Talk and discussion with Dr Chandré Gould about collaborative and multi-sectoral approach to violence prevention.
Fintech companies are constantly innovating and developing new products and services. However, while many of the technological solutions are user-centred, they are not necessarily human-centred. They typically focus on process, user experience and scalability, but often neglect the deeper needs, emotions, instincts, and social factors that impact people's financial wellbeing. This event challenges fintech leaders ... Read more
In this event, Dr. Elinor Carmi will share her latest research report titled “What mobilises people against Big-Tech?”.
Michael Begg presents work undertaken with People Ocean Planet, Marine Alliance of Science and Technology in this seminar presentation.
Learning about the mental health needs of care-experienced young people.
How music in alternative spaces is making a difference to young people and their communities.
Join us for FutureGaze, a series of conversations providing time out to reflect and gaze into the future of the creative industries.
Digital Justice & Policing is the largest gathering for digital justice practitioners in Scotland
Speculative Futures Central Scotland hosts a conversation on participatory futures with Futurall, a research and design studio building hope, agency and action towards more equitable futures.
DigitalScotland is the largest annual gathering of public sector technology professionals.
The UK FinTech Symposium is the annual conference for the FinTech National Network and is the gathering place for FinTech leaders to collaborate, cooperate and develop new market opportunities.
CreativeMornings Edinburgh invites you to join a conversation with the team behind the Recycling A Hospital project at Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Join the Centre for Data, Culture and Society for their first Project Deep Dive of the semester ‘Image and Text Analysis using Multi-modal Embeddings’ presented by Justin Chun-ting Ho.
Join MusAI and The New Real to delve into the intriguing intersection of artificial intelligence and music copyright.
Join the Centre for Data, Culture & Society and the Social Data Science Hub for a Project Deep Dive presented by Anja Neundorf, professor of Politics and Research Methods at the University of Glasgow.
The CDCS Project Deep Dive series continues with ‘Digitization for Social Welfare: Examining the Building and Other Construction Workers' (BOCW) Welfare Funds in India’ presented by Dr Sruthi Herbert.
Join us for a live-stream of this conversation hosted by Professor Liz Grant and Dr Katherine Trebeck, University of Edinburgh.
This event asks how people politically mobilise when subject to data systems that algorithmically govern them but remain opaque.
This event marks the launch of Tech Tuesdays, a new series dedicated to making sense of technology within the tourism, travel, and hospitality industries.
Join the Centre for Data, Culture & Society for a Project Deep Dive presented by Sal Hagen, University of Amsterdam.
The Technomoral Conversations series brings together leading experts in a “fireside chat” format to discuss futures that are worth wanting.
In her book Richie evaluates medical reproduction from an environmental perspective & confronts the carbon impact of the healthcare industry.
In the seminar, Ben Collier will introduce the new book, Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy (MIT Press, 2024).
ChatGPT and the other new advances in artificial intelligence have the potential to change work, education, and even what it means to “think” in the first place. In this talk, Professor David Williamson Shaffer looks at what AI is (and isn’t), its impact on what and how we learn, and how AI can change what ... Read more
To what extent can human creators exercise control on the technological tools they are using? And how does the control that technology exerts on them influence the creative process?
Dr Petko Kalev discusses why resiliency is an important dimension of market liquidity. For University staff and students only.
Hear a project deep dive from Ursula Martin on Imagining AI: computing stories in a museum context.
What role should the public have in shaping Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Should the public have a voice in how AI is being developed and used, and how it’s governed and regulated? And how might a diverse cross section of the public be involved in the decisions made by big tech, regulatory bodies, and local and national government?
Join us to celebrate publication of Shannon Vallor's latest work The AI Mirror, one of the most important books we can read right now to find our way through the AI-hype headlines and harness its power to reinvigorate our sense of human agency and possibility.
Hear about some of the latest research and engagement projects led by the Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster members, make new connections and get inspired.
Our panel of artists, curators, and researchers explores how data-driven art raises new ethical provocations for curation and exhibition.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, this Future Tense event features Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, two fascinating technology writers reveal the disorientating extent to which we are already governed by AI and complex systems.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, join Shetland-born author James Crawford as he talks about his latest work, Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland.
Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, hear stories capturing the memories and experiences of the Edinburgh Futures Institute building in its previous life as a hospital.
From their personal knowledge, our conversationalists will discuss the success of the original Edinburgh Conversations in the 1980s, and how in the context of the current global situation, the approach might be replicated.
