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Agentic AI Working Group

Supporting leaders to govern, deploy, and scale AI systems that act with autonomy — safely, responsibly, and competitively.

Why This Group Exists

Agentic AI is moving fast from research labs into the real world. Systems that set their own goals, make decisions, and adapt without constant human input are no longer hypothetical, they are being piloted in enterprises right now.
 
This shift opens extraordinary opportunities, but it also raises urgent questions. How do we stay in control when systems act autonomously? What does accountability look like when machines make decisions that affect people’s lives? And how can businesses deploy these technologies safely while keeping a competitive edge?
 
The UKAI Agentic AI Working Group exists to answer those questions. It is a senior-level forum where industry leaders share real-world experience, test new ideas, and shape the frameworks that will guide the adoption of autonomy in the UK.

What we do

The group looks at the issues that matter most
  • Governance and safety – developing oversight structures, rollback strategies, and ethical guardrails that keep humans in charge.
  • Implementation readiness – aligning data, infrastructure, and organisational culture before rolling out agentic systems.
  • Technical design – exploring architectures from single agents to multi-agent orchestration, integration with legacy systems, and methods for testing resilience at scale.
  • Deployment and scaling – defining success metrics, learning from pilots, and preparing for the regulatory changes already on the horizon.
The working group does not operate in isolation. It creates a wider stream of activity across the UKAI network, from parliamentary roundtables and fireside conversations to targeted briefings, white papers, and profile-raising opportunities that keep autonomy and accountability at the centre of the AI conversation.

How the Group Works

The Agentic AI Working Group leads a focused programme of activity that runs throughout the year. All participation is designed to be low-lift, high-value, and led by the people doing the work.
 

Roundtables

Regular member-led roundtables, deep dives, and strategy sessions

Fireside Conversations

Private, invitation-only fireside conversations with sector leaders to explore frontier issues confidentially

Collaborative Outputs

Co-development of practical tools: checklists, frameworks, templates, and guidance documents

Policy and Regulator Engagement

Active engagement in policy, ensuring real-world insights shape UKAI’s advocacy and external work

Strategic Collaboration with Other UKAI Groups

Activities designed to be efficient and outcome-focused, grounded in what practitioners need and do

Why it matters

Agentic AI will shape markets, workforces, and public trust in the years ahead. The organisations in this group are defining how autonomy should be governed, where humans must always stay in the loop, and how businesses can seize opportunities while protecting against risk.

Who’s Involved

Membership is deliberately small and senior. Around the table are AI builders, enterprise adopters, researchers, and business leaders  all with direct responsibility for deploying or enabling agentic systems in practice. Members work alongside peers from across the ecosystem, contribute to UKAI’s wider outputs, and lean on the network for support and insight.

Catherine Elliott – Chair of the Agentic AI Working Group

Catherine is a passionate technologist and AI advocate. As Chief of Staff at Futuria AI, an agentic AI company, she works on commercial strategy and investor relations. Bringing six years of experience from Silicon Valley Bank and Espresso Capital, where she evaluated and lent to hundreds of AI/ML and infrastructure software startups. Catherine specialises in translating complex technologies for strategic decision-making and has guided startups from seed to pre-IPO across the technology lifecycle.

Why join

By joining, members gain early insight, practical influence, and strategic positioning. Participation offers:
  • A direct role in shaping UKAI’s policy and market agenda.
  • Access to candid, closed-door discussions with peers facing the same challenges.
  • Opportunities to raise your profile through UKAI white papers, podcasts, and showcases.
  • Tailored introductions across UKAI’s diverse membership — from global corporates like IBM and Meta to high-growth AI innovators such as Yepic AI, Trulience, and Supercharge London.
If you would like to be involved in the Agentic AI Working Group, please get in touch.

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