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  • March 2024

  • Wed 13
    People walking along Southbank with the River Thames and London Skyscrapers in the background.

    Compassion & Transforming the Economy: Merging the ‘Why’ and the ‘How’

    • Talk/Discussion
    13th March 2024 5:45 PM - 7:00 PM GMT
    Online Edinburgh

    Join us for a live-stream of this conversation hosted by Professor Liz Grant and Dr Katherine Trebeck, University of Edinburgh.

  • Fri 22
    A laptopogram displaying a dataset as cloud-like clusters of black blobs on a neutral background. There are three larger collections, almost resembling a map, with some data points leaking out into the negative space.

    Datafied Publics: Inaugural Event for EFI Critical Data Studies Cluster

    • Talk/Discussion
    22nd March 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT
    Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    This event asks how people politically mobilise when subject to data systems that algorithmically govern them but remain opaque.

  • Tue 26
    Dark blue filtered image of man tapping contactless card on card machine. Event branding overlayed.

    Tech Tuesdays: The Future of Technology in Hospitality, Finance & Payments

    • Talk/Discussion
    26th March 2024 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM GMT
    Dovecot Studios 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh

    This event marks the launch of Tech Tuesdays, a new series dedicated to making sense of technology within the tourism, travel, and hospitality industries.

  • Wed 27
    Multi-coloured lines flowing across the image in a wavy pattern

    Project Deep Dive: Sal Hagen 

    • Talk/Discussion
    27th March 2024 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM GMT
    Online Edinburgh

    Join the Centre for Data, Culture & Society for a Project Deep Dive presented by Sal Hagen, University of Amsterdam.

  • Wed 27
    Building blocks are overlayed with digital squares that highlight people living their day-to-day lives through windows. Some of the squares are accompanied by cursors.

    Technomoral Conversations: Who is Responsible for Responsible AI?

    • Talk/Discussion
    27th March 2024 6:00 PM - 7:20 PM GMT
    Playfair Library Hall Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    The Technomoral Conversations series brings together leading experts in a “fireside chat” format to discuss futures that are worth wanting.

  • April 2024

  • Wed 10
    Mainly white image with black text overlayed advertising the event.

    Book Launch: Environmental Ethics & Medical Reproduction by Cristina Richie

    • Talk/Discussion
    10th April 2024 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM BST
    Project Room (1.06), 50 George Square 50 George Square, Newington, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    In her book Richie evaluates medical reproduction from an environmental perspective & confronts the carbon impact of the healthcare industry.

  • Wed 24
    Fred Domer makes an adjustment to the position of a unit before it is tested in an anechoic chamber in the Payload Checkout Facility at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).

    Book Launch – Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy

    • Talk/Discussion
    24th April 2024 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM BST
    High School Yards Teaching Centre, Classroom 2 57 High School Yards, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    In the seminar, Ben Collier will introduce the new book, Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy (MIT Press, 2024).

  • May 2024

  • Wed 1
    Grey mechanical robot arm on blue background with event text overlayed

    Project Deep Dive: David Williamson Shaffer

    • Talk/Discussion
    1st May 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM BST
    Digital Scholarship Centre Main Library, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

    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

  • Fri 10
    Still from Figure Infinity performance

    Creative Feedback: The Feats and Failures of Technology

    • Performance
    • Talk/Discussion
    10th May 2024 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM BST
    Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    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?

  • Tue 14
    Image of skyscrapers

    Liquidity and execution: The resiliency effect on institutional trading costs

    • Talk/Discussion
    14th May 2024 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM BST
    Room 1.60, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom   +1 more

    Dr Petko Kalev discusses why resiliency is an important dimension of market liquidity. For University staff and students only.

  • Wed 29
    Piano keys with musical notes on them.

    Imagining AI: computing stories in a museum context

    • Talk/Discussion
    29th May 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM BST
    Research Suite – 6th Floor, University of Edinburgh Main Library 30 George Square, Edinburgh

    Hear a project deep dive from Ursula Martin on Imagining AI: computing stories in a museum context.

  • June 2024

  • Wed 5
    A digital collage featuring an abandoned, graffiti-covered building set against an orange background. The building is surrounded by large, cylindrical red and black sensors. Binary code is scattered across the image.

    Where are AI’s publics?

