Keynote Sir James Cleverly, 2026
The Raion Sovereign AI Forum convenes 150 vetted decision-makers across government, finance and frontier technology. Fifth edition. London, 21 May 2027.
Save the dateFriday 21 May 202721 May 2027Raion Sovereign AI Forum 20278.30am to 1.30pm · London
Since 2023 the forum has brought statesmen, sovereign investors and frontier operators into one room to align on the compute realities that decide market leadership. 2027 is the fifth edition.
- Editions
- 05
- Delegates
- 150
- 2026 speakers
- 08
- Market impact
- $1B+
- Partner organisations
- 07
The Raion Prize Awarded to Quantinuum, 2026
Fireside Palantir × NVIDIA, 2026
What SAIF convenes
KEYNOTES
Heads of state offices, infrastructure investors and the people building sovereign compute, on one stage and off the record.
THE RAION PRIZE
Awarded each edition to the organisation advancing sovereign compute. In 2026 the Raion Prize went to Quantinuum.
RAION LIVE
Fireside conversations captured and broadcast to Raion’s executive community between forums.
ELITE NETWORK
C-suite executives, tier-one institutional investors and sovereign wealth directors driving the transition to AI-native firms.
The next decade
The strategyThe next decade of market dominance will not be determined by who uses artificial intelligence, but by who builds upon sovereign infrastructure. We are moving from human-scaled organisations to compute-scaled empires. The transition has already begun.
Why attend
Sovereign compute, first-hand
Modular Powered Shells, direct energy and pre-permitted sites: the stack Europe’s AI economy will run on.
The room that decides
150 delegates: government, tier-one capital and frontier technology. Invitation only.
Capital meets deployment
From market reality to the AI-native firm: the playbook for compute-scaled organisations.
The Raion Prize
Recognition for the builders of sovereign infrastructure, awarded live on stage.
Raion Live
Every conversation captured for the global executive community between forums.
2026 edition
Speakers
08
The 2027 lineup will be announced in the coming months.
MoneyDigitizedCristina Dolan
EVENT CHAIR · CEO, MONEYDIGITIZED
Award-winning technology executive, engineer and board director; Audit Committee Chair of SEALSQ Corp and co-founder of OneMain.com.
Sir James Cleverly
KEYNOTE · FORMER UK HOME SECRETARY AND FOREIGN SECRETARY
Member of Parliament; Home Secretary from 2023 to 2024 and Foreign Secretary from 2022 to 2023. Knighted in 2025.
Rod Evans
VP SUPERCOMPUTING, HPC CLOUD & AI EMEA · NVIDIA
Thirty years scaling high-performance computing at NVIDIA, Intel, Silicon Graphics and EMC.
Zac Dannelly
OFFICE OF THE CTO · PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
Builds the platform tools that accelerate AI product builders; Cyber Warfare Engineer, U.S. Navy Reserve.
Thibault Contat Desfontaines
CO-HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE EQUITY EUROPE · UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT
Digital infrastructure investor; UBS Global Investment Committee; board director, Datum Datacentres.
Gregory Perdon
FUND MANAGER · RAYMOND JAMES UK
26 years in portfolio management; former co-CIO at Arbuthnot Latham; CityWire Top 100 three years running.
LTC Obadiah Baker, EdD
LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S. ARMY RESERVE · PERSONAL CAPACITY
Doctorate in Leadership; Emmy Award-winning documentary composer. Attended in a personal capacity; views his own.
Duncan Jones
HEAD OF CYBERSECURITY · QUANTINUUM (RAION PRIZE 2026)
Leads the team using quantum computers to strengthen cryptographic products, including Quantum Origin.
2026 · London
The Fourth Forum.
RecapForging the US-UK Alliance for AI Sovereignty
AgendaThe full 2026 agenda, session by session
- Raion Prize
The Raion Prize 2026, awarded to Quantinuum
- Fireside
Fireside chat: Palantir × NVIDIA
2026 in frame
2026 Partners
- Friday 21 May 2027. Timings follow the 2026 format: a morning programme with lunch and networking to follow, from 8.30am to 1.30pm.
- London. The venue will be confirmed to registered delegates. The 2026 edition took place at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf.
- Around 150 strictly vetted decision-makers: C-suite executives, tier-one institutional investors, sovereign wealth directors and senior government figures.
- Attendance is by invitation. Register your interest through Access Raion and the team will be in touch.
- Sir James Cleverly, Rod Evans (NVIDIA), Zac Dannelly (Palantir), Thibault Contat Desfontaines (UBS Asset Management), Gregory Perdon (Raymond James UK) and LTC Obadiah Baker, chaired by Cristina Dolan. The 2026 Raion Prize went to Quantinuum.
- Yes. 2026 partners included OVHcloud, Raymond James and Daemon. Contact Raion to discuss 2027.
- Yes. The prize is awarded at every edition of the forum.
Raion Sovereign AI Forum
21 MAY 2027 | LONDON
Invitation only · Programme subject to change
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