Tech Policy, Ethics & AI Governance Events in Europe

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Speaker: Sandeep Bhalekar, Founder – Global Institute of Artificial Intelligence
Title: Who Is Responsible When AI Makes the Decision?

Abstract: As AI becomes increasingly involved in business decisions, one critical question is becoming harder to ignore: who is actually accountable when AI gets it wrong?
Is it the developer who built the system, the organisation that deployed it, the executive who approved it, the employee using it, or the technology provider behind the model?
This session explores AI accountability in practice — how organisations can establish clear ownership, decision rights, human oversight and escalation mechanisms as AI becomes more autonomous and embedded in business operations.
Rather than treating accountability as simply a policy requirement, we will examine how it should work across the AI lifecycle — from design and deployment through monitoring and real-world decision-making.

✅ The AI Accountability Gap — Understand why traditional accountability models become difficult when AI participates in decisions.
✅ Who Owns an AI Decision? — Explore the responsibilities of executives, AI teams, business owners, developers, vendors and end users.
✅ Human Oversight — Understand where human review should sit and when humans should be able to intervene, override or stop an AI system.
✅ Decision Rights & Escalation — Learn how organisations can define who approves AI use cases, accepts risk and handles incidents.
✅ Accountability Across the AI Lifecycle — Explore ownership from development and deployment through monitoring, change and retirement.
✅ From Principles to Governance — See how accountability can be translated into practical roles, controls and governance structures.

C-suite and executive leaders, CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, AI leaders, risk and compliance professionals, governance professionals, technology and transformation leaders, product leaders, AI practitioners and consultants responsible for deploying or governing AI.
This session will be particularly valuable for organisations moving from AI experimentation to operational and enterprise-scale adoption.

90-minute live session featuring practical scenarios, accountability frameworks and real-world discussion, followed by an open Q&A.
The session is designed to move beyond theoretical Responsible AI principles and examine the practical question organisations increasingly need to answer:

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Hello Barnsley! 👋

🎉 This is meetup #1, the very first one. Come and help us set the tone 🚀✨

📍 DMC 02, County Way, Barnsley S70 2AG
🚗 PARKING: The Seam digital campus on County Way (S70 2JW) includes the newly redeveloped Lower Seam on-site car park, featuring improved spaces, EV chargers, and CCTV. Upper parking options and nearby alternatives are also available.

‼️ NOTE: There are two DMC buildings on County Way. We're in DMC 02, the newer one, opposite Barnsley College. Don't head for the Digital Media Centre.

Agenda 📆

• Doors open: 18:00
• Food, drinks & networking: 18:00-18:30
• Talks: 18:30 -19:10
• Q&A - 19:10 - 19:30
• Close & Networking: 19:30-20:00

Welcome and Networking 🤝
- Come early, grab something to eat and meet people before we start.
- Enjoy pizza 🍕 and refreshments while get-to-know fellow AWS and AI enthusiasts.
- We'll kick off with a short welcome and what this group is for.

Talk - Enforcing AI Safety Controls with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails

Description: LLM agents fail in ways that probabilistic system prompts cannot reliably prevent: prompt injections, data leaks, hallucinations, off-topic drift, harmful content, and governance breaches. Amazon Bedrock Guardrails addresses this as a deterministic, model-agnostic layer that screens both inputs and outputs while remaining fully auditable.

Whether you are building with AI, signing off on an internal deployment, evaluating a third-party software purchase, or simply trying to decode what your engineering team means when they say security is "handled," this session equips you to move past asking a vague "Is it safe?" You will leave understanding the precise boundaries between what can be strictly enforced versus passively detected, as well as the exact audit evidence available when something goes wrong, no prior Amazon Bedrock experience required.

Speaker: Vitor Correa is a Software and AI Developer at Binary Forge with 10+ years in commercial software development. Multiple AWS certifications, including AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional. Currently leads AI development on Fulr.

Closing Remarks 🙌

• We'll wrap up around 20:00.
• As we conclude our meetup, we'll have some closing remarks and invite attendees to continue networking and discussions.

Important Information:

• This event is open to everyone: AWS enthusiasts, from beginners to experts, students, and business owners already on AWS or just looking into it. Talks are pitched so nobody gets left behind.
• Free to attend. Please RSVP so we can plan numbers, and update your RSVP if your plans change so someone else can take the spot.
• Don't forget to bring your questions, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn and connect with the AWS + AI community.
• 📸 We'll be taking photos on the night. Let an organiser know if you'd rather not appear in them.

