Digital Sovereignty Panel: Who Really Controls Your Data?
Speakers: Lord Paul Drayson, Simon Hansford, Richard Woodfield, Dan Chester, and Ed Barker of Havishams
As AI raises the stakes on where data lives and who controls it, digital sovereignty has moved from policy debate to boardroom priority. This panel brings together Lord Paul Drayson, Simon Hansford, Richard Woodfield of DataVita, Dan Chester of VAST Data and Ed Barker of Havishams. They explore what sovereignty means for governments, businesses and the infrastructure behind them, and what it will take for the UK to adopt AI without giving up control.