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AE: Global Summit on Open Problems for AI
What are the next set of challenges for AI technology?
Join the UK’s leaders in algorithm development and application.
23-24th October, 2024. Euston. London.
Day 1 - Algorithms (Oct 23rd)
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Professor Karl Friston
Scientific Director
UCL & Verses AI
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Professor Tim Rocktäschel
Senior Staff Research Scientist & Professor of AI
Google DeepMind & UCL
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Professor Maria Liakata
Professor of Natural Language Processing & EPSRC/UKRI Turing Institute AI fellow
Queen Mary University of London
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Dr Katja Hofmann
Senior Principal Researcher
Microsoft
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Dr Martin Riedmiller
Research Director
Google DeepMind
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Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz
Head of AI Research
Thomson Reuters
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Dr Feryal Behbahani
Staff Research Scientist
Google DeepMind
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Professor Carmine Ventre
Director
King's Institute for AI
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Professor David Berman
Head of AI
Cambridge Consultants
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Dr Elena Gribovskaya
Research Scientist
Google DeepMind
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Dr Jakob Foerster
Associate Professor
Oxford & Meta-FAIR
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Amal Moussaoui
CEO
SingularityNET UK
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Dr David Balduzzi
Machine Learning Researcher
XTX Markets
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Carina Namih
Board Member
Alan Turing Institute
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Katie Collins
PhD Student
Cambridge & Alan Turing Institute
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Dr Jakob Mökander
Director of Science & Tech Policy
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
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Isabel Thompson
Product Leader
Advanced Research + Invention Agency
Day 2 - Applications (Oct 24th)
Breakout Rooms
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Training Tomorrow's Leaders
Future Leaders Fellowship Development Network
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How organisational structures impact innovation
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
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Government Hackathon
No. 10 Data Science Team
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Finding Tomorrow's Leaders
Zeki
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Transitioning from Academia to Start-up
Octopus Ventures
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Building Cultures of Ambition and Urgency in the UK
Entrepreneur First
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Building AI tools within the newsroom
Lucas Johnston
Financial Times Strategies
Speakers
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James Donovan
Head of Science Policy and Partnerships
OpenAI
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Professor Sana Khareghani
AI Policy Lead & Professor of Practice
Responsible AI UK & KCL
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Dr Mounia Lalmas
Senior Director of Research
Spotify
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Kanishka Narayan MP
Labour MP for the Vale of Glamorgan
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Professor Eiman Kanjo
tinyML
Imperial College London & Nottingham Trent University
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Professor Steven Connor
Co-Director of Digital Futures Institute
KCL
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Tarig Hilal
AI Innovation Lead
Akord AI
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Dr Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe
CTO & Co-Founder
Boon & Beautiful Places AI
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Danny Gray
Founder
Just Ask A Question
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Professor Maria Liakata
Professor of Natural Language Processing & EPSRC/UKRI Turing Institute AI fellow
Queen Mary University of London
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Dr Oliver Vince
Co-founder
Basecamp Research
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Ashley Ramrachia
Founder and CEO
Academy
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Dr James Kuht MBE
Founder and CEO
Inversity
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Rehana Al-Soltane
AI Learning Manager
Raspberry Pi Foundation
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Jonny Austin
CTPO
Micro:bit Educational Foundation
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Salomey Addo
PhD Student
Cambridge
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Marja Verbon
Head of Innovation Acceleration
Rothschild & Co
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Dr Greg Detre
Co-Founder
Memrise
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Dr Roeland Decorte
CEO & President
Decorte Future Industries & Artificial Intelligence Founders Association
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Dr Marc Moesser
Investor
Redalpine
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Dr Ekaterina Shatalina
Precision Neuropsychiatry Researcher
King's College London
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Dr Becky Inkster
NIHR Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award, Co-Investigator
University of Cambridge & The Alan Turing Institute
Speakers from the UK’s leading institutions discuss the future challenges and opportunities in AI research and application
Join hundreds of like-minded researchers, policy makers, and entrepreneurs in:
Keynote talks
Panel discussions
Breakout rooms
Discussion sessions
Programme
Schedule
Day 1 - Oct 23rd
09:00: Introductory Remarks - Open Problems for AI
09:20: Professor Tim Rocktäschel - Senior Staff Research Scientist & Professor of AI (Google DeepMind & UCL)
10:00: Dr Katja Hofmann - Senior Principal Researcher (Microsoft)
10:40: Break & Networking
11:00: Panel & Breakouts: How should we fund AI research?
