Our Generation AI: The Future of Technology & Young People Symposium brought together world-class scholars, policymakers, funders, and entrepreneurs to find solutions to a series of challenges and to help ensure that AI contributes to a flourishing future for young people. At this event we:
Showcased 'Big Ideas' for practical action from leading academics and policymakers
Highlighted exciting start-up companies working at the intersection of AI and young people
Launched a new Technology & Ethics Design Programme
Heard from experts about innovative financing pathways
Speakers included: Baroness Kidron OBE, Sir Anthony Seldon, Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Professor Lord Tarassenko, Dr Andrew Serazin, and Dr Amy Orben. We also heard from a group of young people, who participated in discussions and shared their experiences and perspectives on AI. See here for a full list of speakers.
Agenda
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Welcome address from Professor Lord Tarassenko (Reuben College President) and Dr Andrew Serazin (Global Challenges Programme Director)
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Secondary school students from the Global Social Leaders Programme will share insights from their experiences using AI.
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Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is the Leader of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group at the University of Cambridge. Her group's research focuses on the development of social cognition and decision making in the human adolescent brain, and adolescent mental health.
In this keynote address, Professor Blakemore will explore adolescent development, neuroscience, and the role of technology.
Read more about Professor Blakemore.
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Sir Anthony Seldon is a contemporary Historian and pioneer educator. He is the former VC of Buckingham University and Head of Wellington College.
In his keynote address, Sir Anthony will explore what young people can achieve through AI, with a particular focus on educational institutions.
Read more about Sir Anthony.
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Baroness Beeban Kidron is a leading voice on children’s rights in the digital environment and a global authority on digital regulation and accountability. Baroness Kidron sits as a crossbench peer in the UK’s House of Lords. She is an advisor to the Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford, a Commissioner on the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, an expert advisor for the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, and Founder and Chair of 5Rights Foundation. She is a Visiting Professor of Practice at the LSE, and a Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.
In her keynote address, Baroness Kidron will draw upon her work with the 5Rights Foundation and the House of Lords, sharing insights on emerging legislative efforts to ensure digital rights for children.
Read more about Baroness Kidron.
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Keynote speakers and young people will reflect on the morning's presentations.
Moderator: Dr Andrew Serazin
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Research Challenges Proof-of-Concept: Dr Amy Orben (UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and Fellow of St. John’s College, University of Cambridge)
Public Sector AI Innovation in India: Krishna Raju Jampana (EkStep Foundation)
How to Align User and Platform Interests: Professor Andrew Przybylski (Professor of Human Behaviour and Technology, University of Oxford)
Ethical Design Prize Programme: Dr Jun Zhao (Senior Researcher, Department of Computer Science,University of Oxford) & Zelda Yanovich (Co-Founder, Fam Studio)
See here for more about our speakers.
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Hear from companies designing AI-based products for children and the people who care from them. Exhibitors include:
See here for more about our participating innovators.
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This session will provide insights into innovative financing pathways for driving forward new innovations in AI and AI research that serves young people. The session will begin with a presentation of Nesta's new report on Innovation Sweet Spots: Digital Technologies for the Early Years.
Panellists:
Moderator: Dr Andrew Serazin (Global Challenges Programme Director)
Karlis Kanders, (Head of Data Science for Discovery and Innovation, Nesta)
Esme Verity (Founder & CEO, Considered Capital)
Siddhartha Jha (AI & Digital Innovation Lead, Botnar Foundation)
See here for more about our speakers.
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