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AI, Communities & Coops (CoTech Autumn Gathering)

SEP17
09:30 · Europe / London
  • This event gathers the CoTech network to discuss the real issues of AI development, control, and community involvement.
  • It features expert panels and unconference sessions for participants to engage in open conversation about ethical AI and sustainable technology practices.
  • It is for anyone interested in human-centred technology and the societal impact of artificial intelligence.

About this event

Who builds AI, who controls it, and how do communities take their seat at the table?

About the event
CoTech is bringing its network together for a day of honest conversation, genuine connection, and some big questions about the technology we're all living with.
This year's theme is AI. Not the hype, not the sales pitch, but the real debate. Is ethical AI actually possible? And what does it mean for the kind of human-centred, ecologically-sustainable work we do?
We're kicking things off with a panel of expert speakers, then opening the floor. The afternoon is yours: unconference sessions shaped by the people in the room, lightning talks, and the kind of conversations that don't happen at corporate conferences.
Come ready to think, disagree, and leave with something useful.

The Panellists
Amanda Brock, OpenUK CEO
OpenUK CEO, Professor Amanda Brock has grown it into a leading open source organisation and think tank. A lawyer with 25 year’s experience across tech, she helped shape internet law in the 2000’s and today’s AI and open source law and policy at an international level. Amanda is a sought-after international keynote speaker and has written extensively on tech. She’s the editor of Open Source Law, Policy and Practice, the seminal text in this space. Amanda’s held many commercial, not for profit and public sector advisory and NXD roles. OpenUK’s State of Open Con is one of open source’s leading conferences.

Giuseppe Sollazzo, Deputy Director of HMRC's Chief AI Office
Giuseppe is helping HMRC set up its AI initiatives, specifically focussing on "good AI", assurance, and value creation. He previously led DWP's national-scale data products and services, and he was Deputy Director of the NHS AI Lab, the first public sector R&D AI initiative.

Mhairi Aitken, Co-Founder and Director at Our AI Collective
Dr Mhairi Aitken is Co-Founder and Director at Our AI Collective, a community interest company dedicated to putting public voices at the heart of AI innovation. Prev

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