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.

Day 1 include’s a panel with CIC’s Dr Ed Inns and portfolio company BeyondMath’s Wasil Rezk, where they will discuss “Unlocking Scale and Growth for UK Tech SMEs”.

They will be joined by Moderator Jessica Driscoll (NVIDIA) and fellow panellists Richard Gilham (Bristol Centre for Supercomputing), Jamil Appa (Zenotech).

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.

Find out more about the event in the detailed programme.