Outline Agenda

Check out the confirmed sessions for the Scottish AI Summit 2023! Keep an eye on this page for a full agenda with more detail in the coming weeks.

Day 1 - March 28

  • Keynote: Catriona Campbell

    Client Technology & Innovation Officer at EY UK&I and Author of AI by Design.

  • Keynote: Toju Duke

    Responsible AI Programme Manager at Google and the Ambassador for Women in AI UK.

  • Keynote: Professor Gary Marcus

    A leading voice in AI. He is a scientist, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur.

  • Standardisation for Trustworthiness in AI

    A panel discussion organised by The British Standards Institution (BSI), the UK’s National Standards Body.

  • Extra! Extra! AI and the Future of News

    A panel session organised by Dr Bronwyn Jones, postdoctoral researcher of AI and media at the University of Edinburgh and a journalist at BBC News.

  • Building inclusive AI: language, dialect & identity

    A workshop organised and facilitated by UB-OK and its CEO Michael McTernan and CTO Rayo Verweij, together with NHS Grampian Innovation Hub.

  • The need for cognitive/psycholingusitically motivated models

    A panel session organised by Dr Arabella Sinclair from the University of Aberdeen.

  • Selling AI: the hype, the FOMO, and the fear factor

    Panel session organised by Katy Guthrie from the University of Edinburgh, with support from NileHQ and The Alan Turing Institute.

  • AI and Workplace Cultures

    A panel organised by Dr Kendra Briken from the Strathclyde Business School at the University of Strathclyde.

  • A Child’s Eye View of AI

    A panel discussion organised by the Scottish AI Alliance, Children’s Parliament and The Alan Turing Institute.

Day 2 - March 29

  • Keynote: Viktoria Prantauer

    Founder of and Patient Advocate at TheChiefPatientOfficer.com

  • Keynote: Lex Fefegha

    Co-founder, lead maker of things and Design Director at COMUZI.

  • AI in Precision Medicine

    A panel discussion organised by Canon Medical Research Europe.

  • The potential for AI to disrupt education

    A panel session organised by Jisc’s National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education.

  • AI for the Next Generation

    A workshop organised by researchers from the Centre for Technomoral Futures, Edinburgh Futures Institute, and the University of Edinburgh.

  • Encountering AI through Art

    A roundtable discussion organised by Professor Sarah Cook from the University of Glasgow.

  • How can AI technology be Implemented in Later Life? 

    A panel session organised by researchers at the Advanced Care Research Centre and the University of Edinburgh.

  • Scaling Corporate Accountability: Humans and AI together in the fight to #EndSlavery

    A panel session organised by WikiRate featuring Laureen van Breen and Aileen Robinson from Wikirate, Adriana Bora (Mila and Queensland University of Technology) and Abigail Munroe (Walk Free)

  • Promoting Racial Justice through More Socially Engaged and Linguistically-Alert AI

    A panel discussion organised by Dr Gina Netto of Heriot-Watt University as part of The Protecting Minority Ethnic Communities Online (PRIME) project.

  • AI in Fintech and Finance

    A workshop organised by FinTech Scotland

  • AI & The Social Model of Disability

    A roundtable discussion organised by the Scottish AI Alliance.

  • AI and Climate (Title TBC)

    A panel discussion organised by The Data Lab.

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