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Helen-Margetts

AI in public policy: opportunities and challenges

Tuesday 05 November 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Location: Auditorium, Centre Building LSE

Speakers: Helen Margetts, Director for Public Policy at the Alan Turing Institute, Andrew Murray, Professor of Law at LSE.

Chair: Ken Benoit, Professor of Computational Social Science, Methodology, LSE.

Hosted by the School of Public Policy and the Data Science Institute.

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Feeding the machine: the hidden human labour powering AI

Wednesday 04 December 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Location: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE

Speakers: Callum Cant, Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex; James Muldoon, Reader in Management at the University of Essex; Kirsten Sehnbruch, Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute, LSE.

Hosted by the Data Science Institute and the International Inequalities Institute

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 Past Events

2024/25


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AI and the future of behavioural science

Tuesday 08 October 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE

Speakers: Alexandra Chesterfield, Behavioural Risk team lead, NatWest Group; Elisabeth Costa, Managing Director of the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT); Oliver Hauser, Co-Director of the Institute for Data Science and AI at the University of Exeter; Dario Krpan, Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science at LSE; Susan Michie, Director, Centre for behaviour change, UCL; Robert West, Advisor to Public Health Wales.

Chair: Liam Delaney, Head of the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE.

Hosted by the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science and the Data Science Institute

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Shaping the future: AI in the workplace

Monday 30 September 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE

Speakers: Matt Blakemore, CEO of AI Caramba, Richard Nesbitt, Chair of The Inclusion Initiative Advisory Board, Carolyn Scott, Former Director of B2B Marketing at Google, Reshma Shaikh, Head of AI Transformation at Eversheds Sutherland, Noa Srebrnik, CEO and co-founder of Citrusx. 

Chair: Grace Lordan, Director of The Inclusion Initiative.

ModeratorBelton Flournoy, Managing Director in Protiviti's Technology & Digital Consulting practice.

Hosted by The Inclusion Initiative and the Data Science Institute

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2023/24

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Brave new words: how AI will revolutionize education

Location: Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE

Speaker: Salman Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy

Chair: Jon Cardoso-Silva, Assistant Professor (Education), LSE Data Science Institute

Hosted by the Data Science Institute and Digital Skills Lab

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24.06.15 ai guardians

LSE Festival Public Event
AI guardians: who holds power over our data
Saturday 15 June 2024 6.30pm to 7.30pm

Location: LSE Campus

Speakers: Neil Lawrence, inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge; Sadiqah Musa, Senior Analytics Manager, Trustpilot and founder/CEO, Black in Data

Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE

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LSE Festival Family Day Event
Brick by brick: crafting communities with data science and the LEGO Group
Saturday 15 June 2024, 10.00am to 12.40pm

Location: Centre Building, LSE

An exciting adventure in creativity delving into the world of data science and urban design.

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Generative AI and the Knowledge Economy Symposium
20 May 2024, 12.00pm to 8.30pm 
Location: Imperial College

21 May 2024, 1.30pm to 8.00pm 
Location: LSE Campus

Hosted by the LSE Data Science Institute and the Data Science Institute at Imperial College London

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What it means to be human in a world changed by AI

SpeakersMadhumita Murgia, Artificial Intelligence Editor, The Financial Times

ChairKen Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE

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Developing AI Literacy in the classroom and beyond

SpeakersDr Jillian Terry, Associate Professor (Education) and Co-Director of LSE100; Cody Dodd, AI Architect, Ethicist and Advisor; Ashley Winton, Fintech and Privacy Partner, Mishcon de Reya.

Chair: Professor Emma McCoy, LSE Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education

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2022/23

The Power of Data | LSE Festival Event
17 June 2023

SpeakersJames Fransham, data journalist, The Economist; Alexandra Gomes Research Fellow, LSE Cities; Angela Spatharou Senior Partner and the EMEA Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences, IBM Consulting.

ChairKen Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE

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How Web 3.0 Technology and Data Policy Combine to Promote Data Sovereignty, Privacy, and Trust

25 May 2023

Speakers: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web; Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE

ChairMinouche Shafik, President and Vice Chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science

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Follow the Science? Data, Models and Decisions in the 21st Century
24 January 2023

Speakers: Professor Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge; Dr Stephanie Hare, Researcher, broadcaster and author focused on technology, politics and history; Dr Erica Thompson, Senior Policy Fellow in Ethics of Modelling and Simulation at the LSE Data Science Institute, funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.

ChairBaroness Minouche Shafik, President and Vice Chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

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Data Science and the Future of Social Science
21 September 2022

Data science has revolutionised the social sciences at the same time as industries and academia are being transformed by the availability of big data, coupled with massive increases in computing power.

SpeakersCaroline Gorski, Chief Executive, R² Factory at Rolls-Royce; Ming Tang, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NHS England; Professor Helen Margetts OBE FBA, Professor of Internet and Society at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Dr Stefan Hunt, Chief Data and Technology Insights Officer, Competition and Markets Authority .

ChairKen Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE

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2021/22

AI in Sport: An Overview
24 March 2022

How is data used in sport and what can AI do? How do teams, media and betting firms use data to reconstruct performance? To make the best decisions, tell the best stories or make the best predictions in sport, teams, media and betting firms are looking to use more granular data to better reconstruct player and team performance.

Speaker: Patrick Lucey PhD, Chief Scientist, Stats Perform

ChairKen Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE

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Automation Era - How will technology reshape business and how does it change how people work today?
03 February 2022

Across industries and sectors, machines are increasingly augmenting and replacing human labour. Will machine learning technologies result in mass job losses, a dramatic skill shift in the labour market, or enable people to engage in more fulfilling and creative work?

This event explores questions such as how hyper automation has taken place, how automation is used in the business world and how it can inject new life into global economies

SpeakerAngela-Sophia Gebert, Academic Alliance Manager, Celonis

ChairProfessor Leslie Willcocks, Emeritus Professor of Work, Technology and Globalisation, Department of Management, LSE

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2020/21

Building Resilience Through Data Centricity
2 February 2021

SpeakerJacky Wright, Chief Digital Officer and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft US

Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE

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