12-13 MARCH 2025
EXCEL, LONDON

Mainstage 2024

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10:40 11:10

AI for Good: Harnessing Ethical AI to Combat Misinformation and Disinformation

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Bernardo Mariano Junior, Global Head of Brand Corporate Engagement - United Nations
14:30 15:05

CTO Panel: Change at the speed of Gen-AI, attracting and retaining adaptive technology teams

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Christina Scott, Former CTO - OVO, NewsUK, FT

Andy Caddy, Group Chief Information Officer - PUREGYM

Catriona Campbell MBE, CTIO - EY

John Kundert, Chief Product & Technology Officer - Financial Times
15:30 16:00

Deciding how data is used to develop AI in health and care - What is meaningful patient and public involvement in how decisions about data for AI are made?

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The NHS AI Lab’s AI Ethics Initiative, algorithmic impact assessment, secure data environments and t ...

Brhmie Balaram, Head of AI Research & Ethics in the NHS AI Lab

Reema Patel, Research Director and Head of Deliberative Engagement - Ipsos
11:15 11:45

Fireside Chat: Government as product - is government ready for the next generation of digital services?

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Is government ready for the next generation of digital services?

Tom Read, CEO - Government Digital Services

Gina Gill, CDIO - Ministry of Justice
14:50 15:20

Fireside chat: Next Level Strategies for the Workplace - Leveraging Diversity and Neurodiversity

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What do employers need to learn to ensure that work works for everyone? How does diversity, of all k ...

Flavilla Fongang, Founder, Global Tech Advocates, Black Women in Tech and Black Rise

Ellie Middleton, Author, Founder, Unmasked
15:55 16:25

Fireside Chat: The Post Office scandal and what tech specialists can learn from it

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Nick Wallis, Author, The Great Post Office Scandal

Jason Coyne, Technical Expert witness Bates -v- Post Office
11:20 11:50

Future Proofing Us

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At a time of existential global challenges, we need our best brain power available. So how do we cre ...

Prof Hannah Critchlow - University of Cambridge
13:15 13:45

Innovate to Empower: Beauty Tech & Social Impact

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Juleah Love, Global Head of Brand Corporate Engagement - YSL Beauty

Delphine Helin, International Retail Services & Beauty Tech Director - YSL Beauty
10:30 11:05

Leveraging the opportunity of the next AI revolution to ensure inclusivity for women. How high-growth companies can transform the UK economy

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Anne Boden MBE, Founder - Starling Bank
09:40 09:45

MC Welcome

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Zoe Kleinman, Technology Editor - BBC
10:00 10:05

MC Welcome

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Zoe Kleinman, Technology Editor - BBC
13:55 14:40

PANEL: More than just recycling: leveraging the power of digital technology for a circular economy

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Prof Fiona Charnley, Professor of Circular Innovation and Co-Director - Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy

Cynthia Reynolds, Convener of the Circular Economy Coalition - Circular Economy Coalition

Ken Webster, Visiting Professor, Cranfield, Fellow, Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership

Pablo van den Bosch, Director - Madaster Shared Services B.V.
12:00 12:30

Securing Tomorrow: defending democracy and building cyber resilience

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Ollie Whitehouse, CTO - National Cyber Security Centre

Zoe Kleinman, Technology Editor - BBC
12:35 13:05

The augmented human workforce – 2024 and beyond

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Developing strategies to become an AI assisted organisation. Leveraging automation to deliver a bett ...

Piers Linney, Former investor on Dragons’ Den & Co-founder - Implement AI
09:45 10:20

The benefits of exploring the universe: black holes, quantum computers, nature of reality and life in the universe

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Professor Brian Cox
10:05 10:35

The view from NASA: searching for life elsewhere and discovering the secrets of the universe – measuring climate change, exploring icy moons and atomic clocks

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Dr Carolyn Mercer, Chief Technologist - NASA
11:55 12:25

Turning potential failures into successes – the power of perseverance in business and leadership

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Dame Stephanie Shirley
15:15 15:45

Unlocking AI for good - what are the next steps for getting AI to work for us?

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Gina Neff, Executive Director, Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy - University of Cambridge

Verity Harding, Director, AI & Geopolitics Project - Bennett Institute, Cambridge University