Melissa Heikkilä

AI Correspondent

Financial Times

Artificial Intelligence

About Me

Melissa is the FT's AI Correspondent, and has covered AI for the better part of the decade. Prior to joining the newspaper, she was a senior reporter for AI at MIT Technology Review, and Politico's AI Correspondent in London and Brussels. She was named Finnish Science Journalist of the Year in 2025 and in 2024 one of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics.

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Navigating the Next Frontier in AI

As artificial intelligence accelerates, the industry is entering a new era – defined not just by powerful foundation models, but by collaborative tools that can reason, adapt, and assist across every domain. This session will explore why a multi-model future makes sense, why Amazon is building its own foundation models, and what it takes to develop AI systems that are useful, trustworthy, and scalable across diverse industries. Attendees will gain insight into Amazon's evolving AI approach across retail, entertainment, cloud, devices, and more – while exploring the wider challenges and opportunities shaping innovation across industries.

Adapting for the Unknown

From Lab to Market: AI-Powered Drug Discovery in Action

Colin Murdoch, President of Isomorphic Labs and CBO at Google DeepMind, reveals the blueprint for translating AI's potential into biotech reality. In this exclusive session, he unpacks Isomorphic Labs' journey, showing how the company has bridged the gap between complex algorithms, life-changing drug discovery – and a market-ready business.