Launching The AI Standards Hub

The new home of the AI standards community

Header image: Nacho Kamenov & Humans in the Loop / Better Images of AI / Data annotators discussing the correct labeling of a dataset / CC-BY 4.0

Learn more Register now Add to Calendar 10/12/2022 11:00 AM 10/12/2022 03:45 PM Europe/London Launching The AI Standards Hub Header image: Nacho Kamenov & Humans in the Loop / Better Images of AI / Data annotators discussing the correct labeling of a dataset / CC-BY 4.0 Location of the event
Wednesday 12 Oct 2022
Time: 11:00 - 15:45

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Free

Introduction

UPDATE: The AI Standards Hub website is live and can be accessed here: www.aistandardshub.org.

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The Alan Turing Institute is pleased to host the official launch of the AI Standards Hub – the UK’s new initiative dedicated to knowledge sharing, community building, strategic research, and international engagement around standardisation for AI technologies.

The initiative is led by the Alan Turing Institute in partnership with the British Standards Institution (BSI), the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and supported by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Office for AI. 

We invite you to participate in the event online.

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About the event

The event will take place on Wednesday 12 October, 11:00 - 15:45 and will be a hybrid event, with open online participation with Q&A. 

The sessions will feature presentations and interactive discussions with senior government representatives, the Hub’s partner organisations, and key stakeholders.

Agenda

Session 1: Official launch of the Hub

11:00 - 11:05 Welcome
11:05 - 11:10

Opening remarks

Professor Helen Margetts, Director of the Public Policy Programme, The Alan Turing Institute
11:10 - 11:20

Ministerial remarks, DCMS

Damian Collins, MP, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

11:20 - 11:50

The AI Standards Hub: motivation, objectives and strategy

  • Florian Ostmann, The Alan Turing Institute
  • Tim McGarr, British Standards Institution
  • Sundeep Bhandari, National Physical Laboratory
11:50 - 12:00 Short break
12:00 - 12:10

Introduction to the Hub's interactive online platform 

12:10 - 13:00

Panel 1: Stakeholder perspectives on AI standardisation

  • Susannah Odell, Conference of British Industry 
  • Cecilia Nunn, Digital Catapult
  • Karen Croxson, Financial Conduct Authority
  • Anna Thomas, Institute for the Future of Work

Session 2: Thematic kick-off: Standards for trustworthy AI

14:00 - 14:20

Governing AI effectively and the role of technical standards: a pro-innovation approach

  • Nikita Bhangu and Rebecca Anselmetti, DCMS Digital Standards
  • Office for AI
14:20 - 14:40

Introduction to the Hub's work programme on trustworthy AI

  • Florian Ostmann, The Alan Turing Institute
  • Tim McGarr, British Standards Institution
  • Stuart Kitney, National Physical Laboratory
14:40 - 14:50 Q&A
14:50 - 15:40

Panel 2: Developing standards for trustworthy AI - priorities, challenges and opportunities

  • Sue Daley, techUK
  • Johan Ordish, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  • Sam Cannicott, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
15:40 - 15:45

Round-up

Florian Ostmann

15:45

Livestream ends

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Speakers

Karen Croxson

Deputy Chief Economist / Head of Social Data Science, Financial Conduct Authority

Sam Cannicott

Deputy Director of Projects, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

Johan Ordish

Head of Software and AI, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

Sundeep Bhandari

Strategy Manager (Digital Sector & Technologies), National Physical Laboratory

Nikita Bhangu

Head of Digital Standards Policy, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gordon Wai

Director of Computation, Competition and Markets Authority

Organisers

Funders

Further info

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