Update: Corporate Access: Barclays EMEA Technology Conference 2026

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Update: Corporate Access: Barclays EMEA Technology Conference 2026

Please scroll down to view the preliminary agenda, further details on the private

companies attending, and the list of companies available for meetings.

Company cancellations: Delivery Hero, Auto1, Trainline, Getnet

Agenda as at 20th May

Panel sessions will take place on Monday 8th June, with investor meetings across 8th and

9th June.

8 June 2026 Agenda

08:30 - 09:00 Registration & breakfast

From 09:00

Juan Franco, Chief Executive Officer, GetNet

Edward Harries, VP eCommerce, Global SMB, Worldpay

09:45 - 10:25 Agentic commerce: Reinventing the checkout

Moderator: Gregoire Hermann, European Software and Payments Equity Research,

Barclays

10:25 - 10:45 Coffee break

Annika Monari, Co-Founder and CEO, CleeAI

Lauren Hurwitz, Chief Operating Officer, Nscale

Sovereign AI: National security, defence and control Vice Admiral Andrew Burns CB, OBE, President of Defence & Security, S-AI

10:45 - 11:25

of intelligence

Moderator: Gwen Safa, Global Head of Sustainable & Transition Finance Advisory,

Ollie Ilott, Interim Director General, Emerging Technology and AI, The

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Building the AI economy: Policy, data and innovation Matthew Scullion, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Matillion

11:30 - 12:10

in the UK and Europe Vishal Marria, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Quantexa

Moderator: Paul Compton, Chairman of Investment Bank, Barclays

12:10 - 13:00

Gerald Mullally, Chief Executive Officer, Oxford Quantum Circuits

From Sci-Fi to usefulness: How quantum systems are Andrew Dzurak, Chief Executive Officer, Diraq

13:00 - 13:40 (fast) improving Steve Brierley, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Riverlane

Moderator: Laia Marin, Thematic Investing Research, Barclays