Speculative Futures Central Scotland is delighted to invite you to an in-person evening event about Futures Boardgames.
Fintech Scotland Festival will take place between 25 September 2024 and 04 October 2024 across Scotland.
Explore how automation and artificial intelligence could run the back office of your tourism or hospitality business.
This talk discusses work carried out at the NEMUS project on the topic of digital conservation of historic stringed instruments.
A panel event featuring author Jeanette Winterson, robotics expert Ingo Keller, and advanced humanoid robot Ameca.
A project deep dive by James Baker, Director of Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton.
A conversation with award-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo about arts provision in the education system, the importance of creativity in young people, and how creativity positively impacts society as a whole.
As part of Black History Month, this event will engage with Black presence and Black Studies in relation to education.
The intersecting, planetary-scale crises we face bring new urgency to the debate about the purpose of education. Climate catastrophe, widening inequalities, conflict, pathogen spillovers, new diseases, failures of governance and technology acceleration all challenge us to ask again what education might be, and what we need it to do.
Part of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series.
Dr Kevin Guyan shares his work on queer approaches to the collection, analysis and presentation of data.
This event brings Gaza Sky Geeks in conversation with researchers at the University of Edinburgh to discuss how Palestine's digital economy can remain resilient in the current crisis.
This event will discuss topics such as the role of video games in shaping our world and human development, and the gamification of education.
This talk with Arturo Arriagada will analyse the daily routines and economic pressures faced by today's digital workers.
This discussion considers the role education has played in developing our technological landscape and how it can help work towards a fairer future.
A talk by danah boyd.
In this Technomoral Conversations panel, we will hear from leading voices from the Majority World on what they have learned from and about AI, and the issues and visions they would like to see taken up.
A panel event marking the 10-year anniversary of Katie Paterson’s 100-year artwork, Future Library.
Part of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series.
This event will bring together key figures from the Scottish education landscape to talk about AI in schools and our education futures.
Interdisciplinary artist Kasia Molga invites you to explore her first iteration of 'How to Find the Soul of a Sailor,' the result of The New Real 2023-2024 commission 'Uncanny Machines' supported by the Scottish AI Alliance.
Join Professor Daniel Kreiss for an in-depth talk and discussion, hosted by the School of Political Science, on how platforms fail democracy. It will examine their role in political polarisation and disinformation, while advocating for democracy-worthy policies to safeguard elections and institutions.
Join the Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture and Society for their latest project deep dive featuring Andrew McLean.
TJ Billard offers an insider’s view into transgender activism during the first two years of the first Trump administration.
Comedian Fern Brady joins Michael Pedersen to talk creativity, comedy and books.
A panel event celebrating the creation of the Edinburgh Seven Tapestry.
A panel event on the mechanisms of exclusion in cultural work and how they are mirrored in other national and policy contexts
This webinar is designed for individuals and organisations across the creative industries who are navigating the evolving landscape of digital content management and licensing.
In this talk, the co-founders of the Public Data Lab will share their experience of developing new collaborative methods through digital tools.
A conversation about the role of AI in creative practice and culture.
Join us as Professor David Farrier discusses his new book 'Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing World'.
The third iteration of the New Real Salon, introducing their new initiative, Doing AI Differently.
Join us for a discussion of Experimental Times by Hemangini Gupta, Lecturer in Gender and Global Politics.
Marcus du Sautoy joins us to discuss his book 'Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity'.
Join us on the 20th of June for CreativeTech Scotland Gathering for an exciting day of cutting edge creative tech keynotes, demos and panels with workshops and a closing reception with live improvised electronic music from Boardgame.
Supported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Supported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Supported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Join us for a series of conversations that explore the future of our creative industries and practices.
How can we weave planetary health into public health research, policy and practice?
Join Joshua Ryan-Saha from Edinburgh Futures Institute for an interactive exploration of AI's impact on tourism.
Explore how the strategic use of futures methods and digital tools can help teams create innovative solutions under pressure.
Join us for the next TravelTech Meetup, hosted by the Edinburgh Futures Institute!
Who bears the cost of free in our AI-accelerated world?
This talk features Mike Small, Scottish writer, activist, and Bella Caledonia editor.
How will AI affect how our cities are designed and managed? Join us at this free public event to be part of the discussion.
Hear from experts on the impact of data driven machine learning and AI on science and knowledge production.
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