Just how revolutionary is the AI revolution? And to what extent will it change the world around us? This year’s International Digital Futures Network Summer Symposium brings together experts in the field from across academia and industry to explore these questions and more over a day of talks, panels and open discussions.

The speakers for this event are:

Professor Jane Hillston – Professor of Quantitative Modelling and an internationally leading researcher in computer science.  

Dr Marcus Weldon – a world-renowned innovation leader with more than 25 years’ experience in cutting-edge science and technology research and innovation.  

Professor Peter Flach – Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bristol, with expertise in data- driven computational methods.  

Co-hosted by Edinburgh Futures Institute and Bristol Digital Futures Institute, this year’s event will take place in the Futures Institute’s new home; a beautifully transformed, historic building which provides a dynamic futures-focused space for learning, research, and innovation at the University of Edinburgh.

Schedule:  

09:30 – Arrival, tea and coffee  

10:00 – An introduction to the International Digital Futures Institute from Professor Marion Thain (Director of the Edinburgh Futures Institute and member of the IDFN Steering Group). 

10:10 – 11.10 – Keynote speaker 1 and Respondent  

11:15 -12:15 – Keynote speaker 2 and Respondent  

12:15  – 13:15  – Lunch  

13:15  – 14.15 –  Keynote speaker 3 and Respondent 

14:15 – 15:15 –  Panel discussion  

15:15 -15:30 – Closing remarks