    • Talk/Discussion
    5th June 2024 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM BST
    Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    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?

  • Thu 20
    A book cover and a photo of a person side-by-side. The book, titled "The AI Mirror" by Shannon Vallor, has a reflective surface. The person is wearing glasses and a light-colored blazer, smiling while seated with crossed arms in an office setting.

    How to Reclaim Our Humanity in the Age of AI

    • Talk/Discussion
    20th June 2024 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM BST
    Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh 2 Blenheim Place, Edinburgh

    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.

  • Wed 26
    George Square during Edinburgh Festival

    Digital Cultural Heritage at Edinburgh Futures Institute: Research Exchange

    • Talk/Discussion
    26th June 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM BST
    Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Hear about some of the latest research and engagement projects led by the Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster members, make new connections and get inspired.

  • July 2024

  • Tue 23
    A person with light-colored hair is enthusiastically running or dancing against a brightly lit, blue and purple checkered background with illuminated square patterns. The scene appears vibrant and dynamic.

    Ethical responsibilities in displaying provocative AI artistic experiences

    • Talk/Discussion
    23rd July 2024 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM BST
    Bayes Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Room G.03 47 Potterrow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Our panel of artists, curators, and researchers explores how data-driven art raises new ethical provocations for curation and exhibition.

  • August 2024

  • Sat 10
    Headshot of Margaret Atwood

    Margaret Atwood: Practical Utopias – An Exploration of the Possible

    • Edinburgh International Book Festival
    • Talk/Discussion
    10th August 2024 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM BST
    Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, this Future Tense event features Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.

  • Mon 12
    Headshots of Madhumita Murgia & Georgina Voss

    Madhumita Murgia & Georgina Voss: The Systems Which Govern Us

    • Edinburgh International Book Festival
    • Talk/Discussion
    12th August 2024 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM BST
    Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Thu 22
    A man with short hair and a slight beard stands outdoors in front of a graffiti-covered wall. He wears a dark jacket over a white shirt, looking directly at the camera.

    James Crawford: Traces of the Past

    • Edinburgh International Book Festival
    • Talk/Discussion
    22nd August 2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM BST
    Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Fri 23
    Headshot of Jennifer Williams

    Words from the Wards: Jennifer Williams

    • Edinburgh International Book Festival
    • Talk/Discussion
    • Workshop
    23rd August 2024 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM BST
    Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    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.

  • September 2024

  • Wed 18
    Black background with event text and historic photograph of the members of the Edinburgh Conversations from the 1980s

    A Conversation about the Edinburgh Conversations

    • Talk/Discussion
    18th September 2024 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM BST
    Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Tue 24
    A promotional image for an event featuring a photo of Marion Lean, a selection of board games including "IMPACT," and event details for a meet-up on Tuesday, 24 September at South Block, Glasgow. Background features colorful gradient shapes.

    Speculative Futures Meet-Up #3: Futures Boardgames

    • Talk/Discussion
    • Workshop
    24th September 2024 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM BST
    South Block 60-64 Osborne Street, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Speculative Futures Central Scotland is delighted to invite you to an in-person evening event about Futures Boardgames.

  • Wed 25
    Logo for the Fintech Scotland Festival featuring three gradient arrows pointing upward in red, blue, and green next to the text "Fintech Scotland Festival" in bold, dark lettering.

    FinTech Scotland Festival 

    • Conference
    • Financial Services & FinTech
    • Talk/Discussion
    • Workshop
    25th September 2024 8:00 AM - 4th October 2024 5:00 PM BST

    Fintech Scotland Festival will take place between 25 September 2024 and 04 October 2024 across Scotland.

  • October 2024

  • Wed 2
    Blue background showing alarm clock, with event text overlayed

    Tech Tuesdays #3: Automation – Your New Business Partner

    • Talk/Discussion
    • Tourism & Festivals
    2nd October 2024 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM BST
    Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Explore how automation and artificial intelligence could run the back office of your tourism or hospitality business.

  • Wed 2
    Archive black and white photo with women sitting working at desks, event branding overlayed.

    Open Methods for Digital Conservation of Historic Musical Instruments

    • Talk/Discussion
    2nd October 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM BST
    Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh

    This talk discusses work carried out at the NEMUS project on the topic of digital conservation of historic stringed instruments.

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