{"id":206528,"date":"2025-11-19T09:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/19\/sxsw-london-announces-first-speakers-for-2026-including-british-reality-star-jamie-laing\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:14:37","slug":"sxsw-london-announces-first-speakers-for-2026-including-british-reality-star-jamie-laing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/19\/sxsw-london-announces-first-speakers-for-2026-including-british-reality-star-jamie-laing\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW London Announces First Speakers for 2026, Including British Reality Star Jamie\u00a0Laing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tSXSW London has confirmed its first wave of speakers for its 2026 conference, featuring figures from the worlds of business, technology and culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival will be returning to the capital from June 1 to 6, following the debut of its U.K. iteration in 2025. Among the first names announced include entrepreneur Jamie Laing, who has pivoted from a successful reality television career (Made In Chelsea<\/em>) to spearheading confectionary business Candy Kittens and podcast studio Jampot Productions in recent years.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThere will also be talks from Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry\u2019s, as well as Thomas Cwik of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Footballer Lotte Wubben-Moy \u2013 who plays for Arsenal in the Women\u2019s Super League and the English national team \u2013 will be discussing the intersection of sports and culture, while Hovhannes Avoyan, founder and CEO of photo-editing app Picsart, has been enlisted to chat about the development of his globally successful platform.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther additions to the conference line-up include names from different corners of the evolving AI landscape, such as Ioannis Antonoglou (co-founder and CTO, Reflection AI), Joleen Liang, (CEO, Squirrel AI North America), and Josh Payne (CEO, Nscale), among others. Further details can be found at the official SXSW London website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe list of speakers has been partly derived from an online submissions process, which allows potential candidates to directly pitch discussion proposals. From there, a community voting system, known as PanelPicker<\/a>, opened up to the public, so that fans could help select a portion of SXSW\u2019s conference programming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the SXSW London website, public votes account for 30% of the decision-making process. The remaining percentage is determined by SXSW London staff (30%) and a board of industry experts (40%), to ensure a balanced programme. Further conference line-up announcements are expected to arrive in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\n\tSXSW arrived in London for the first time this summer, following the continued success of its Austin and Sydney counterparts. The inaugural edition took place in Shoreditch, saw appearances from King Charles and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and welcomed over 20,500 international delegates.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe event also played host to Billboard presents THE STAGE at SXSW London, which featured a performance by global superstar Tems at east London\u2019s iconic Troxy venue. It followed the publication of Billboard\u2019s annual Global Power Players list<\/a> and its first U.K. Power Players list<\/a>, whose honorees were recognized at an exclusive gathering.<\/p>\n


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