AE: Global Summit on Open Problems for AI
London, 2024
23-24th October, 2024. Euston, London.
What are the next set of challenges for AI technology? Join the UK's leaders in algorithm development and application.
Partners
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
- Register for in-person or remote attendance
Speakers
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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
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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
Breakout Rooms
- Training Tomorrow's LeadersUKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Development Network
- How Organisational Structures Impact InnovationTony Blair Institute for Global Change
- Government HackathonNo. 10 Data Science Team
- Finding Tomorrow's LeadersZeki
- Transitioning from Academia to Start-upOctopus Ventures
- Building Cultures of Ambition and Urgency in the UKEntrepreneur First
- Building AI Tools Within the NewsroomLucas Johnston, Financial Times Strategies
Schedule
Day 1 - Oct 23rd
Algorithms
09:00Introductory Remarks - Open Problems for AI
09:20Professor Tim Rocktäschel - Senior Staff Research Scientist & Professor of AI (Google DeepMind & UCL)
10:00Dr Katja Hofmann - Senior Principal Researcher (Microsoft)
10:40Break & Networking
11:00Panel & 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)
11:40Break & Networking
12:40Dr Martin Riedmiller - Research Director (Google DeepMind)
13:20Dr Jonathan Richard Schwarz - Head of AI Research (Thomson Reuters)
13:40Professor Maria Liakata - Professor of Natural Language Processing & EPSRC/UKRI Turing Institute AI Fellow (Queen Mary University of London)
14:00Break & Networking
14:40Professor Karl Friston - Wellcome Principal Research Fellow & Scientific Director (UCL & Verses AI)
15:20 - 16:00Panel: 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
Applications
09:00Kanishka Narayan MP - MP for the Vale of Glamorgan
09:10James Donovan - Head of Science Policy and Partnerships (Open AI)
09:40Professor Sana Khareghani - AI Policy Lead & Professor of Practice (Responsible AI UK & KCL)
10:00Dr Mounia Lalmas - Senior Director of Research (Spotify)
10:20Break & Networking
10:40 - 11:20Panel: 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 - 12:00Breakout 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
12:00Break & Networking
13:00Afternoon Keynotes: AI & Society. Ashley Ramrachia - Founder and CEO (Academy)
13:20Tarig Hilal - AI Innovation Lead (Akord AI)
13:40Dr Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe - CTO; Co-Founder (Boon; beautifulplaces.ai)
14:00Danny Gray - Founder (Just Ask A Question)
14:20Break & Networking
15:00Afternoon Keynotes: AI & Medicine. Dr Oliver Vince - Co-Founder (Basecamp Research)
15:20Professor Eiman Kanjo - tinyML (Imperial College London & Nottingham Trent University)
15:40 - 16:20Panel: 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 - 18:00End of Summit Reception & Networking (Royal National Hotel)
Conference Chairs
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Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday
Harvard · MIT · Thinking About Thinking
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Dr James Whittington
Stanford · Oxford · Zyphra
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Prof. Dan V. Nicolau Jr
King's College London