Events and Podcasts

EIE24, Scotland’s unparalleled showcase event, fueling growth, #innovation, and international collaboration.

Open to #investors and all of Scotland’s Tech and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems!

 

 

Cloud, Data & AI Conference | 21 March 2024 

Cloud, Data & AI – Transforming Public Services – brings together government and technology solutions providers to enable transformation to start to take hold, showcasing the latest cloud technologies, public sector data techniques.

 

UK FinTech Symposium 2023 | 29 November 2023 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

OX Edinburgh, Natwest Gogarburn 

The UK FinTech Symposium is the annual conference for the FinTech National Network delivered in association with Innovate UK, the UK and Scottish Governments, and is the gathering place for FinTech leaders to collaborate, cooperate and develop new market opportunities.

 

Digital Scotland 2023 | 21 November 2023 |  8:30 am - 5:30 pm 

Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh 

DigitalScotland is the largest annual gathering of public sector technology professionals, where global govtech leaders share technology insights and lessons in digital transformation, leadership, skills, cultural change and data-driven innovation.

Digital Justice & Policing 2023 | 7 November 2023 |  8:30 am - 4:30 pm 

University of Strathclyde, Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow *Partner Event

Digital Justice & Policing is the largest gathering for digital justice practitioners in Scotland, where stakeholders gather to hear how investment in technology is helping the police and courts to modernise frontline service delivery, from data-driven innovation and smart devices to cloud-based platforms.

 

Data Conference 2023 - DataFutures, AI Futures | 27 September 2023 |  9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ

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Venture builder Incubator 3.0 Showcase | 3rd March 2-6pm

The Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, EH2 2EL 

Meet the founders on the Venture Builder Incubator programme, such as DeepQA who use AI to automate software testing to quickly identify development problems.

Come and network with the Scottish entrepreneurial community at this Showcase Event.

 

Love Machine | 6th March -5th May

Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Autumn 2023 programme: Love Machine 

Love Machine focuses on the interdisciplinarity of Artificial Intelligence (AI), data and machine learning technologies and how we make room for such technologies within our lives and wider cultures. The co-produced events will explore the interconnections and intimacies of AI, data and machine learning with other disciplines, from the arts and humanities, sciences and engineering. This theme aligns with the University of Edinburgh’s fourth Futures Conversations series, as well as celebrations of 60 years of AI and Computer Science at the University.

Like our inaugural Autumn 2022 season, the Spring 2023 programme will offer a range of live events – in person, online and hybrid – including conversations, readings, participatory workshops and commissioned performances.

The full programme is free and open to all but booking is essential.

 

The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Shaping Our AI Futures | 6th March

Edinburgh Futures Conversations, in-person Playfair Library and live stream

This panel opens the fourth in the University’s Futures Conversations series on Artificial Intelligence. In this Futures Conversations event, we bring together leading experts from the worlds of science, politics, and civil society to debate what our AI futures may bring, and to develop ideas for what is needed to advance our collective ability to put AI to the best possible use.

 

The Future of Artificial Intelligence Between Two Waters: A Performance | 8th March

This show is part of our Futures Conversations series – Shaping our AI Futures – and explores the delicate and intricately evolving relationship between humans and machines, through a dynamic dance between a dancer and a soft robot as the focal point. The representation of robots in art and media is often limited to their portrayal in science fiction, but this performance aims to challenge that narrative by depicting robots in unconventional, non-technological forms.

 

Podcast 10th June 2021 | Dr Allison Schrager
Women in Data lead, Poppy Gerrard-Abbott, sits down with author and economist Dr Allison Schrager to discuss her book on our everyday relationship with risk and whether we are setting the right objectives when it comes to change.
Listen now. 

Wednesday 19th May 2021 | 'Data-driven innovation in AI' 

The #DDIdiscussions on May 19th as we discussed the role of Scottish Universities in the development of AI. Scotland's recently released AI strategy, the exciting development of the National Robotarium and what sectors of the Scottish economy have untapped potential for AI implementation. - It's a discussion not to be missed!

Panel members

Michael Rovatsos, Director, Bayes Centre; Steph Wright – AI Strategy Lead, The Data Lab; Roy Donaldson, Cisco; and Helen Hastie, National Robotarium, Heriot Watt University

Watch the event recording.

 

Thursday 29th April 2021 | Webinar ( Available online)

This panel discussion will explore the feasibility of open finance and innovation offering greater financial inclusion to those who currently face barriers – and the ethical issues of doing so. Part of the #DDIdiscussions series.

Panel

Varun Paul, Senior Manager, Fintech Hub, Bank of England

Sorcha Lorimer, Interim Chief Privacy & Risk Officer, Global Open Finance Centre of Excellence

Tynah Matembe, Co-Founder & CEO - MoneyMatiX

To watch the event click here. 

Due to technical difficulties the start of the event was not recorded.

 

Wednesday 24th March 2021 | Online Event

Our #DDIdiscussions on the 24th of March 2021. Twelve months on from the UK’s first national lockdown in spring 2020, we discuss the lessons learned and how far the pandemic has helped the sharing of data for public health benefit with Jason Leitch, Nick Mills, and Devi Sridhar.

Panel

David Lee (Chair)

Professor Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director for Scotland, Scottish Government

Professor Nick Mills, Director, DataLoch at the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh

Professor Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh

Watch the event recording here.