Platform Leaders November 2025

Guest Registration

In-person guest registration and networking at Digital Catapult.

Welcome Talk

Start of the online webinar and the in-person conference.
Platform Leaders introduction by the master of ceremony.

Keynote: Digital Trends 2026

Platform Leaders co-chair and Launchworks & Co CEO Benoit Reillier will present his key digital trends for 2026 and discuss how to prepare individuals, organisations and institutions for transformative AI.

Collective Intelligence for AI

Platform Leaders co-chair and Launchworks & Co COO Laure Claire Reillier will present the new collective intelligence for AI initiative.

From Policy to Product: Compliance by Design

Digital regulators in Europe and the UK are rewriting the rules of the game. The session explores how tech organisations translate fast-evolving digital market rules into practical product decisions—balancing innovation, due process and measurable outcomes. In particular, the panellists will touch upon the move from ex post to ex ante models of competition, the differences between UK and EU approaches and explore how firms can embed compliance into product design from the outset — not just to avoid penalties, but to build fair, interoperable, and trusted platforms.

How can regulators ensure clarity, proportionality, and predictability while still safeguarding consumers and competition? How can regulatory requirements be turned into user-friendly features that build trust? What are the trade-offs when embedding compliance into early product design, particularly in fast-moving areas like AI?

Coffee Break

Search in the age of AI: From Keywords to Conversations

As users shift from traditional search to conversational AI systems like Claude, ChatGPT and Perplexity, visibility is moving from ranked pages to AI recommendations. The session will discuss what this means for organisations and users—and how to ensure digital discovery in an AI age. We’ll hear from SEO practitioners, platform leaders, and GenAI innovators on how quickly this transformation is unfolding, the risks of ignoring it, and the strategies businesses need to adopt to remain visible.

What strategies matter when visibility depends on AI recommendations instead of rankings? How should organisations structure content to be discoverable and trusted by AI systems? How will the search market continue to evolve?

Announcing Platform Leaders Academic Prize

Join us to discover this year’s Platform Leaders Academic Prize winners!

Each year, Platform Leaders awards a prize to an academic paper that demonstrates exceptional relevance and practical applications to the business world. This year’s finalists have been selected in partnership with platformpapers.com. The winner is selected by the 2025 business jury, which includes:

Sameer Singh, Partner at Speedinvest, Limvirak Chea, Founder and CEO at Fixter, Laure Claire Reillier, COO Launchworks & Co, Sandrine Zangh Ferron, Founder and CEO Vinterior, and Benoit Reillier, CEO Launchworks & Co.

The winners will present their research, discussing its business implications, alongside a specially commissioned illustrated video sponsored by Platform Leaders.

Conference wrap up

Closing remarks and key insights from the event by our master of ceremony and conference co-chairs.

Networking drinks

In-person networking drinks.