Executive AI Forum in London
Where AI, capital, and institutional judgment converge
An annual agenda-setting forum on AI, capital, and long-term institutional governance
AI is increasingly treated as an operational matter—budgeted, delegated, and executed within existing organizational frameworks. Yet at the level of capital allocation, policy alignment, and institutional credibility, many of the most consequential questions surrounding AI remain unresolved. For senior leaders, the challenge is no longer whether AI will be adopted, but how its long-term implications should be interpreted, governed, and sequenced.
The Executive AI Forum in London is convened as the opening institutional forum of the year. Held at the close of the previous financial cycle and at the outset of the new one, the London event serves as a point of strategic recalibration—bringing together fellows, sponsors, and invited guests to reflect on the prior year and to frame the questions that will shape AI, capital, and governance decisions in the year ahead.
Unlike other city forums within the Executive AI series, the London event is designed primarily as an agenda-setting convening. Rather than focusing on inspection or exposure, it emphasizes synthesis, priority-setting, and institutional interpretation. The forum provides a structured environment in which senior participants can align perspectives on emerging risks, capital dynamics, and policy tensions before operational commitments are made elsewhere.
The London forum is jointly convened with The Economy Research, reflecting a shared commitment to rigorous, system-level analysis of AI’s economic and institutional implications. Together, the forum and conference aim to elevate the discussion beyond short-term trends, positioning AI within broader questions of industrial structure, financial cycles, and long-horizon governance.
The Patron Dinner is held during the the month of March, marking the first official convening of the year within the Executive AI series.
Patron Dinner
The Patron Dinner is a private, invitation-only gathering held alongside the London forum. It is designed as a setting for candid, off-the-record exchange among senior participants who play an ongoing role in the SIAI and The Economy ecosystems.
Invitations to the Patron Dinner are extended exclusively to:
- SIAI Executive AI MBA participants
- SIAI External Fellows of the year
- SIAI institutional sponsors of the year
- Distinguished guests invited through The Economy Research conference
The dinner is not a ceremonial event, but a working convening. Discussions focus on shared responsibilities in governance, capital stewardship, and institutional continuity, and on how insights from the forum and conference should inform action in the months ahead.
Conference Session
The Conference Session is a one-day public convening held as the central component of the London forum. It brings together distinguished speakers from research, policy, finance, and industry for focused discussion on themes that will define the AI and capital landscape over the coming year.
Rather than serving as a reporting or showcase event, the conference is structured around agenda formation. Presentations and panels emphasize forward-looking analysis—highlighting unresolved questions, structural constraints, and institutional trade-offs—rather than retrospective case studies or vendor-led narratives. The objective is to surface the issues that require sustained attention across the year, both within institutions and across jurisdictions.
The Conference Session is open to the public and free of charge. Attendance is subject to venue capacity and advance registration.
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COUNCIL TRACK
3-5 DAY EVENT
EXECUTIVE TRACK
AI AT CONTROL LEVEL
CONFERENCE SESSION
BUSINESS ORIENTED
London event
PATRON DINNER FOR SPONSORS, FELLOWS, AND DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
CONFERENCE SESSION FOR REGIONAL MARKET SPECIFIC UPDATES
MBA in AI & Big Data
- 3-hour Video-recorded classes per week (Required)
- 1-hour support sessions per week (Selective)
- Final exam / term paper 1-week after the end of the course
- Total 12 courses, 2 courses for 1 term
- 1 term for 8 weeks
Class module : Online only
Credit : 90 ECTS / (Level / EQF 7)
Required documents
- Bachelor diploma and transcript (mandatory)
- Graduate school diploma and transcript (if applicable)
- Statement of Purpose
1 Year for 12 courses
1 Term for 8 weeks with 2 courses
Prep classes are available
- LaTeX for assignments and paper writing
- Programming prep for Python
Requirement for graduation
- Coursework: 60 ECTS (12 courses)
- Dissertation: 30 ECTS
- Technical track: 20,000 words or above and technical interpretation of the topic
- Business track: Case study equivalent to tech track's dissertation
- Application fee : CHF 200.- (Non-refundable)
- Administration fee : CHF 2,000.- (Non-refundable)
- Courses : CHF 3,000 per course
– 2 courses per term (Bi-monthly payment)
– 1 course for 5 ECTS*
Graduation requirements
- Coursework – 60 ECTS* wth average 60% or above
- Dissertation – 30 ECTS*
- Tech track: 20,000 words academic essay or equivalent mathematical/programing application
- Biz track: Case study equivalent to tech track's dissertation
- 6 months support course (CHF 6,000)
*ECTS – European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Scholarship
- If 70% or above in admission examination
- RA/TA opportunities
- No official admission examination
- Following documents will be thoroughly reviewed
- Statement of Purpose
- Undergraduate transcript
Please note that if you have not done any STEM education during your undergraduate or even in graduate studies, we recommend you to try MBA AI programs' business track. Even if you have applied for tech track, if no record of mathematical training is found, the offer letter will be given to biz track.
For non-native English speakers, should meet one of the following criteria by graduation
- High school or University level diploma from an all-English program
- TOEFL iBT 100/120 or above (with each section at least 21/30)
- IELTS 7 or above (with each section at least 6.5/9)
- Pass grade from SIAI’s internal English course
Internal English course
- Course fee: CHF800
- Course schedule
- July~Aug (8 weeks)
- Live session
- 3 hours per week (usually weekend)
Q&A
Executive AI Forum (Private)
Clarity on AI, before strategy becomes irreversible.
AI is now discussed as if its strategic implications were already understood: budgets allocated, vendors selected, and institutional commitments quietly made. Yet for many organizations, the most consequential decisions around AI are being taken under conditions of incomplete information, misaligned incentives, and public narratives that discourage honest reassessment. Once capital, regulation, or reputation is committed, reversing course becomes costly—sometimes impossible
The Executive AI Forum exists to address this moment. It provides a closed setting in which senior participants can examine AI before decisions harden into doctrine. Discussions are grounded in economic constraints, statistical limits, and institutional realities that rarely appear in public forums. Rather than promoting adoption or resisting it, the forum focuses on understanding where AI genuinely changes outcomes—and where it does not.
For participants responsible for long-term strategy, capital allocation, or policy design, the value of the forum lies in recalibration. It offers a rare opportunity to stress-test assumptions, compare institutional perspectives, and regain strategic clarity before commitments become path-dependent. The result is not consensus, but sharper judgment—aligned with the responsibilities that senior roles actually carry.
Participation in the Executive AI Forum is by invitation only, or through nomination by partner institutions.