AWS Barnsley Tech Meetup is an independent community group, not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Amazon Web Services. AWS is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

Cette soirée sera animée par Quentin Ledoux, Lead product & service designer, Psychologue social, et CEO de Donut Panic.

Goal
We'll work online in small groups of 2-3 to talk about what steps we can take in the short term. You'll walk away with several options of things you can implement tomorrow to protect yourself and be more prepared for worst-case AI scenarios.

Agenda
Opening remarks (5 minutes)
Round 1 Breakout Group prompts provided (3 minutes)
Round 1 Breakout Group (15 minutes)
Return to Main Group
Health Break (5 minutes)
Round 2 Breakout Group prompts provided (3 minutes)
Round 2 Breakout Group (15 minutes)
Return to Main Group
Group Presentations (15 minutes)
Reflection and Closing (5 minutes)
Total: 1 hour 10 minutes with 5 minute break

What this is not
This is not a discussion for discussion's sake kind of group. It's not the place to delve deep into AI theories or politics. While we'll spend time talking about potential scenarios, the goal is always to work towards real steps people can take.

🙌 Op 29 september organiseren we weer een WordPress Meetup Fryslân! We hebben een inspirerende spreker voor je uitgenodigd en natuurlijk is er weer ruimte voor hands-on hulp en gezellig netwerken.

🎤 Gastspreker: Rogier Lankhorst - Privacy en statistieken op je WordPress website
Cookiebanners zijn overal. Maar wist je dat ze vaak helemaal niet nodig zijn? Met de juiste aanpak kun je de cookie banner schrappen, en statistieken verzamelen zonder trackingcookies, zonder toestemming te hoeven vragen en zonder de privacy van je bezoekers te schenden.

Tijdens deze WordPress Meetup duiken we in de wereld van privacy‑vriendelijke analytics. Wat betekent "cookieless tracking" nou echt? Wanneer is self‑hosted analytics een betere keuze dan Google Analytics? En hoe bepaal je of jouw website überhaupt een cookiebanner nodig heeft?

Rogier Lankhorst, ontwikkelaar van Burst Statistics (200.000+ actieve installaties), neemt je mee langs praktische voorbeelden: van GDPR‑compliant statistieken verzamelen tot het optimaliseren van je website zonder inbreuk op privacy. Je leert hoe cookieless fingerprinting werkt, waarom self‑hosted oplossingen je volledige controle geven over je data, en hoe je inzichten haalt uit je statistieken.

🧩 Open vloer & live support
Loop je ergens tegenaan met je WordPress-site? Neem je laptop mee en krijg direct hulp van de community. Van plugin-problemen tot design-vragen: we helpen elkaar verder.

🗓 Programma
19.15 – Deur open
19.45 – Gastspreker
20.15 – Q&A
20.30 – Open vloer, live support
21.00 – Borrel & napraten

📍 Locatie
dFRSLND, Harlingertrekweg 55, Leeuwarden
Parkeren is gratis aan de straat (na 18:00).
OV: bushalte Leeuwarden, Roemer Visscherstraat of 15 minuten lopen vanaf het station.
Let op: de hoofdingang is 's avonds gesloten; gebruik de ingang aan de achterzijde.
De locatie is rolstoeltoegankelijk.
Ben jij er ook (weer) bij?

👉 Laat even weten dat je komt via de Meetup pagina. We kijken ernaar uit om je te zien en er samen een gezellige, leerzame avond van te maken!

Leeds Big Tech Debate is a high-energy, interactive session where the audience takes the stage!

Welcome to the Leeds Big Tech Debate****!**** Powered by people.

Hosted by T5 Digital, Barclays Eagle Labs and Avenue HQ – The conversation’s on us!

Tech is full of bold opinions, but how often do we really challenge them?

Leeds Big Tech Debate is a high-energy, interactive session where the audience takes the stage. Together we’ll tackle some of the industry’s most provocative statements, like “AI will replace software engineers” or “The cloud is just someone else’s computer.”

