The Isambard Summit 2026 is a two-day event bringing together researchers, engineers, and industry partners to share progress and discuss challenges in AI and high-performance computing. Featuring collaborators from European supercomputing centres, UK Government, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NVIDIA and many more.

Click any talk title to read the full abstract in the detailed programme.

Day 1 include’s a panel with CIC’s Dr Ed Inns and portfolio company BeyondMath’s Wasil Rezk

16:35 — Panel: Unlocking Scale and Growth for UK Tech SMEs

Moderator: Jessica Driscoll (NVIDIA)

Panellists: Richard Gilham (Bristol Centre for Supercomputing), Jamil Appa (Zenotech), Wasil Rezk (BeyondMath), Edward Inns (Cambridge Innovation Capital)

For deep-tech startups, the path from proof-of-concept to production is often paved with prohibitive costs and hardware scarcity. This panel tackles the single biggest hurdle facing UK founders: access to scale. Join us for an informative discussion between Isambard’s infrastructure leaders, VCs, and startup pioneers as we learn how to leverage Isambard’s subsidised GPU allocations to de-risk your technology, what investors demand before writing the cheque, and how to turn sovereign compute into your competitive advantage.

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