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Learning Curves: Our Programme of Events for Autumn 2024 

We are delighted to announce the opening of “Learning Curves” – our fourth season of events running from 7 October to 6 December 2024. 

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BSI launches AI Talent Academy with the University of Edinburgh

Data & AI ethics | Education
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New scholarships have been awarded to students at the University of Edinburgh to support them through their Artificial Intelligence (AI) studies.

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Commemorating the conversations that thawed the Cold War

Community
Image shows Professor John Erickson (front right) and a group of participants in the Conversations in the mid eighties. Courtesy of John Sturrock, circa 1986.

The groundbreaking summits known as Edinburgh Conversations are to be commemorated at a special University event on 18 September.

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Margaret Atwood: Practical Utopias among our supported events at the Book Festival

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Edinburgh Futures Institute is supporting a set of brilliant events at the 2024 Book Festival which will take place for the first time in our historic building – its new home!

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‘Data for Good’ Pioneer Relocates to Futures Institute

Financial Services & FinTech | Public Services
A person is holding a smartphone with an electronic payment app open, ready to make a contactless payment. The phone is near a payment terminal. A laptop is visible in the background on a white table.

Edinburgh Futures Institute has welcomed one of its first commercial tenants, Smart Data Foundry.

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A fitting home for new artwork honouring trailblazing women 

Community | Creative Industries
A close-up of a colorful, intricately designed textile featuring a mix of vibrant colors including pink, blue, orange, and purple. The pattern appears abstract with a mix of organic shapes and textures. The textile is draped over a cylindrical white object.

An intricate and innovative tapestry honouring the first women allowed to matriculate at a university in Britain – known as the Edinburgh Seven – has been unveiled at its long-term home at Edinburgh Futures Institute.


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