Here’s how it works:

Each table sends a representative to spin the Big Wheel of Topics, revealing a topical theme from one of eight areas including AI, Cloud, DevOps, Process, Data, Culture, Architecture, and Remote Work. Your table will then be randomly assigned a side - For or Against - and given time to prepare your case. Expect fiery (but friendly) debates, quick-fire polls, music, quizzes, pizza, and plenty of laughs.

Whether you're here to flex your debate skills or just soak up the tech chaos, this is one not to miss.

T5 Digital will bring the debtate, AHQ will provide the space, and Barclays Eagle Labs are bringing the food and the drinks.

Stick around after the event for networking at the bar.

Wie kann digitale Kommunikation sichtbar, souverän und verantwortungsvoll gestaltet werden?

Wie wird die eigene Webseite zur ersten Wahl für KI-Sprachmodelle? Wie entkommt man der stillen Abhängigkeit von Tech-Konzernen? Und wie meistern Herausgebende politischer Botschaften die neuen Transparenzpflichten durch TTPW-VO und PWTG? Erfahre, wie man Sprachmodelle mit eigenem Wissen erweitern kann, ohne die Kontrolle über die eigenen Daten zu verlieren. Diskutiere mit uns, wie digitale Souveränität im Alltag gelingt und welche Strategien es braucht, um in einer Welt mit KI relevant und handlungsfähig zu bleiben.

📅 Wann? Am Mittwoch, dem 1. Oktober 2026

⏰ Offizieller Beginn um 15:30 Uhr

📍 Wo? Im wegewerk in der Saarbrücker Straße 24 Haus A, 10405 Berlin

Das Programm:

1. Teil

• ****Optimierung für Antwortmaschinen.****Wie SEO, GEO und PR darüber entscheiden, welche Webseiten ChatGPT & Co. empfehlen.

• Achtung Abofalle.
  Die stille Abhängigkeit von Tech-Konzernen. Wie digitale Souveränität im Alltag gelingen kann.

2. Teil

• Neue Transparenz- und Dokumentationsanforderungen
  für politische Kommunikation.
  Wie die TTPW-VO und das PWTG Herausgebende politischer Botschaften vor neue Pflichten stellen.

• KI für Fortgeschrittene.
  Wie Organisationen Sprachmodelle mit eigenem Wissen erweitern und gleichzeitig die Kontrolle über ihre Daten behalten können.

ab 18:45 Uhr
Austausch bei Fingerfood und Getränken

Hands-on-Workshop an der TU Wien: KI-Tools testen, Prompts entwickeln, AI Act einordnen – für HR-Professionals. Teilnahme kostenlos.

HR rückt in die Rolle der Gestalter*innen datenbasierter Arbeitswelten – oft ohne klares KI-Rahmenwerk. Sie sollen Sparring Partner für das Business sein, schnelle Verbesserungen in Recruiting, HR Services und Personalentwicklung liefern, die richtigen Tools auswählen, Datenschutz und AI Act berücksichtigen und dabei IT, Legal und Business einbinden. Gleichzeitig bleibt unklar, welche Tools tragfähig sind, wo AI-Act-Anforderungen greifen und wie Governance aussehen kann. Und das alles parallel zum Tagesgeschäft.

In diesem halbtägigen Intensiv-Workshop kommen Sie von der Theorie ins Handeln: Sie testen relevante Tools, entwickeln sofort nutzbare Prompts und arbeiten an konkreten HR-Use-Cases. Ergänzt wird die Session durch einen wissenschaftlichen Impuls zu Change Management und KI-Transformation.

• Eine Übersicht aktuell relevanter KI-Tools für HR

• Eine Auswahl sofort nutzbarer Prompts für Recruiting, HR Services und Personalentwicklung

• Orientierung zu AI Act, Datenschutz und Governance im HR-Kontext

• Ideen für Ihren nächsten individuellen Use Case

• Best-Practice-Sharing mit führenden HR-Köpfen relevanter Unternehmen

09:00 Anreise

09:30 Gemeinsames Frühstück

10:00–15:00 Hands-on Training Session zu KI im HR-Alltag – inklusive Lunch Break, Keynote, interaktivem Austausch und Networking

Assistant Professor, TU Wien – Institut für Managementwissenschaften. Sie forscht und lehrt zu Leadership im Kontext von Veränderung, Teamperformance und digitaler Führung und leitet Executive-Education-Programme im Bereich Leadership. Ihr Impuls: das Triple Loop of Change Modell und die Frage, wie Change Management die KI-Transformation in Unternehmen fördert.

