Why we run this.
Research on intelligence, biological and artificial, has grown fast over the last ten years. The places where those fields meet have not kept up. We run the events, fellowship and seminars that bring them together.
Thinking About Thinking, ideas about intelligence.
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD
Dr Ruairidh Battleday is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher and founder working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, neuroscience and mathematics.
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Professor James Whittington BMBCh (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon)
Professor James Whittington is a computational neuroscientist and AI researcher working at the intersection of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and mathematics.
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Open Problems for AI. Friends House, London, 25 to 27 November 2026. These speakers are confirmed. We'll announce more as the programme is finalised.
Prof Tim Rocktäschel
Recursive and UCL
Dr Raia Hadsell
Google DeepMind
Prof David Barber
SOFAIR
Dr Katja Hofmann
Microsoft
Dr Ed Hughes
Inherent
Prof Oana-Maria Camburu
Imperial College London
Dr Danyal Akarca
Callosum
Dr Vassia Simaiaki
Wayve
Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz
Reuters
Talfan Evans
Cursive
Dr Leon Chlon
Hassana Labs and PhysicsX
Tobias Halloran
NVIDIA
Dr Artemis Seaford
Formerly ElevenLabs
Prof Skyler Wang
McGill
Carles Reina
Baobab Ventures
Kriti Sharma
IFS Nexus Black
Antonia Kerle
BBC
Gabriele Papievyte
XTX Markets
Carina Namih
Plural
Patrick Gilday
UCL x NVIDIA
Dr Trias Gkikopoulos
Innovate UK
Dr Jakob Mökander
General Catalyst
Mandeep Singh
Angel investor
Dr Philip Lorenz
Basecamp Research
Dr Hannah Madan
Prima Mente
Dr Kärt Tomberg
ExpressionEdits
Dr Tonya Frolov
Gathered.Bio
Inga Van den Bossche
University of Oxford
Dr Iman Mouloudi
Renaissance Philanthropy
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Events
We run two main events. The AE Global Summit is our Annual Meeting: three days in London on Open Problems for AI, covering research, infrastructure, applications and governance. The International Conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI is our peer-reviewed scientific conference, on the biological, mathematical and computational foundations of intelligence.
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Fellowship
Our fellows and ambassadors are in more than 200 cities. The Fellowship is invitation-only. The Ambassador Programme is open to applications from students and early-career researchers, and it's how most people first get involved.
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Seminar Groups
Online sessions where researchers and practitioners present work in progress, methods and applications, followed by discussion. Topics include AI, neuroscience, cognitive science, computational linguistics, computer vision, robotics and information theory.
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Recordings
Talks, panels and seminar sessions recorded at our events. If you couldn't make a session, you can watch it here.
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Activities & Programmes
- I.AE Global Summit · Open Problems for AIOur conference on the open problems in AI across research, startups and applications. London, 25-27 November 2026.Enter →
- II.Annual ConferenceA peer-reviewed scientific conference on the foundations of intelligence, built around submitted work and open problems. Villa Wolkonsky, Rome, 9-12 June 2026.Enter →
- III.Seminar GroupsOnline discussion sessions for researchers across fields. Launching 2026.Enter →
- IV.FellowshipOur network of fellows and ambassadors. Join by application or invitation.Enter →
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We're an independent nonprofit, funded by donations. Your donation pays for the conferences, keeps the seminars running and keeps the recordings online.