Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in GMT.
| 8:40 AM | Registration and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:25 AM | Conference introduction Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City & Financial Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Julian David, CEO, techUK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:35 AM | Keynote address: AI in the UK: People, Places, Possibilities Lord (Chris) Holmes of Richmond MBE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:55 AM | Keynote address CMA’s perspective on AI, Data and Technology – an outlook for the future Sholthana Begum, Senior Director, Technology and Digital, Competition and Markets Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:10 AM | Panel Industry response to the government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan Moderator Julian David OBE, CEO, techUK Panellists Chris Jefferson, Co-Founder & CTO, Advai Harriet Rees, Group Chief Information Officer, Starling and Co-Chair, AI Taskforce, Bank of England Didi Denham, AI and Emerging Tech Policy Lead, Google UK Tim Flagg, CEO & Co-Founder, UKAI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:10 AM | Morning coffee and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 AM | Keynote address followed by Panel Data centres and related AI infrastructure Anna Carolina Tortora, Head of Innovation, Digitalisation & AI, NESO Moderator Sue Daley OBE, Director, Technology & Innovation, techUK Panellists Hugh Milward, Vice President, External Affairs, Microsoft UK Karl Havard, Chief Commercial Officer, Nscale Anna Carolina Tortora, Head of Innovation, Digitalisation & AI, NESO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:20 PM | Keynote address followed by an interactive panel Update on the UK government’s Compute Roadmap – harnessing AI to deliver on the UK’s national priorities under the Plan for Change Moderator Bhavin .P. Kapadia, CTO Senior Advisor, AI Security Financial Services Keynote address - The North East England AI Growth Zone Panellists Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Edinburgh Imran Anwar, Founder and CEO, Alt Labs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:15 PM | Lunch and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15 PM | Panel Unlocking data, models and infrastructure in the public and private sector to drive trusted AI innovation THIS SESSION IS HELD UNDER THE CHATHAM RULE Moderator Simon Asplen-Taylor, Founder and CEO, VALSTR Panellists Sarah Gadd, Chief Data Officer, Julius Bar Marion Shaw, Senior Director Data, Analytics and Data Management IBG, Cencora Fatima Abukar, Principal Advisor of Responsible AI and Data, FCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:05 PM | Keynote address Professor Lord Darzi of Denham, PC KBE FRS FMedSci HonFREng, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Co-Director of the IGHI, Professor of Surgery, Imperial College London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:25 PM | Afternoon tea and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:40 PM | Panel Addressing the AI skills gap Moderator Nimmi Patel, Associate Director - Policy, techUK Panellists Frank Bowley, Deputy Director, Analysis and Insight, Skills England Shoshana Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Chief AI Governance and Privacy Officer, Deputy General Counsel AI, Privacy, Security, IP, WSP Bhavin .P. Kapadia, CTO Senior Advisor, AI Security Financial Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:25 PM | Panel Enhancing public-private sector collaboration to maximise the benefits of AI implementation. Identifying opportunities for AI adoption in key industries, developing adoption plans, entering partnerships and smoothing procurement Moderator Julian David OBE, CEO, techUK Panellists Ray Eitel-Porter, Senior Adviser for AI. Author of Governing the Machine Tadhg Hickey, Head of AI & Digital Ethics and Policy, Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:10 PM | Networking drinks and chair’s closing remarks Julian David, CEO, techUK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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