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techUK is proud to be supporting the upcoming Cogx Festival of all things AI event.

On 11 – 12 June techUK is proud to be supporting the upcoming Cogx Festival of All things AIevent happening taking place at the Tobacco Dock during London Tech Week. CogX 2018 brings together 4,000 attendees and 300 speakers across 5 main stages, more than doubling the size of the acclaimed inaugural 2017 event. On 11 June from 12.00 – 13.00, techUK’s Deputy CEO Antony Walker will be chairing a techUK panel of leading experts discussing the issue of ethics beyond just the introduction of GDPR and how businesses can think and act beyond legal compliance.

The current global digital ethics debate comes at a time when businesses are focused on complying with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Compared to hard regulation, ethics can sound academic and ethereal, disconnected from the practical realities of running and growing a business. But this isn't the case. Ethics is about decision-making. Something that businesses do day-in day-out. Thinking about the ethical implications of innovation in new technology can sound difficult and daunting - a mire to get bogged down in. But when it comes to AI, sound ethical decisions are also likely to be sound business decisions. So how can businesses build ethics into the way they work and think? What kind of tools can help in guiding ethical decision making and what capabilities and capacities do companies need to build across their organisations to identify, consider and address ethical concerns? And does GDPR compliance help or hinder businesses that want to do the right thing?

A panel of leading speakers will discuss how ethics can be mainstreamed into businesses focused on pioneering new technologies; the link between regulatory compliance and wider ethical considerations; the role of emerging ethical frameworks being developed by organisations around the world and the potential for simple tools and processes that can help keep businesses on the right track. The panel will also identify examples of best practice and lessons that can be learnt from companies that have already taken an ethical approach to decision making.

Speakers will include:

• Dame Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Nuffield Foundation Advisory Group on Data Ethics
• Hetan Shah, Executive Director, Royal Statistical Society
• Rachel Coldicutt, CEO, Doteveryone
• Francesca Rossi,  AI Ethics Global Leader, Distinguished Research Staff Member, IBM

techUK has secured a 10% discount for techUK members wanting to attend the Cogx event. To book your tickets head to the Cogx website and use the following code, which expires on the 31st May:

Code: CogX18TechUK

For further information on the techUK panel and the Cogx event itself please contact sue.daley@techuk.org.