Overview | Past Summits
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.
- EPL Kickoff | Oct 11: group EPL match experience
- 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
 NEW FRONTIERS |
 EMEA |
 CLIMATE |
 TALENT |
 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
 FUNDING |
 FINANCIAL |
 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: leaders at venture funds operating at the local, regional and global levels
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
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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.
