CMI Town Hall
Event details
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Wednesday 23 September 2026 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Description
Please join us for the next Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) Town Hall on Wednesday 23rd September 2026 at Inox. This event is in-person only and open to anyone with an interest in AI and data - you don't need to be actively using AI in your work to attend!
This event offers a fantastic opportunity to network, hear the latest from the CMI, and explore a key theme shaping the future of AI: Discovery.
Discovery sits at the very core of modern machine intelligence. Today, AI tools are drastically speeding up how we solve complex problems and uncover new scientific breakthroughs. However, this rapid pace of AI-driven discovery also reshapes our society, inviting necessary reflection on its broader impact.
Give a Talk or Pitch
If you're interested in giving a talk about discovery or another topic, let us know on the registration form. We'll do our best to include as many as we can! This can be a short 1-minute pitch or a longer presentation.
Have a problem, solution, or research you want to share with the community? We also invite you to give a short, 1-minute community pitch. These are open to everyone, regardless of your current use of AI.
Event Details:
Date & time: Wednesday 23rd September, 12:00-16:00 (lunch from 12:00)
Location: Inox, Level 5, Students' Union Building Durham Road, Sheffield S10 2TG
Focus: Discovery
Outline agenda:
12:00-12:45 - Registration, lunch and networking
12:45-12:55 - Introduction and update from CMI Director, Prof. James Marshall
12:55-13:25 - External Speaker:
- Dr. Kate Simpson (University of Glasgow) - Impact discovery with end-users: Lessons from the Participatory Harm Auditing Workbenches and Methodologies (PHAWM) project
13:25-14:25 - Speakers:
- Prof. Nicholas Warren (Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering) - Self-driving laboratories for Polymer Synthesis
- Dr. Xiang Ren (Architecture and Landscape) - Decoding Dong
- Rachael Black (Research, Partnerships and Innovation) - Impact and REF
14:25-14:55 - Tea/coffee break
14:55-15:25 - External Speaker:
- Youssef Nader (Encode Fellow) - Talk Title TBC
15:25-16:00 - Community pitches
16:00 - Closing remarks
Registration
To attend and/or give a pitch, please complete this form by Tuesday 8th September. Places are limited and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Note: The CMI Town Hall is a bi-annual event with themes that vary each time. If you can't make this one, keep an eye out for details on our next meeting in March 2027!
We look forward to seeing you there!
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