Meet our sponsors
The organisations backing AI Festival 2027, where AI and real-world impact come together.
Backing AI Festival 2027
Who they are
Suffolk Chamber of Commerce
A not-for-profit, member-led business organisation supporting Suffolk businesses since 1884. It offers networking, advice and training, and speaks up for the county's businesses.
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Connected Innovation
A network linking around 25 innovation hubs, universities, research institutes and business clusters across Norfolk and Suffolk, described by its chair as the largest regional innovation network in the country.
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Finstech
An Ipswich-based recruitment and consultancy firm serving the financial services and technology sectors, founded in 2020. It also offers IT consultancy and web development.
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Fellowship
Award-winning Suffolk digital agency, founded in 2002, helping businesses adopt AI through consultancy and automation, alongside building bespoke web applications, integrations and WordPress, Multisite and WooCommerce websites, accelerated by AI.
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University of Essex
A research-intensive university founded in 1964, with students from more than 140 nationalities. Its main campus is in Colchester, with a second in Southend.
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Suffolk Economy
The county's economic development programme, led by the Suffolk Business Board. It coordinates business support, investment and skills work, and leads delivery of the Suffolk Economic Strategy.
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University of Suffolk
A university on the Ipswich waterfront, independent since 2016. It runs the DigiTech Centre with BT at Adastral Park, a hub for digital skills and research.
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Birketts
A full-service UK top 50 law firm founded in Ipswich in 1863, with more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals working across real estate, corporate, disputes and private client.
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A global technology company known for Search, Android, YouTube and Google Cloud, and a major developer of AI. Speakers from Google took part in AI Festival 2026.
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BT
One of the UK's largest telecoms providers. Its research and development centre at Adastral Park, near Ipswich, is home to thousands of researchers, and BT co-created AI Festival with Orbital Global in 2021.
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Azets
An international accountancy and business advisory group, with 9,000 local experts in 190 locations across eight countries, backed by progressive technology. Azets is united by one purpose: to improve the lives of its clients, colleagues and communities in a sustainable way.
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Eastern Education Group
A group of outstanding education providers across the Eastern region, formed in 2023 and spanning primary education through to adulthood, including West Suffolk College. The Group directly enables over 15,000 students across the region to access the courses and connections they need.
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