Global People Development & Learning. Sie verantwortet die globale Personalentwicklung eines international produzierenden Unternehmens mit Schwerpunkt auf agilem Lernen, strategischem Skill Management und der Integration zukunftsorientierter Technologien in HR-Lernprozesse. Sie ist Lektorin an diversen Institutionen zum Thema Corporate Learning und KI in HR.

Für HR-Führungskräfte und HR-Professionals, die KI im eigenen Arbeitsalltag routiniert integrieren wollen – und die dabei Wissenschaft und Praxis auf Augenhöhe zusammenbringen möchten.

• Bitte bringen Sie einen Laptop mit. Programmierkenntnisse sind nicht nötig.

• Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Reise- und Unterbringungskosten tragen die Teilnehmenden selbst.

• Die Plätze sind begrenzt: Wir prüfen alle Anmeldungen und bestätigen sie individuell.

• Im Vorfeld erheben wir Ihre bisherigen Erfahrungen und aktuellen Fragestellungen, damit die Session auf das Erfahrungsniveau und die konkreten Fragen der Gruppe zugeschnitten ist.

Veranstaltet von TU Wien Academy und BPM Österreich. Kontakt: corporate@tuwien.ac.at

What does responsible AI look like when the stakes are genuinely high?

For our next Brighton AI event, we’re joined by James Michael Maltby, Head of Global Engagement at Save the Children UK, for a look at how AI is being used across humanitarian response and what responsible adoption looks like in practice.

James’ team supports more than one million humanitarians working in crisis response through online training and resources. He’ll share how the humanitarian sector is approaching AI, where the opportunities and risks sit, and what organisations are doing to embed responsible AI into their work. 💡

We’ll then open things up for a wider discussion on how AI-focused companies can work effectively with charities, including what good partnerships look like and where technology businesses can genuinely add value. 🤝

What we’ll cover

• 🌍 How AI is being used within humanitarian response
• 🧠 What responsible AI looks like in high-stakes environments
• ⚖️ The challenges charities face when adopting new technology
• 🤝 How AI companies and charities can work together effectively
• 💬 Open discussion and Q&A

Who is it for?

This event is open to anyone interested in AI, including founders, technologists, business leaders, charity and public-sector professionals, and anyone curious about how AI can be used responsibly in the real world.

📅 Wednesday 7 October
🕕 6pm–8pm

Come along to learn, connect and join the conversation around what responsible AI looks like when technology meets real-world impact. ✨

Brighton AI | Learn. Connect. Build.

An SAP event where experts from business, academia and the diversity & inclusion community will explore AI bias, ethics and inclusion.

AI is transforming our world. But how do we make sure it works for everyone?

Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, make decisions, and interact with technology. But with this transformation comes responsibility: to ensure AI is not only powerful, but also fair, inclusive, and human-centered.

Join us for Responsible AI — Impact on People, Organizations & Society, where experts from business, academia, and the diversity & inclusion community will explore AI bias, ethics, inclusion, employee impact, and responsible AI — and, most importantly, what we can do to shape AI that includes rather than excludes.

🎯 Open to all SAP ENG members, LGBTQ+ colleagues and community members, allies, and invited external guests.

What to Expect

🔹 Inspiring Perspectives
Discover how AI can shape people, organizations, and society — and why responsible, inclusive AI matters.

🔹 AI, Bias & Inclusion
Mario Di Carlo explores how AI can reproduce stereotypes and what it takes to build technology that includes rather than excludes.

🔹 Expert Discussion
Hear perspectives from business, academia, and diversity & inclusion on AI ethics, bias, employee impact, governance, and trust.

🔹 Practical Takeaways
Move beyond the challenges and explore concrete actions organizations can take to mitigate bias and make AI more responsible and human-centered.

🔹 Meaningful Connections
Continue the conversation during Q&A and networking, exchange perspectives, and connect with others shaping the future of responsible AI.

✨ Let’s shape AI that works for everyone.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

SAP Austria | Business Women Network & PRIDE Community

Conferência com intuito de discutir como AI como afeta a vida profissional, em áreas como empregabilidade, saúde e a aprendizagem.

