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H2’s annual Global Summit brings together entrepreneurs, executives and investors from leading companies, organizations and centers in the technology ecosystem around the world. Designed as a senior level, invitation only event, the Summit offers participants a unique platform to engage in dynamic and open discussions covering technology trends and leadership insights from the global frontlines of innovation.



H2 Global Summit 2026 | London | Scale Space (White City)

H2 is pleased to be hosting this year's Global Summit in London from October 12-14 with a program consisting of speaker and breakout sessions, networking opportunities and local ecosystem visits. This year's Summit experience is designed to facilitate idea exchange and relationship building among global participants as well as offer insights into the EMEA technology ecosystem.

 

  • Welcome Mixer | Oct 11: evening mixer and networking 
  • Summit Day | Oct 12: sessions and breakouts ending with evening sunset sail
  • Ecosystem Day | Oct 13: organized visits to leading companies and ecosystem organizations
  • Leadership Day | Oct 14: professional development workshops for technology leaders 

 


Sessions


ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE

EMEA

CLIMATE

TALENT

EXITS
 
 

FUNDING

FINANCIAL
SERVICES


INTERNATIONAL
EXPANSION
 

 


Partners

 

 


About Scale Space

We are excited to partner with Scale Space to host this year's Summit Day activities. Scale Space is a dynamic scaleup community offering 200,000 sq ft of flexible lab and office space, alongside high-quality conference and event facilities, at Imperial College London’s White City Campus. A joint venture between Imperial College London and Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s leading digital venture builder, Scale Space was created to support ambitious businesses to grow and scale. It does this by connecting companies to the talent, expertise, networks, markets and infrastructure they need to grow, drawing on the capabilities and networks of both joint venture partners.

 


Participants

  • Founders: innovators with fast growing companies in major startup centers
  • Operators: experienced industry executives from top global innovation hubs  
  • Investors: partners at early to growth stage funds and heads of family offices    

 


Ecosystems

This year's Summit will be themed around the EMEA innovation ecosystem, offering participants insights into industry trends across this region and engagement opportunities with leaders in top regional innovation hubs including London, Barcelona, Berlin, Cape Town, Dubai, Dublin, Paris, Stockholm and Tel Aviv.

 

 


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2026 Summit Guidebook

daily updates starting September 15

 

Adrian Blair
CEO @ Trustpilot
London
Alex Sibois
VP Partnerships EMEA & APAC @ Semrush
Singapore
Andrei Stepanov
Co-Founder @ LILA International
London
Andrew Loh
Investor and Client Relations Lead @ Imperial College London
London
Andrew Webster
Chief Strategy Officer @ Polymateria
London
Beerud Sheth
Co-Founder & CEO @ Gupshup
Silicon Valley
Ben Jaletzke
Founder & Felix Research
London
Celia Francis
Co-Founder & CEO @ Ponterra
London
Chara Burnett
Director, Global Operations @ H2
Silicon Valley
Dominic Cameron
Chair, NED
London
Faisal Galaria
CEO & Board Director
London
Fernando Cabral
Managing Partner @ Djassi Ventures
London
Francesca Rosella
CEO @ Starlight
London
Gaurav Kotak
Angel Investor
London
Glen Calvert
CEO @ Kaizan
London
Grace Redhead
Partnerships Manager @ Scale Space
London
Graham Hewson
Head of Incubation @ Imperial College London
London
Haleemah Patel
KBS Centres' Manager @ King's Business School
London
Hans Page
Co-Founder & CEO @ Agenda Boa
Vienna
Jeff Merkel
Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer @ Ladder
Co-Founder @ H2
Silicon Valley
Jeremy de Lagarde
Executive Director @ UBS
London
Joerg Sponer
Co-Founder & Partner @ TL Marchmont Partners
London
Josh Ockenden
Founder @ Rapport
London
Kevin Chen
Co-Founder @ italki
London
Limvirak Chea
Co-Founder & CEO @ Fixter
London
Linda Jiang
Chief Revenue Officer @ Sonus Health
London
Luc Arama
Director, Relationship Management @ HSBC Innovation Banking
London
Lucinda Faucher
VP of Product Management @ Valve
London
Maria Malykh
Founder & CTO @ Taxnova
London
Mitul Ruparelia
General Partner @ Araya Ventures
London
Mohit Lalvani
Founder & CEO @ Livaround
London
Nayan Patel
Co-Founder & CEO @ H2
Silicon Valley
Olivier Legrand
Co-Founder & CEO @ Little John
Paris
Paavan Popat
Founder @ CEO @ Trulocom
London
Pek Pongpaet
Founder & CEO @ Impekable
San Francisco
Priya Sharma
Co-Founder @ TresoWealth
Bangalore
Rabin Yaghoubi
Chief Business Officer @ Aleph
London
Rajesh Sawhney
Founder & General Partner @ GSF
Delhi
Roman Rochel
Co-Founder @ Stealth
Lisbon
Ryan Bransome
Founder @ U-Crew, U-TechZ
London
Rudolphe Cabral
General Partner - Ventures & Portfolio @ Djassi Ventures
London
Sairee Chahal
Founder @ Young Capital Partners
Singapore
Saurabh Doshi
Co-Founder @ OptimizeGEO.ai & Verix.io
London
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Sebastien Blanc
CEO @ Normative
London
Shlomie Liberow
Founder @ aisy.ai
London
Simon Davies
Founder & CEO @ WeAre.xyz
London
Sodrul Hussain
Head of Growth & Partnerships @ Scale Space
London
Stephen Taylor
Advisor/NED/Angel
London
Sue Adams
Principal & Managing Director @ Bamboo Being
London
Tamar van de Paal
Co-Founder & CEO @ Mindro
Amsterdam
Thomas Schulz
Founder & CEO @ TasteRover
London
Tom Wilson
Partner @ Seedcamp
London
Will Longhurst
Head of International Banking @ HSBC Innovation Banking
London
William Bao Bean
Managing General Partner @ Orbit Ventures
Riyadh
Zeiad Idris
Founder & CEO @ Algbra
London

Invite Request

Formal invitations to this year's Summit will start being distributed in May. To be considered for a Guest invitation, please click through to our invitation request form at the link below indicating your nominating H2 member:

 

 


About H2

H2 is the premier global leadership network for the technology industry. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with chapters globally, our mission is to advance the development of leaders in innovation centers worldwide through our global network, platform and content. H2's membership is a diverse global collective of accomplished operators and industry leaders engaged in knowledge sharing and idea exchange in major startup ecosystems around the world.