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The AI Track: Tech Deep Dive & The Big Tech Debate
September 11, 2024
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
The Cambridge Union
Deep Dive: The Realities and Limitations of AI
Pembroke College Auditorium
With the rise of generative AI, the focus has commonly been drawn to broad topics such as ethics, regulation and security – with discussions mostly concluding that they’re areas that are still in development. But what is it like to actually work with AI day-in and day-out? What is the reality of AI? Where are we seeing the benefits? What are the limitations?
This hype-free zone deep dive focused on evidence-based explorations on the realities and limitations of working with AI.
Agenda
10:00-10:15 Keynote: The Humanity of AI
10:15-10:30 Keynote: Lifting the lid – the technologies behind AI
10:30-11:15 Panel: The Stages of Application from R&D and spin-outs to enterprise
11:15-11:45 Refreshment Break
11:45-12:05 Fireside Chat: Government strategy and the UK AI roadmap
12:05-12:45 Panel: Evidence from industry – what are you really using AI for?
12:45-13:00 Closing Keynote: The big blue sky of AI
Speakers include:
- Elahe Arani, Head of AI Research, Wayve
- Henry Ajder, Deepfakes & Generative AI Expert
- Duncan Clubb, Senior Partner – Data Centre & Edge Capability, Cambridge Management Consulting
- Cecilia Nunn, Responsible AI lead, Digital Catapult
- Gary Brotman, CEO, Secondmind
- Euan Cameron, UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Leader, PwC
The Big Tech Debate
Cambridge Union Society
Back by popular demand, the Big Tech Debate posed contested questions to field experts, with attendees judging who argued it better.
Agenda
13:30-13:40 Welcome to the Cambridge Union Society Debating Chamber
13:40-14:40 The Hype Debate: Will AI really take our jobs?
14:40-15:00 Industry Spotlight & VIP Guest Speaker
15:00-16:00 The Clean Tech Debate: Is geo-engineering the answer or the problem?
16:00-17:00 Drinks Reception & Networking
Speakers include:
- Tyler Shores, Director, ThinkLab, University of Cambridge
- Professor Hugh Hunt, Professor of Engineering Dynamics and Vibration, University of Cambridge