A BitCommit é uma mini-conferência, destinada a profissionais da área da informática, que tem o intuito de discutir IA na perspetiva de como nos afeta na vida profissional, em áreas como empregabilidade, saúde mental, aprendizagem e muitas outras. Neste evento, queremos desviar-nos da parte técnica e focar naquilo que consideramos mais importante: as pessoas! Por isso, a AlumniEI (Associação de Antigos Alunos de Engenharia Informática da FEUP) preparou este evento para criar um espaço para se discutir os desafios que enfrentamos nestas áreas e como podemos superá-los.

Francisco Martínez hablando de NIS 2, Sonia Fernández hablando de desinformación y Jorge Coronado con un caso real de peritaje informático.

Fecha y hora: October 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM (CEST)

Lugar: C. Fresa, 15

Este evento presencial contará con la participación de Francisco Martínez, quien hablará sobre la NIS 2. Sonia Fernández abordará el tema de la desinformación, mientras que Jorge Coronado presentará un caso real de peritaje informático.

Filmmaker and campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron in conversation with writer, broadcaster and comedian Sandi Toksvig about technology.

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” – Nelson Mandela

Childhood has been transformed in little more than a decade. Social media, smartphones and AI are reshaping how children learn, play, relate to one another and understand themselves. The online world we have today wasn’t inevitable. It was designed.

Join filmmaker, campaigner and digital rights pioneer Baroness Beeban Kidron and writer, broadcaster and comedian Sandi Toksvig for an urgent conversation about childhood, technology and democracy.

Drawing on her powerful new book, USERS: How Big Tech Took Control and How to Fight Back, Beeban argues that today’s digital world was not built with children in mind. It was built to capture attention, maximise engagement and generate profit. But if the internet we have today is the result of choices, different choices can build something better.

Together, Beeban and Sandi will explore how technology came to reshape childhood, why the internet has been allowed to play by different rules, and what it would take to build a digital world where children can truly flourish.

Join us at Conway Hall for an urgent conversation about the future of childhood in the digital age.

5x15. Where great stories are told live.

Praise for USERS:

'A thrilling story of how democracies can respond to the world’s most powerful industry, told by the woman who is leading the charge.' Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation

'Beeban has spent her life watching what Big Tech does to childhood. We fight the same battle. USERS is her reckoning and her roadmap: we must demand better – but only if we have the courage. Read it. Then join our fight!' Maria Ressa, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

‘This book will help us understand how high the stakes are and how we can fight back.’ Sir Elton John and David Furnish

Baroness Beeban Kidron is a global authority on digital regulation and accountability, and is a leading voice on children’s rights in the digital environment. She has played a determinative role in establishing standards for online safety and privacy across the world. Baroness Kidron sits as a crossbench peer in the UK’s House of Lords, and is founder and former Chair of the 5Rights Foundation. She serves on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy and is a former member of the UN Broadband Commission. She is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics, where she chairs the Digital Futures for Children research centre, and is an advisor to the University of Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI.

Sandi Toksvig was born in Denmark, brought up in Africa, then America and moved to the UK when she was fourteen. She has been on British stage, screen and radio for over forty years and was awarded an OBE for Services to Broadcasting. She is the mother of three children, married and lives deep in the woods.

Praktická odborná snídaně o byznysovém přínosu AI agentů, požadavcích EU AI Act a jejich bezpečném nasazení ve firmách.

AI agenti už nejsou pouze experimentální technologií. Dokážou samostatně pracovat s firemními daty a systémy, provádět vícekrokové úkoly, připravovat podklady pro rozhodování nebo automatizovat celé části procesů. S jejich rostoucí samostatností ale vznikají nové otázky týkající se odpovědnosti, kontroly, bezpečnosti a souladu s regulací.

EU AI Act zavádí pro používání AI systémů pravidla založená na jejich účelu, míře rizika a roli konkrétní organizace. Firma proto musí vědět nejen to, kde AI používá, ale také zda vystupuje jako její uživatel, nebo se například úpravou systému, změnou jeho účelu či používáním pod vlastní značkou může stát jeho poskytovatelem. Vedle AI Actu je zároveň potřeba zohlednit související požadavky vyplývající například z NIS2, Cyber Resilience Actu nebo DORA.

Samotný soulad s regulací ale nestačí. Úspěšné nasazení AI agenta vyžaduje realistický business case, jasně stanovenou odpovědnost, lidský dohled a kontrolu nad tím, k jakým datům a systémům má agent přístup. Firma musí řešit také dokumentaci rozhodnutí, smluvní vztahy s dodavateli, ochranu dat, řízení změn modelu a postup pro případ, že systém začne fungovat jinak, než se očekávalo.

