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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)

  • Professor Karl Friston

    Scientific Director

    UCL & Verses AI

  • Professor Tim Rocktäschel

    Senior Staff Research Scientist & Professor of AI

    Google DeepMind & UCL

  • Professor Maria Liakata

    Professor of Natural Language Processing & EPSRC/UKRI Turing Institute AI fellow

    Queen Mary University of London

  • Dr Katja Hofmann

    Senior Principal Researcher

    Microsoft

  • Dr Martin Riedmiller

    Research Director

    Google DeepMind

  • Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz

    Head of AI Research

    Thomson Reuters

  • Dr Feryal Behbahani

    Staff Research Scientist

    Google DeepMind

  • Professor Carmine Ventre

    Director

    King's Institute for AI

  • Professor David Berman

    Head of AI

    Cambridge Consultants

  • Dr Elena Gribovskaya

    Research Scientist

    Google DeepMind

  • Dr Jakob Foerster

    Associate Professor

    Oxford & Meta-FAIR

  • Amal Moussaoui

    CEO

    SingularityNET UK

  • Dr David Balduzzi

    Machine Learning Researcher

    XTX Markets

  • Carina Namih

    Board Member

    Alan Turing Institute

  • Katie Collins

    PhD Student

    Cambridge & Alan Turing Institute

  • Dr Jakob Mökander

    Director of Science & Tech Policy

    Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

  • Isabel Thompson

    Product Leader

    Advanced Research + Invention Agency

Day 2 - Applications (Oct 24th)

Breakout Rooms

  • Training Tomorrow's Leaders

    Future Leaders Fellowship Development Network

  • How organisational structures impact innovation

    Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

  • Government Hackathon

    No. 10 Data Science Team

  • Finding Tomorrow's Leaders

    Zeki

  • Transitioning from Academia to Start-up

    Octopus Ventures

  • Building Cultures of Ambition and Urgency in the UK

    Entrepreneur First

  • Building AI tools within the newsroom

    Lucas Johnston

    Financial Times Strategies

Speakers

  • James Donovan

    Head of Science Policy and Partnerships

    OpenAI

  • Professor Sana Khareghani

    AI Policy Lead & Professor of Practice

    Responsible AI UK & KCL

  • Dr Mounia Lalmas

    Senior Director of Research

    Spotify

  • Kanishka Narayan MP

    Labour MP for the Vale of Glamorgan

  • Professor Eiman Kanjo

    tinyML

    Imperial College London & Nottingham Trent University

  • Professor Steven Connor

    Co-Director of Digital Futures Institute

    KCL

  • Tarig Hilal

    AI Innovation Lead

    Akord AI

  • Dr Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe

    CTO & Co-Founder

    Boon & Beautiful Places AI

  • Danny Gray

    Founder

    Just Ask A Question

  • Professor Maria Liakata

    Professor of Natural Language Processing & EPSRC/UKRI Turing Institute AI fellow

    Queen Mary University of London

  • Dr Oliver Vince

    Co-founder

    Basecamp Research

  • Ashley Ramrachia

    Founder and CEO

    Academy

  • Dr James Kuht MBE

    Founder and CEO

    Inversity

  • Rehana Al-Soltane

    AI Learning Manager

    Raspberry Pi Foundation

  • Jonny Austin

    CTPO

    Micro:bit Educational Foundation

  • Salomey Addo

    PhD Student

    Cambridge

  • Marja Verbon

    Head of Innovation Acceleration

    Rothschild & Co

  • Dr Greg Detre

    Co-Founder

    Memrise

  • Dr Roeland Decorte

    CEO & President

    Decorte Future Industries & Artificial Intelligence Founders Association

  • Dr Marc Moesser

    Investor

    Redalpine

  • Dr Ekaterina Shatalina

    Precision Neuropsychiatry Researcher

    King's College London

  • 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

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).

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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)

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