Connect, Collaborate, Create with Data & AI: (AM) Talks & Panel discussion

Please note this is an all day in-person event at the Bristol Beacon: this Eventbrite is to sign up to our morning interactive displays, talks and panel discussion. To sign-up for the lunch and afternoon workshops please see details below.

Data is all around us, from our smartphones to our supermarkets, but how can we use it for good?

How do we use ChatGPT and other AI to create a fairer future for all?

How can data from the past shape our future?

Join the Jean Golding Institute and the University of the West of England to Connect, Collaborate, Create with Data and AI. Join the conversation with engaging scientists and local representatives to discover how communities could use data and AI like ChatGPT to tackle key issues including inclusivity, protecting the vulnerable, and climate change.

Hear about the latest advances in Data Science, Data-intensive research, and Artificial Intelligence, with a diverse mix of inspiring speakers and interactive displays.

Morning Schedule:

10:00 - 10:15 - Event Opens

10:15 - 10:50 - Welcome and introduction

11:00 - 11:50 - Data and AI Speakers

12:00 - 13:00 - Panel Discussion (see below for info on Panel Members)

13.00-14:00 - Mingle with guests and the JGI Team during a complimentary networking lunch

Sign up to one of our afternoon inclusive data workshops:

14:00-14.50: Less is more? The need for social equity in tech and data science

15:00-15.50: Trusted Research Environments for Health Data

There will be many opportunities to network, socialise and interact with the Bristol data and AI community.

Please look at our Code of Conduct which we follow at all virtual and in-person events.

Tom Appleby - Associate Professor in Property Law, UWE 

Kate Robson Brown - Director of the Jean Golding Institute, University of Bristol

Darren Jones - MP &  Chair of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

Joyann Boyce - Joyann Boyce, Founder of Inclued AI.

Mark Woods - Chief Strategy Officer and Head of the Robotics and Autonomy Group

Speakers (Left to Right): Tom Appleby, Kate Robson Brown, Darren Jones MP, Joyann Boyce, Mark Woods

Dr Thomas Appleby is a non-practising solicitor who has worked in various aspects of commercial law for nearly 25 years. He is an Associate Professor at UWE in the College of Arts, Technology and Environment, where he has specialised in the regulation of commons. He has undertaken various consultancy and research tasks in the digital space ranging from advising government on legal issues associated with the use of technology in criminal enforcement to researching issues associated with the use of others’ data. His research approach to the novel use of commons is that there is generally more law around than people realise and that it is the application of the law rather than the law itself, which is often ignored. This approach is particularly applicable to technology companies where there is a “fake it till you make it” culture. Dr Appleby has used this approach to lead two impact case studies on behalf of the university, where his research has been applied in the real world predominantly to marine management (another poorly understood commons). Dr Appleby is also Chief of Legal Affairs for ocean conservation charity, the Blue Marine Foundation, where he works regularly with marine users, policy makers, and regulators at the national, European and international level.

Kate became Director of the Jean Golding Institute in August 2017 and leads the team in providing a strategic direction for the Institute. She is Professor of Biological Anthropology and affiliated to both the School of Arts and the School of Civil, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol. Kate joined the University of Bristol in 1997, following her first degree in Archaeology and Anthropology. She obtained a PhD in phylogenetics at the University of Cambridge (Newnham College, 1995), and held the Graham Robertson Research Fellowship at Downing College. Kate is also the Alan Turing Institute University Lead for Bristol and is also chair of the Institute's Research and Innovation Advisory Committee, which steers scientific direction at the Turing.

Kate’s research focuses on how the hard tissues of the human body hold a signature of life history. She explores the microstructure of bone, dentition and soft tissues; innovating methodologies for the data capture, analysis and interpretation of material characterisation to address a range of challenges posed by anthropological, biomechanical, forensic, developmental and evolutionary applications.

Darren Jones MP is the Labour Member of Parliament for Bristol North West and the Chair of the House of Commons Business and Trade Committee. He sits on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy and the Liaison Committee, which scrutinises the work of the Prime Minister. A solicitor by training, Darren is recognised as a leading voice on technology policy and founded the Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies, which brings legislators from around the world together. Darren sat on the Online Safety Bill Committee and is the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Groups on Technology (PICTFor), Data Poverty and National Security and Technology.

Joyann Boyce is the Founder of Inclued AI and Arima & Co. She has a background in marketing and Data Science, which she uses to drive change within the marketing industry. With a mission to make inclusive marketing the industry standard, Joyann has worked with over 96 marketing teams for brands such as Coca-Cola, Adobe, and Nationwide. As an award-winning entrepreneur, international conference speaker, and advocate for diversity and inclusion, Joyann is dedicated to creating solutions that improve representation and authenticity within the marketing industry.

Dr. Mark Woods is the Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Director and Head of the Robotics and Autonomy Group at CFMS specialising in applications which enable autonomous exploration, survey, modelling or analysis of complex environments.

With a PhD. in AI and Machine Learning He has over 20 years’ experience as an innovator leading, researching, developing and commercialising Robotics, Autonomy, Computer Vision and AI (Machine Learning and Symbolic) Applications from low to fully operational (industrialised) Technology Readiness Levels.

He has been the autonomy lead for a wide range of European Space Agency (ESA), EC, UK and commercially funded projects including key autonomy elements of ESA’s ExoMars Rover which will be Europe’s first surface mission on Mars. He also developed and flew the first civilian machine learning based application in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in the European space domain.

More recently he has led cutting-edge applications of autonomy, robotics and AI technology to the Utilities, Nuclear and other commercial sectors. He consults and presents often on the strategic and practical application of AI in complex environments

This event is part of Bristol Data Week 2023 and this all day event at Bristol Beacon is organised by the Jean Golding Institute and UWE and sponsored by the Alan Turing Institute.

Running from Monday 5 June - Friday 9 June 2023, this will be our 6th annual Data Week; an interactive programme of speakers, training and workshops open to all and completely free of charge.

Keep up to date with sessions happening throughout Bristol Data Week on the Jean Golding Institute website follow us on Twitter @JGIBristol and use #BristolDataWeek.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bristol Beacon, Trenchard Street, Bristol, United Kingdom