About this Event
Panellists
Maria Flores
Amit Gadhia
Freddie Quek
Agenda
18:00 - Event start and pre-networking
18:30 - Introduction & overview of the AI regulation landscape
19:00 - AI and employee privacy: data protection, surveillance, consent
19:10 - AI & children: mental health, digital marginalisation, safeguards
19:20 - AI & older adults: social exclusion, access barriers, inclusion strategies
19:30 - Q&A – panel discussion
19:45 - Closing remarks
20:00 - Networking
20:45 - Event close
Synopsis
This panel examines how evolving AI regulation intersects with privacy, inclusion and societal impact, highlighting risks and responsibilities that increasingly influence organisational decisions. It explores employee data use, harms affecting children and older adults, and accountability in public services. The session supports those guiding organisations through complex change, offering insights needed to interpret regulatory shifts, anticipate social consequences and embed responsible, people-centred approaches into AI-related work.
Who should attend
- Professionals involved in advising or supporting organisations on technology, risk, policy or transformation
- Individuals working with AI adoption, governance, data protection or digital-ethics matters
- Those engaged in shaping organisational responses to regulatory and societal change
- Practitioners interested in privacy, inclusion, public-sector accountability or the wider social impact of AI
- Anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how AI affects people, rights and organisational responsibility.
Key themes
- Privacy in the workplace: balancing AI-driven productivity with employees’ rights to data protection.
- Digital safety: ensuring children and elderly safety when using Al-powered systems.
- Public-sector accountability: transparent AI deployment in public services, with safeguards against bias and exclusion.
- Responsible AI governance: grounding innovation in ethical, inclusive, and human-centred design.
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This event is brought to you by: Consultancy specialist group | BCS, supported by Digital Divide specialist group | BCS and Business Change specialist group | BCS.
Image credit: photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Ave, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
