The AI Network

Davos – January 25th – 29th 

AI Roundtable, Tuesday 22nd February, 2:30pm-3:30pm

AI Roundtable, 29th March, 2:30pm-3:30pm

AI Roundtable, 26th April, 2:30-3:30pm

AI Index release: May 31st Roundtable 

June 9, 2022: The Responsible AI Forum at Waddesdon

Tortoise open newsroom thinkin

Tuesday 6th July, 6.30 – 7.30pm BST

Thirty-seven percent of UK companies have reported a data breach incident to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the past 12 months, and 41% percent of UK consumers claim they will never buy from a business again after a security breach. It is not surprising, then, that improving cyber-security does not just mitigate risk, but adds shareholder value. It is the responsibility of the CEO to embed a security-first culture across their organisation – but are companies able to move quickly and invest enough to stay one step ahead of the cyber-criminals? Has cyber-security been nudged down the boardroom priority list in favour of, say, diversity & inclusion and climate change? Do shareholders have sufficient visibility on the level of risk, and the adequacy of companies’ protection? Is customers’ data less safe than it was, say, 5 years ago?

Speakers: Ciaran Martin, Founding CEO, National Cyber Security Centre and Professor, University of Oxford; Dave Palmer, Chief Product Officer, Darktrace; Martina King, CEO, Featurespace

Moderator: James Harding, co-founder, Tortoise Media

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The Annual Responsible AI Forum at Waddesdon, co-hosted with Lord Rothschild

Thursday 10 June

The Responsible AI Forum at Waddesdon will convene the world’s best-known chief executives and investment managers, politicians along with academics, technicians and ethicists to set out an agenda for the development, deployment and communication of AI as a responsible technology for society and government.

Speakers include: Jacomo Corbo, Chief Scientist at QuantumBlack; Liz Grennan, Global Managing Counsel, McKinsey; Siraj Khaliq, Head of AI at Atomico; Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at University of California; Azeem Azhar, award-winning product entrepreneur and the curator of Exponential View; Sana Khareghani, Head of UK Government’s Office for AI; and many more.

Full day of sessions followed by a drinks reception and private dinner at Waddesdon Manor

For further information on this event please email Alexandra directly on: alexandra.mousavizadeh@tortoisemedia.com

AI NETWORK ROUNDTABLE

Who owns the Competitive Advantage in AI and why?

Thursday 13 July, 14.30-16.00 BST

The increasingly sophisticated nature of AI ushers in an era of dramatic change for most industries. As Ash Fontana, MD of Zetta Venture Partners suggests, investors, companies and consumers lack a common vocabulary with which they can properly identify the specific advantages offered by AI implementation. This AI Network roundtable will lay out how to compete and win with AI.

Speaker: Ash Fontana, author of “The AI-First Company” & Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners

Moderator: Alexi Mostrous, Partner, Tortoise Media and Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Director, Tortoise Intelligence

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Cybersecurity: The Next Global Arms Race?

Tuesday 27 April, 14.30-16.00 BST

Covid-19 has increased online activity, leading to more sensitive data being stored than ever before. At the same time, artificial intelligence and machine learning are accelerating the development of new and sophisticated cyber attack tools. With this increasing risk, how can nations, organisations and individuals stay ahead of cyber criminals in what might be the next global arms race?

• Nicole Perlroth, Cybersecurtiy reporter for the New York Times, and author of This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends
• Rashmy Chatterjee, CEO, Istari

Moderated by James Harding, Co-founder and Editor, Tortoise

Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation with Robert Wigley

Thursday 22 April, 14.30-15.30 BST

Our attention has been hijacked by the tsunami of devices, games and social media which now dominate our lives. This new technology brings efficiency, cost-savings and instantaneous information. But when our attention is the currency being traded by big tech firms, what price are we willing to pay for convenience?

• Robert Wigley, Chairman of UK Finance and sits on the UK’s Economic Crime Strategic Board
• Alexi Mostrous, Editor and Partner, Tortoise

Impatient for the patient: how can AI accelerate healthcare?

Tuesday 23 March, 14.30-16.00 GMT (Virtual)

• Indra Joshi, head of AI, NHSX
• Chris Wigley, CEO Genomics England
• Alex Turkeltaub, Founder and Managing Partner at JSL Health Capital
• Piraye Beim, founder and CEO of Celmatix
• Matteo Berlucchi, CEO and Co-founder of Healthily 

The pandemic has seen a rapid acceleration in the development of some health technologies. Processes that might have taken ten years, have been accelerated to take ten months.  A key part of the continued acceleration of health technology is artificial intelligence, informatics and computing. Using techniques like these promise increased return rates on research, better management of data, diagnostics and many more benefits. So how can AI make us faster, more rigorous, efficient and effective when it comes to being impatient for the patient?  

