The third edition of “News in the Digital Age” (NITDA) summit, which focuses on the business of journalism, will bring publishers, leading editors, media executives and industry experts from across the globe together in London, the United Kingdom, on February 11, 2026, for a focused day of discussion on how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the business and practice of journalism.
Co-hosted by FT Strategies and the Google News Initiative (GNI), this year’s summit will explore how publishers are automating routine tasks, using AI to augment editorial and commercial decision-making, and making deliberate choices about which areas of their work to fully own, safeguarding core values and editorial independence.
The in-person only event will take place in the offices of Google London in Pancras Square, London.
Across a full day of keynote speeches, interactive presentations and deep-dive panel discussions, the summit will examine the practical realities of integrating AI into newsrooms, drawing lessons from within and beyond the media sector.
Speakers and discussants will highlight both opportunities and risks in the evolving landscape, from content creation and audience engagement to organisational transformation.
Speakers include Jon Slade, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Times Group; Ezra Eeman, Strategy and Innovation Director at NPO, the Dutch Broadcast Media Production and Distribution company in Hilversum, The Netherlands; Mitali Mukherjee, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Jack Davenport, Co-Founder of Goalhanger, the UK’s largest independent podcast producer; and Oluwadunsin Deinde-Sanya, Head of Editorial and Innovation at BellaNaija.
Others are Matt Cooke, Head of Ecosystem Investments, Global News Programmes at Google; Ana Jakimovska, Head of AI Strategy at Mediahuis nv, an international media production company based in Antwerp, Belgium; Tim Harford, Senior Columnist at the Financial Times; Mohamed Moawad, Editor-at-Large for the Al Jazeera Media Network; Esther Nguyen, Founder and CEO of POPS Worldwide, a leading digital entertainment company in Southeast Asia based in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam; Lauren Saks, Co-Founder of Local News International (LNI Media); and Christine Foster, General Manager at the GenAI Centre of Expertise, Experian, a global data and technology company.