Professor Carmine Ventre - Director (King's Institute for AI)
Carina Namih - Board Member (Alan Turing Institute)
Isabel Thompson - Product Leader (Advanced Research + Invention Agency)
Dr Jakob Mökander - Director of Science & Tech Policy (Tony Blair Institute)
Professor David Berman - Head of AI for WDS (Cambridge Consultants)
Amal Moussaoui - CEO (SingularityNET UK)
11:40: Break & Networking
12:40: Dr Martin Riedmiller - Research Director (Google DeepMind)
13:20: Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz - Head of AI Research (Thomson Reuters)
13:40: Professor Maria Liakata - Professor of Natural Language Processing & EPSRC/UKRI Turing Institute AI Fellow (Queen Mary University of London)
14:00: Break & Networking
14:40: Professor Karl Friston - Wellcome Principal Research Fellow & Scientific Director (UCL & Verses AI)
15:20-16:00: Panel: What do the Next 5 Years look like for AI/ML Algorithms?
Chair - Dr James Whittington - Sir Henry Dale Wellcome Fellow (Stanford / Oxford / Zyphra)
Dr Jakob Foerster - Associate Professor (Oxford / Meta-FAIR)
Dr Feryal Behbahani - Research Scientist (DeepMind)
Katie Collins - PhD Student (Cambridge & Alan Turing Institute)
Dr Elena Gribovskaya - Research Scientist (Google DeepMind)
Dr David Balduzzi - Machine Learning Researcher (XTX Markets)
Day 2 - Oct 24th
Morning Keynotes: The Future of AI
09:00: Kanishka Narayan MP - MP for the Vale of Glamorgan
09:10: James Donovan - Head of Science Policy and Partnerships (Open AI)
09:40: Professor Sana Khareghani - AI Policy Lead & Professor of Practice (Responsible AI UK & KCL)
10:00: Dr Mounia Lalmas - Senior Director of Research (Spotify)
10:20: Break & Networking
10:40 - 11:20: Panel: AI & Education
Chair - Dr James Kuht MBE - Founder and CEO (Inversity)
Professor Steven Connor - Co-Director of Digital Futures Institute (KCL)
Rehana Al-Soltane - AI Learning Manager (Raspberry Pi Foundation)
Salomey Addo - PhD Student (Cambridge)
Jonny Austin - CTPO (Micro:bit Educational Foundation)
Dr Greg Detre - Co-Founder (Memrise)
Marja Verbon - Head of Innovation Acceleration (Rothschild & Co)
11:20 - 12:00: Breakout Rooms: The UK’s Next AI Leaders
URKI Future Leaders Development Network - Training Tomorrow’s Leaders
Number 10 Downing Street Data Team - Government Hackathon
Tony Blair Institute - How organisational structures impact innovation
Zeki - Finding Tomorrow’s Leaders
Entrepreneur First - Building Cultures of Ambition and Urgency in the UK
Octopus Ventures - Transitioning from Academia to Start-up
Lucas Johnston, Financial Times Strategies - Building AI tools within the newsroom
12:00: Break & Networking
Afternoon Keynotes: AI & Society
13:00: Ashley Ramrachia - Founder and CEO (Academy)
13:20: Tarig Hilal - AI Innovation Lead (Akord AI)
13:40: Dr Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe - CTO; Co-Founder (Boon; beautifulplaces.ai)
14:00: Danny Gray - Founder (Just Ask A Question)
14:20: Break & Networking
Afternoon Keynotes: AI & Medicine
15:00: Dr Oliver Vince - Co-Founder (Basecamp Research)
15:20: Professor Eiman Kanjo - tinyML (Imperial College London & Nottingham Trent University)
15:40-16:20: Panel: AI & Medicine
Chair - Professor Dan V. Nicolau Jr (King’s College London)
Dr Becky Inkster - NIHR Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award, Co-Investigator (University of Cambridge & The Alan Turing Institute)
Dr Roeland Decorte - CEO & President (Decorte Future Industries & Artificial Intelligence Founders Association)
Dr Phoebe Oldach - Head of the Global Research Programme (Basecamp Research)
Dr Ekaterina Shatalina - Precision Neuropsychiatry Researcher (KCL)
Dr Marc Moesser - Investor (Redalpine)
16:20-18:00: End of Summit Reception & Networking (Royal National Hotel).
Organizers
Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday MD PhD
President (Thinking About Thinking, Inc)
Center for Brain Science (Harvard)
Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines (MIT)
Dr James Whittington MD PhD
Vice President (Thinking About Thinking, Inc)
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow
(Stanford / Oxford)
Member of technical staff (Zyphra)
Professor Dan V. Nicolau Jr MD PhD
Vice President (Thinking About Thinking, Inc)
Department of Immunology (King’s College London)