The top minds in artificial intelligence from around the world
will be gathering for AI Fest 5, hosted by the
Defence AI Centre (DAIC) and the Defence Science and
Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
More than 1,000 delegates are due to attend to hear from renowned
experts such as Microsoft UK
National Technology Officer Glen Robinson and US Department of
Defense (DoD) Chief
Data and AI Officer
Dr Craig Martell.
The stellar line-up also includes Managing Director of Scale.ai
and former US Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios who
worked at the White House as top technology adviser to the
President.
Another speaker will be Air Vice–Marshal David Arthurton,
Director of Strategy and Defence Digitisation in Defence Digital
at the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
The two-day event, running from 4 to 5 April 2023, can be
attended virtually or in person at the University of Exeter.
This year’s theme is human centric AI. This is putting the person
at the heart of how AI systems are designed.
DAIC Head of Research and
Experimentation and Dstl’s
Technical Strategy Leader for AI and Data Science Professor
Steven Meers said:
AI Fest is a
fantastic opportunity to bring the defence and security community
and the AI sector
together in order to explore how we can safely adopt AI in a way that saves lives and
strengthens our security.
The focus of AI Fest
5 is on human-centric AI and will explore how we can
design human machine teams that amplify and enhance, rather than
degrade or diminish human capability.
It builds on previous AI Fest topics which covered
ethics, operationalising, data-driven AI, and trustworthiness.
The past two AI
Fests have been online only events and we are excited that
AI Fest 5 will be
our first hybrid event, bringing together the best of
face-to-face and online collaboration.
We look forward to welcoming you to AI Fest where you will be able
to learn from world-leading experts and participate in one of the
most important topics for our generation: responsibly adopting
AI for defence and
security.
AI Fest will include
an industry exhibition, expert presentations, workshops and panel
discussions.
The event is free and open to relevant parts of government,
industry, academia and representatives from Five Eyes partners,
NATO and
other allied nations.
Register to
attend AI Fest 5
