REBA Congress 2026

Lara Lewington

Technology broadcaster, journalist and author specialising in AI and health

For fifteen years she presented the BBC’s flagship technology programme Click, covering breakthrough innovations around the world. She fronted Panorama’s Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and Us, and has hosted tech specials for ITV’s Tonight, BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and other major outlets, exploring how artificial intelligence, science and innovation are reshaping our everyday lives.

Her critically acclaimed book Hacking Humanity (Penguin, 2025) reveals the coming revolution in health, where we can understand, track and predict our bodies’ needs like never before, close the gap between ‘healthspan’ and lifespan, and personalise prevention and treatment for a radically healthier future. She’s also produced and presented several BBC documentaries on the topic, unearthing the real promises of the longevity revolution, and the science that could drive us to age better.

Passionate about helping people navigate a fast-changing world, Lara is known for bringing complex technology to mainstream audiences. As ITV Lorraine’s resident “AI Agony  Aunt,” she regularly demystifies artificial intelligence and shows how embracing technology can help us live better, and healthier lives. Before joining Click in 2011, Lara’s media experience was vast and varied. She started out as the weather presenter and showbiz reporter for Channel Five, interviewing the biggest stars in the world, whilst fitting in a few gadget reviews for the channel when she had time. She was the technology columnist for the UK’s biggest selling weekly magazine, Woman, for four years, and has written for numerous other publications.

Professor Hannah Fry

Mathematician, Broadcaster, best-selling author and Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics, University of Cambridge

Professor Hannah Fry is a Mathematician, Broadcaster, best-selling author and Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

Shruti Singh

Senior Economist, Ageing and Employment, OECD

Shruti Singh is a Senior Economist in the Skills and Employment Division of the OECD. She currently leads the work on Ageing and Employment policies. She joined the OECD in 2007, and has since then, led and co-authored several landmark reports in the area of active ageing, career mobility and retention of older workers, promotion of age-inclusive workplaces, age diversity, disability, mental health and work policies. Shruti also co-leads the award-winning initiative Living, Learning and Earning Longer to support global companies reshaping employer practices and policies to nurture a multigenerational workforce. She has had articles, reviews and interviews published in a variety of publications including Journal of the Economic of Ageing, Forbes, Le Monde and Financial Times.

In her previous roles at the OECD, Shruti was the Manager of the OECD Centre for Opportunity and Equality (COPE), as part of the Inclusive Growth Initiative. She has also written extensively on a wide range of labor market policy issues including Active Labor Market Policies and Displaced Workers policies aimed at labor-market reintegration of
the unemployed and under-represented groups. Prior to joining the OECD, Shruti was a policy analyst at the Department for Work and Pensions in the United Kingdom where she was responsible for designing and providing policy advice on UK’s key labor market policies.