Date: 23 June 2026
Location: Google AI Center, Berlin

THE THEME

Europe as The Home of Responsible Innovation

With governments increasingly backing entrepreneurship and Europe possessing formidable strengths in ethics, regulation, research excellence, and public trust, the summit, which is part of LSE Generate’s global AI Programme, explores how the continent can position itself as the world leader in ethical AI -  not by playing it safe, but by making responsibility the engine of competitive advantage.

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The themes shaping the day:

Governing AI from Principles to Accountability

Who is responsible when AI causes harm? How do ethics principles translate into measurable action and enforceable consequences?

Regulation as Architecture, Not Obstacle

Can the EU AI Act, GDPR, and DSA together constitute a structural competitive advantage — a trustworthy operating environment that companies elsewhere cannot replicate?

Capitalising Europe's AI Future

Who funds the infrastructure? What does sovereign AI investment look like? And who will back Europe's next wave of AI scaleups?

Democracy, Trust & Digital Freedoms

Deepfake governance. Algorithmic surveillance. Free speech vs safety technology. What are the ethical red lines no competitive pressure justifies crossing?

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Confirmed Speakers

The summit brings together LSE academics, Google leaders, alumni innovators, and public policymakers from Berlin and across Europe. Further speakers to be announced.

• Professor Youngjin Yoo
  Professor of Information Systems and Innovation, Department of Management, LSE — one of the leading intellectual voices on digital innovation and advisor to companies and research institutes globally.

• Slav Petrov
  Vice President, Research — Google DeepMind. One of the world's leading AI researchers, helping set the direction for frontier AI development at one of Europe's most important research organisations.

• Dame Julia Black
  Regulation expert and former Interim President of LSE. Strategic Director of Innovation. One of Europe's foremost authorities on regulatory design and institutional accountability.

• Lubomila Jordanova
  LSE alumna and CEO of Diginex. A leading voice on the role of technology in building sustainable, accountable businesses — and what it means to embed social science into AI development.

• Nahema Marchal
  Senior Research Scientist, Ethics & Society — Google DeepMind. Researches the societal implications of AI systems and the governance frameworks required to make them trustworthy at scale.

• LJ Silverman MBE
  Head of LSE Generate. Entrepreneur, educator, and one of Europe's most influential advocates for founder-led innovation at the intersection of social science and technology.

• Dr Julia Stamm
  Founder of SheShapesAI. A leading advocate for gender equity and inclusive design in artificial intelligence, driving the conversation on who gets to shape AI — and who gets left out.

• Liza Ateh
  Head of Google.org EMEA. Leads Google's philanthropic and social impact work across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with a focus on how AI can drive inclusion and economic mobility.

Contact

If you’re interested in the Summit or want to hear more about the LSE Generate International Chapter in Berlin, contact Laura Ross, Senior International Strategy Manager, Nils Brestrich, International Ambassador or Duke Tam, International Ambassador for more information.