moscoso del Prado Martin
Associate Professor of Computational Linguistics, University of Cambridge
.   Keynote: Mr Matt Frank, Chief Innovation Officer, Ancoris
Matt is an expert in technology, data and AI platforms in public and private sector organisations and has 19 years of UK technology and telecoms experience. He was Chief AI & Innovation Officer and Board Member at the Google and Microsoft partner Telana and has also held senior technology leadership roles at the Bank of England, KPMG and Sky. Matt has robust experience helping organisations adopt, scale, manage and secure AI and cloud technology to drive innovation and efficiency. Matt has spoken in numerous public forums including the London AI Summit, events hosted by the Financial Times and Google and many other Industry and Public Sector groups and events. Matt holds an MA in Modern History from Oxford University and an MSc in Computation from UMIST (now part of the University of Manchester).
Watch this space for additional speaker announcements and biographies!