News | May 2026

London Tech Week

The UK’s Innovation Engine. Queen Mary Innovation CEO Dr Phil Clare will be making the case for the centrality of universities to driving innovation and entrepreneurship, and why investors should partner with universities.

Register for Innovation Arc Day | London Tech Week 2026

Sovereign Tech. Queen Mary’s Prof Sir Colin Humphreys will be explaining how we can meet the energy demands of AI by making data centers less energy intensive.

Register for Innovation Arc Day | London Tech Week 2026. Connect with Dr Joanne Chamberlain to learn more about Prof Humphreys work with industry.

Latest from our spinouts

CE-Track joins Cancer Tech Accelerator. Dr Mohamed Adhnan Thaha, Prof Akram Alomainy, and Dr Muhammad Qamar Satti are developing a wearable antenna-based system which uses advanced sensing, machine learning and AI to locate and track any type of capsule endoscope as it passes through the body, for fast accurate diagnosis. The Cancer Tech Accelerator is Britain’s biggest accelerator for oncology.

We’re looking to speak with potential MedTech early adopters, supply chain partners, and future investors who can help us bring CE-Track into clinical use. Connect with Mohamed Adhnan Thaha and Yunus Kutlu to learn more.

Dragonfly AI partners with Mintel. Mintel‘s Global New Products Database, the world’s top intelligence platform for consumer product launches, will now include insights from Dragonfly AI‘s neuroscience-backed analytics. Co-founded by Queen Mary’s Dr Hamit Soyel, Dragonfly AI is trusted by top brands to predict attention, memory and emotion in their creative content. Every product in Mintel’s database will include a Dragonfly AI packaging performance score, showing what gets seen, what gets missed, and what wins on shelf, so brands can make informed decisions by knowing what’s truly capturing consumer attention.

Learn more about Dragonfly AI.

Elcella founder chats all things hunger. Listen to Dr Madusha Peiris explain hunger, food noise and the gut-brain axis on The Modern Wellness Podcast. Elcella Limited helps people manage their weight by unlocking the body’s own appetite regulating hormones – unlike the weight loss drugs which rely on synthetic hormones. They’re growing fast and expanding into Europe and North America.

Listen to the episode.

Partner with Queen Mary

Innovate with Queen Mary through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership. A KTP is a three-way research partnership between your business, Queen Mary, and an exceptional graduate who transfers the new knowledge into the business. KTPs are open to British businesses with two or more employees. For large businesses, 50% of the costs are paid for by Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency. For small or medium-sized businesses the grant is 67%. The remaining project costs are met by the business.

Connect with Maria Supersad to learn more.

Student and alumni startups

Salibo in the final for Best Technology at the British Security Awards. Founded by Nouh Salibo, a Queen Mary medical genetics graduate and former security guard, security tech startup Salibo is inspired by the human immune system. Salibo uses AI to unify security and workforce to detect risk, coordinate response, capture intelligence, and continuously adapt.

Learn more about Salibo.