Upcoming Conferences
The year 2026 is a critical “turning point” for AI regulation because it marks the transition from theoretical legal framework to active enforcement. While previous years focused on drafting laws, 2026 is when significant global regulations – most notably the EU AI Act – become legally binding for many organisations. For businesses it means the end of the “wait and see” period and the organisations must now learn to navigate the complexities of international AI policies.
We are delighted to announce that the next edition of City & Financial Global’s seminal Summit on the Reform of the UK Capital Markets will take place on 5 October. When the industry gathered for last year’s Summit, attention was focused on the introduction of landmark listing reforms as part of the Government’s ambitions to enhance the competitiveness of UK public markets.
City & Financial Global is delighted to announce the next edition of its highly regarded annual M&A Summit taking place on 16 November. As confidence returns to the UK dealmaking market, 2027 is expected to mark the next phase of growth for mergers and acquisitions, with increasing transaction values, renewed cross-border investment and heightened activity across sectors including financial services, technology, infrastructure and energy.
We are pleased to announce the 11th edition of our Data, AI and the Future of Financial Services Summit 2027, the premier gathering for financial leaders navigating the intersection of “smart data”, rapid artificial intelligence adoption, shifting regulatory frameworks, and escalating cyber threats, which will be taking place in Central London on 19 January 2027.
Now in its 4th edition, this summit has established itself as the definitive global forum for digital asset infrastructure. The theme of the next edition, which will take place in London on 26 January 2027, is ‘The Digital Financial System: From Pilots to Full Implementation’, reflecting the industry’s decisive shift toward real-world institutional scale and operational maturity. TOK27 will convene an exclusive gathering of senior policymakers, institutional investors, and global financial leaders to examine how tokenisation is radically transforming the international capital markets.
Physical climate risk can no longer be treated as a future concern. Following another year of extreme climate events and growing disruption to assets, infrastructure and supply chains, the financial materiality of climate hazards is no longer a theoretical projection, it is an increasingly immediate business reality.
Driven by the legally binding net zero mandate and the UK government’s flagship Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, the nation’s power system is undergoing a fundamental transformation—transitioning from a centralised, fossil-fuel network into an intelligent, distributed, and resilient architecture. According to the National Energy System Operator (NESO), achieving clean power requires up to £60 billion in network investment by 2030, alongside broader capital requirements scaling between £100 billion and £240 billion by 2050. With public expenditure constrained, mobilising private institutional capital at a scale of £40 billion annually is an urgent economic imperative.