Akce proto propojí právní a regulatorní pohled s praktickými otázkami provozu, bezpečnosti a skutečného ekonomického přínosu AI agentů. Účastníci získají konkrétní rámec, podle kterého mohou posoudit připravenost své organizace a bezpečně převést AI řešení z pilotního projektu do běžného firemního provozu.

Co vám účast na akci přinese?

• Získáte přehled o tom, jak se na firemní používání AI vztahuje EU AI Act a související regulace, například NIS2, Cyber Resilience Act nebo DORA.
• Pochopíte rozdíl mezi rolí uživatele neboli deployera a poskytovatele AI systému a zjistíte, ve kterých situacích se může role a odpovědnost firmy změnit.
• Naučíte se rozpoznat, kde mohou AI agenti přinést skutečnou hodnotu a kde naopak náklady, rizika a nutná kontrolní opatření převáží nad očekávaným přínosem.
• Seznámíte se s rizikovými oblastmi, jako jsou HR, nábor, hodnocení klientů, cenotvorba nebo rozhodnutí s přímým dopadem na konkrétní osoby.
• Získáte přehled o technických, regulatorních, organizačních, smluvních a provozních opatřeních potřebných pro bezpečné nasazení AI.
• Dozvíte se, jak nastavit lidský dohled, odpovědnost managementu, evidenci rozhodnutí, přístupová oprávnění a kontrolu nad změnami systému.
• Ujasníte si, co by firma měla udělat během prvních 60 minut incidentu souvisejícího s provozem AI agenta.
• Odnesete si konkrétní otázky a doporučené kroky, podle kterých můžete vyhodnotit připravenost vlastní organizace.

Komu je akce určena?

Akce je určena členům vedení společností, zejména CEO, COO, CRO, CIO a CISO, dále AI officerům, právním a compliance týmům, specialistům na kybernetickou bezpečnost a řízení rizik, interním auditorům a vedoucím pracovníkům odpovědným za konkrétní AI use cases.

Relevantní je také pro firmy, které již AI řešení testují nebo používají a chtějí je převést do běžného provozu, stejně jako pro organizace, které teprve nastavují pravidla, odpovědnosti a interní governance pro bezpečné využívání AI.

Obsah je vhodný pro společnosti z oblasti výroby, energetiky, retailu a e-commerce, dopravy a logistiky, telekomunikací, zdravotnictví, finančních služeb i veřejného sektoru.

A new centrepiece of the week will be a flagship conference and expo designed to bring a national focus to the city.

On 15 October, technology leaders, founders, innovators and policymakers from across the UK will gather at Unity Place, Milton Keynes, for a day of conversation, debate and connection.

Hosted by BBC Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman, the MK Tech Week Flagship Conference confronts one of the defining questions facing business and government: who owns, controls and benefits from the technology being built today?

From sovereign AI and data resilience to deep tech, advanced manufacturing, robotics and autonomous vehicles, the conference will examine the technologies reshaping the UK economy—and the opportunities for organisations ready to act.

Taking place at the heart of the Oxford–Cambridge Growth Corridor, this is where national ambition meets the people building, funding and governing the future.

Expect expert insight, challenging perspectives and valuable connections with leaders from technology, industry, research and government.

Your ticket includes access to the full conference programme, lunch and refreshments, followed by drinks and networking from 17:30.

As AI becomes infrastructure, the question of data sovereignty, technology resilience, and who holds the keys to critical systems has moved from the edges of policy debate to the centre of board agendas. Organisations across every sector, from financial services to manufacturing, are asking the same question: where does our data go, and can we trust the systems we depend on?

The conference will explore what sovereign technology means in practice, why it matters for UK competitiveness, and what opportunities it creates for businesses willing to act.

Sessions will span sovereign AI and data, advanced manufacturing and deep tech, the role of the Oxford–Cambridge Growth Corridor in building resilient technology capability, and the entrepreneurship ecosystem growing within it.

• Sovereign AI
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Connected Autonomous Vehicles & Robotics
• Oxford–Cambridge Growth Corridor & Supercluster
• More to be announced very soon...

