Tuesday
11
February
2025
Knowledge Centre at the British Library

AI Fringe 2025: Day 1

On day one, as the Action Summit is taking place in Paris, in London we'll discuss and build upon its main themes and ask what they mean for UK audiences.

Agenda

08:30 – 09:30

Check-in and breakfast

09:30 – 10:40

Auditorium

Welcome and opening remarks

To kick-off the AI Fringe, we’ll hear about the AI Action Summit taking place in Paris from Her Excellency Hélène Duchêne, French Ambassador to the UK.

Auditorium

Setting the scene: AI for everyone

A panel of experts will set the scene for the AI Fringe, reflecting on what has happened in the run up to the AI Action Summit Paris — including activities and events taking place and the latest developments in the AI space.

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10:40 – 11:00

Break and refreshments

11:00 – 11:50

Auditorium

The Regulators’ view on AI

Leading regulators will come together to discuss the regulation of AI, learnings from other sectors and current and future challenges and successes.

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11:50 – 12:00

Break

12:00 – 12:50

Auditorium

The industrialisation of AI

In this session, the panel will discuss the ways in which the future Industrial Strategy can help industries across the economy adopt AI and support AI firms in scaling successfully and remaining in the UK. The discussion will address current barriers and opportunities to fuel growth across all regions of the UK.

Eliot room

Making AI in the public interest

For AI to be in the public interest it needs to be truly inclusive of the people and made from the bottom up. In this panel discussion we will hear from those leading the charge from multiple different angles about what works, what doesn’t, and what people have to say.

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12:50 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:50

Auditorium

AI in public services

By examining real-world examples and future possibilities, in this session we will explore practical strategies for supporting the opportunities AI presents for the public sector, and navigating the challenges.

Eliot room

Supporting creative futures in arts, culture and AI

In this session, the panel will explore how the creative sectors can respond to the challenges and opportunities posed by Generative AI, and how considered policy approaches can ensure the sustainable growth of the sector and protect creative work.

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14:50 – 15.00

Break

15:00 – 15:50

Auditorium

AI trust and safety: The building blocks

If we are to fulfil the heady promise of AI, we have to have trust in the technology — and it has to be safe. In this session we will hear from those who are trying to make that a reality, whether it is working out how to evaluate ever more powerful AI models, or thinking about how the quality of data that feeds the models affects their safety.

Eliot room

How to ensure AI startups and scaleups can compete on the global stage

Join the panel for a retrospective on the UK AI startup ecosystem’s role in the greater international AI debate — as the innovators who exit to other markets, the original founding home of DeepMind, and the home of the best science and research institutions for deeptech.

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15:50 – 16:00

Break

16:00 – 17:00

Auditorium

Making the future work: Getting workplace AI right

As we begin to understand the reality of AI in the workplace, the panel will discuss how to get workplace AI right through regulation and best practice in business, skills and education — ensuring a fairer future of better work.

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The role of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities in delivering public interest AI

In this session the panel will explore the role of the social sciences, humanities and the arts (the ‘SHAPE’ disciplines) in delivering evidence, methods and insights that can help ensure AI policies are aligned with the public interest.

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17:00 – 17:30

Auditorium

Closing remarks and thank you

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