Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/170/communications-and-digital-committee/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral evidence and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.
* |
Erin Platts, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Innovation Banking |
|
** |
Alex Kendall OBE, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wayve |
|
* |
James Wise, Partner, Balderton Capital |
|
* |
Michael Holmes, Chief Executive Officer, Scale Space |
|
* |
Antony Berg, Chief Financial Officer, Speechmatics |
|
* |
Eleanor Lightbody, Chief Executive Officer, Luminance |
|
* |
Barney Hussey-Yeo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cleo AI |
|
* |
James Smith, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Human Native AI |
|
* |
Leo Ringer, Founding Partner, Form Ventures |
|
* |
Gerard Grech CBE, Managing Director of Founders, Cambridge Enterprise |
|
* |
Susan Bowen, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Catapult |
|
* |
Victor Riparbelli, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Synthesia |
|
* |
Peadar Coyle, Founder, AudioStack |
|
* |
Simon Barratt, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cooperative Innovations |
|
** |
David Glick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Edge Investments |
|
* |
Paul Murphy, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Capital |
|
* |
Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Creative UK |
|
** |
Nick Poole OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Ukie |
|
* |
Louis Taylor CBE, Chief Executive Officer, British Business Bank, and Chair, British Patient Capital |
|
** |
Esra Kasapoglu, Executive Director, Innovate UK (UKRI) |
|
** |
Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council (UKRI) |
|
** |
Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; and Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
|
** |
Feryal Clark MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
|
** |
Baroness Gustafsson CBE, Minister for Investment, Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury |
Advertising Association |
||
Dr Amr Al Khateeb, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Liverpool John Moores University [joint submission] |
||
Andreessen Horowitz |
||
Dr Fiona Armstrong-Gibbs, Reader in Enterprise and Inclusive Growth, Liverpool John Moores University |
||
Dr Carlos Arranz, Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich [joint submission] |
||
Dr Marta F Arroyabe, Reader and Deputy Director of IADS, University of Essex [joint submission] |
||
The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) |
||
Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) |
||
* |
Simon Barratt, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cooperative Innovations (QQ 52–61) |
|
behold.ai technologies |
||
* |
Antony Berg, Chief Financial Officer, Speechmatics (QQ 21–38) |
|
Dr Suzanne Black, Research Associate, CoSTAR Foresight Lab, University of Edinburgh [joint submission] |
||
Boardwave |
||
* |
Susan Bowen, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Catapult (QQ 39–51) |
|
British Film Institute (BFI) |
||
British Standards Institution (BSI) |
||
Emma Brown, Programme Manager, University of York [joint submission] |
||
** |
Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (QQ 107–129) |
|
Professor Oli Buckley, Professor of Cyber Security, Loughborough University |
||
Dr Mercedes Bunz, Professor in Digital Culture and Society, King’s College London |
||
British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) |
||
Professor Martin Charter, Director, Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts [joint submission] |
||
** |
Feryal Clark MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (QQ 107–129) |
|
Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) |
||
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) |
||
Dr Michael Cook, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London |
||
CoSTAR Foresight Lab |
||
CoSTAR National R&D Lab for Creative Technologies |
||
Council on Geostrategy |
||
* |
Peadar Coyle, Founder, AudioStack (QQ 52–61) |
|
Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre |
||
James Dancer, Chair of the Alumni Board, University of Oxford [joint submission] |
||
Dr Trevor Davis, Managing Director, Trevor Davis & Associates Ltd [joint submission] |
||
Michael Drummond, Senior Lecturer in Business, Liverpool John Moores University [joint submission] |
||
Effa Ettah, Ecosystem Manager, Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester [joint submission] |
||
Faculty AI |
||
Dr Rajab Ghandour, Senior Lecturer in Business Intelligence and Data Analysis, Liverpool John Moores University [joint submission] |
||
** |
David Glick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Edge Investments (QQ 62–70) |
|
** |
Gerard Grech CBE, Managing Director of Founders, Cambridge Enterprise (QQ 39–51) |
|
** |
Baroness Gustafsson CBE, Minister for Investment, Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury (QQ 107–129) |
|
Jay Harrison, Postdoctoral Research Associate, XR+ Network, University of York [joint submission] |
||
* |
Michael Holmes, Chief Executive Officer, Scale Space (QQ 1–20) |
|
* |
Barney Hussey-Yeo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cleo AI (QQ 21–38) |
|
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) |
||
The Institution of Engineering and Technology |
||
** |
Esra Kasapoglu, Executive Director, Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (QQ 93–106) |
|
Richard Keirnan, Global Head of AI Platforms, NatWest Group, NatWest RBS Group |
||
** |
Alex Kendall OBE, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wayve (QQ 1–20) |
|
Kennedys |
||
Knowledge Rights 21 |
||
* |
Eleanor Lightbody, Chief Executive Officer, Luminance (QQ 21–38) |
|
Professor John McAuliffe, Professor of Poetry, The University of Manchester [joint submission] |
||
Market Research Society |
||
Professor Sarah Montano, Professor of Retail Marketing, University of Birmingham [joint submission] |
||
Professor Damian Murphy, Professor of Sound and Music Computing, University of York [joint submission] |
||
* |
Paul Murphy, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Capital (QQ 62–70) |
|
National Council for the Training of Journalists |
||
** |
Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Creative UK (QQ 62–70) |
|
Dr Aislinn O’Connell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Royal Holloway University of London |
||
Nicola Osborne, Manager of the Institute for Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh [joint submission] |
||
Oxford Science Enterprises |
||
Pact |
||
Panacea Innovation |
||
Caroline Parkinson, Director of Creative/Sector Engagement Manager, Creative Industries Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh [joint submission] |
||
* |
Erin Platts, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Innovation Banking (QQ 1–20) |
|
** |
Nick Poole OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Ukie (QQ 62–70) |
|
* |
Leo Ringer, Founding Partner, Form Ventures (QQ 39–51) |
|
* |
Victor Riparbelli, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Synthesia (QQ 52–61) |
|
Royal College of Art |
||
Liz Scott MBE, Director, Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester [joint submission] |
||
Josh Siepel, Senior Lecturer in Management (Business and Management), University of Sussex Business School |
||
** |
Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (QQ 93–106) |
|
* |
James Smith, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Human Native AI (QQ 21–38) |
|
Dr Martin Smith, Visiting Fellow in Creative Industries, Goldsmiths, University of London |
||
South London Creative and Digital Innovation Cluster |
||
Mati Staniszewski, Co-founder, ElevenLabs |
||
Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI |
||
Dr Jon Swords, Reader in Creative Industries, University of York [joint submission] |
||
Synthetic Media Research Network |
||
Professor Lord Tarassenko, President, Reuben College, and Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford [joint submission] |
||
** |
Louis Taylor CBE, Chief Executive Officer, British Business Bank, and Chair, British Patient Capital (QQ 71–92) |
|
techUK |
||
Professor Melissa Terras, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh [joint submission] |
||
Dr Inci Toral, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham [joint submission] |
||
Dean Williams, Business Consultant, Research and Knowledge Exchange Department, Goldsmiths, University of London |
||
* |
James Wise, Partner, Balderton Capital (QQ 1–20) |
|
Yoti |