Chaired by Alexi Mostrous and Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Tortoise

Is there a blueprint for leadership in artificial intelligence?

Tuesday 23 February, 14.30-16.00 GMT (Virtual)

– Jarmo Sareva, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ambassador for Innovation

– Ami Appelbaum, Chairman of the Board, Israel Innovation Authority & Chief Scientist, Ministry of Economy and Industry

– Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of State and Digital Governance, Greece

When it comes to artificial intelligence, a handful of smaller nations around the world are leading the way in a number of areas, from innovation to adoption. The Tortoise AI Network asks how, why and if the UK needs to learn from their example?

Chaired by Alexi Mostrous and Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Tortoise

Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism

Tuesday 26 January, 14.30-16.00 GMT (Virtual)

– Mariana Mazzucato, Professor at University College London and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

– James Harding, co-founder and editor, Tortoise

The pandemic has intensified a host of issues to which capitalism has no answers. Disease, inequality, climate collapse – all of which demand urgent and coordinated attention. Mariana Mazzucato proposes a renewal of ‘public purpose’ and a rethinking of the role of government within our spluttering economies. What applied role do moonshots in artificial intelligence and other technologies have to play, in the new ‘mission economy’?

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Preview of the Global AI Index 2020 edition

24 November, 14:15–15:30 GMT

Released on 3rd December. This session will spotlight the UK and Israel.

Presented by:

– Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Director of Tortoise Intelligence and Partners

– Alexi Mostrous, Editor and Partner, Tortoise

With:

– Lord Jim O’Neill, economist and former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management; chair of the RSA 2020 Public Services City Growth Commission

China & AI: What Does China Want?

27 October, 14:30–16:00 BST

The race between the US and China on AI has been a talking-point for years, but its actual strength is rarely calculated with much accuracy. As nations are grappling with looming largest recession in many decades is China able to maintain its focus on AI leadership

• Rana Mitter, Professor of History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford
• Azeem Azhar, award-winning product entrepreneur and the curator of Exponential View
• Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Director of Tortoise Intelligence and Partners
• Alexi Mostrous, Editor and Partner, Tortoise

Do national strategies for artificial intelligence really work

29 September, 14:15–15:30 BST

In the past five years, the nations of the world have produced dozens of strategy documents concerned with developing, governing and benefitting from AI. What have these high-level strategies shown us about the relationship between AI and government? And do they appear to be working?

• Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer under President Obama
• Stuart Russell, Professor Computer Science at the University of of California
• Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein, former United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights

The TORTOISE CYBER SUMMIT

The Tortoise Cyber Summit

Thursday 30th September, 14.00 – 18.00 BST (Hybrid)

What would have seemed like the plot of an action thriller 20 years ago has become a commonplace reality. Cyber attacks now routinely shut down hospitals, oil pipelines and power grids and cause damage to both state and private institutions. As almost every aspect of life becomes digitized, we are more at risk than ever. From phishing calls and emails, advanced viruses and malware, to the organised shut-down of essential national infrastructure; how can nations, businesses and individuals protect themselves? What does the future of cybersecurity look like? Can we stay ahead of cybercrime in this digital age?

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AI Network Roundtable

AI Regulation: who is on the hook?

Tuesday 26th October, 14.30-16.00 BST

As AI systems grow increasingly complex and sophisticated, the implications of their implementation become harder to predict and understand. How can we ensure that regulators are making decisions that encourage the healthy growth of AI companies, while at the same time, protecting against dangerous outcomes?

Moderator: James Harding, co-founder, Tortoise Media

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AI SUMMIT

The Global AI Summit and annual dinner

Thursday 2nd December, 9.00 – 17.00 GMT

The Global AI Index annual dinner: 7.30pm at the Conduit 

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Ai Network Roundtable

Exploring the UK’s AI National Strategy

Tuesday, October 5th, 14.30-16.00 BST

Blurb: The long-awaited release of the UK AI National Strategy is finally here. What does the strategy prioritize and how will it improve the UK’s AI ecosystem? How will it encourage responsible and sustainable AI development? What still needs to be addressed?

Speakers:

Tabitha Goldstaub, Co-founder of CognitionX and Chair of UK AI Council

Moderator: Alexi Mostrous, Partner, Tortoise & Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Partner, Tortoise

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AI NETWORK ROUNDTABLE

Investing in AI: what are investors looking for?

Tuesday 23rd November, 14.30-16.00 GMT

AI will bring advances in almost every sector of life, such that AI dominance has become a defining objective of the worlds’ biggest powers. But private companies are driving innovations that define interactions between nations from trade to military. How is AI redefining power between states and between the state and the private sector? And what is the end point of the international AI race?

Speakers TBC

Moderator: Alexi Mostrous, Partner, Tortoise

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