News & Events

This year the Royal Albert Dock, part of London’s Royal Docks, is set to be transformed when it hosts the finale of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, which will be one of London’s biggest-ever outdoor sporting events.

Since our official opening earlier this year, we have hosted dozens of events to showcase our status as London’s newest international business district.

The digital world’s transformational effect on democracy and the rise of financial technology took centre stage in a series of debates last week at RAD during ‘New Economy, Meet New City’.

On 7 December a host of children’s authors will kick off the holiday season with a Festive Children’s Book Fair at RAD. We caught up with one of the authors, former primary school teacher Ross Montgomery, to find out a bit more about his background and what he hopes to bring to young people visiting the fair.

The free-to-attend conference, which takes place from 5-7 December at our Altitude Building, will celebrate innovation and creative ingenuity in tech, economics, urban design and transportation.

This week scores of residents from across the Royal Docks and beyond were able to step into the past after the historic Compressor House at RAD opened its doors to the public.

Annabelle Kwok, Founder and CEO of NeuralBay, is already one of Singapore’s most well-known rising stars in the tech world.
We caught up with Annabelle to find her secret formula to success, the latest trends in AI, and her thoughts on RAD as a hub for entrepreneurs like herself.

Here’s some photos from last week’s private launch of ‘Doodling the Docks’ where we welcomed local artist, Matt Ponting, to open his free exhibition at RAD.

EFG London Jazz Festival’s first-ever outdoor event took place at Royal Albert Dock on 31 August 2019, bringing award-winning musicians from all over the world to more than 2,500 jazz lovers.

We caught up with Prem Barthasarthy, Managing Director of Pontaq, to find out more about the reasons for setting up the hub and his plans for the future.