• Our host: Zoe Kleinman – Tech Editor at The BBC
• Simon Fabri – CEO at HMGCC
• Dr Laura Bishop – AI and Cyber Security Digital Sector Lead, BSI
• Chris Allsopp – Co-founder of N:SYM and Origami Labs
• Connected Places Catapult
• Dame Dawn Childs – CEO at nLighten
• Ian Pulford – CEO at Smart City Consultancy
• Matt Allen – Executive Director at Oxford-Cambridge Supercluster
• More to be announced very soon...

Lunch and refreshments are included in your conference ticket.

17:30–19:00
Join us at Unity Place after the conference for drinks and informal networking. Continue the day’s conversations and connect with speakers and fellow attendees.

Designed to help business leaders, innovators, start-ups and public sector organisations navigate a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

This October, Ireland’s Centre for Applied AI, CeADAR, is delighted to host Trust in the Loop: Responsible AI Basecamp, which is recognised as an Associated Event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.

Trust in the Loop: Responsible AI Basecamp is designed to help business leaders, innovators, start-ups and public sector organisations navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Moving beyond AI hype, this basecamp explores how businesses and public sector organisations can adopt AI in a trustworthy fashion.

The day will offer practical guidance to equip your business or organisation with the knowledge on how to use responsible AI to deliver competitive advantage and how to access funding and supports. Panelists and speakers will include a mix of experts from government, agencies, innovation hubs, enterprises, public sector organisations and AI practitioners from Ireland and Europe, ensuring a complete perspective on Responsible AI.

Attendees are invited to lunch and network with our panellists, experts and industry members and discover more.

• Ireland's National AI Strategy: A high-level look at how Ireland's National AI Strategy is balancing rapid innovation with Responsible AI tools and frameworks and how CeADAR is supporting the adoption of Responsible AI.
• EU AI Act & Responsible AI Toolkits: A deep dive into the tools, frameworks, standards and support systems available to help your business to adopt AI with confidence.
• Industry Case Studies: High-impact panels featuring practical adoption stories from SMEs, Tech Companies, Start-ups and more.
• MANOLO Project Research: EU research and applications from the CeADAR Trustworthy AI collaborator.
• Networking Lunch: A networking lunch, with key stakeholders in Ireland’s AI ecosystem.

This event is funded by Enterprise Ireland, IDA, and the European Commission.

Depuis la mise à disposition au grand public de la première version de ChatGPT en Novembre 2022, un malaise de plus en plus important m'habite par rapport à la proposition d'OpenAI, rapidement suivie par un grand nombre d'acteurs.

Depuis, l'emballement n'a fait qu'accélérer, l'IA générative s'est répandue et désormais tout (ou presque) s'est enrichi d'IA. Même ma machine à laver affichait en grand "powered by IA" sur sa fiche technique (oui, ça va loin le marketing).

Et pourtant, est-ce bien nécessaire ? L'IA générative ne va-t-elle réellement faire qu'améliorer nos vies, sans aucune conséquence négative quelle qu'elle soit ?

Pour creuser ces questions, je vous propose un quizz façon "Une famille en Or", où nous détaillerons les principales raisons de détester l'intelligence artificielle générative, et comment faire pour sortir de la résignation et contrer les discours du type "on ne peut rien faire contre ça".

Get ready to connect, learn, and shape the future of digital security with the VOX-Pol Next Gen crew at this interdisciplinary conference!

We are pleased to announce the 2nd annual VOX-Pol Next Generation Network Conference, a community of early-career researchers (ECRs) working on issues related to violent online extremism in its many forms. The conference will be held December 1st-2nd, 2026 at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

This interdisciplinary event provides a unique opportunity for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and other ECRs to share their work, receive constructive feedback, and network with peers and established scholars in the field. We welcome contributions from a broad range of disciplines related to violent online extremism, including (but not limited to): media and communication studies, political science, law, psychology, sociology, criminology, international relations, computer science, and digital humanities.

Conference Theme
The conference will explore broadly-defined contemporary challenges in online extremism research, including the evolution of extremist narratives, platform governance, algorithmic amplification, cross-platform strategies, and any other key socio-technical dynamics.

As part of the wider VOX-Pol research network, the conference will also feature the participation of senior scholars in the field, who will provide commentary and constructive feedback on ECR presentations, helping to foster dialogue across career stages and disciplines.