Upcoming Events
The Turing Way Practitioners Hub hosts online and in-person workshops and events for the Experts in Residence and the broader Turing and The Turing Way Community. You are welcome to join us at any public event listed below.
| Event name | Dates | Mode: Online or In-person/Hybrid (duration) | Audience |
| 2024 Cohort Kick-Off Event | 5 September 2024 | Online (1 hour) | 2024 Cohort - EiRs |
| Stakeholder Management in AI - 1 | 12 September 2024 | Online (1.5 hours) | 2024 Cohort - EiRs |
| 2024 Cohort - Official Launch | 24 September 2024 | Hybrid - The Alan Turing Institute in London (2.5 hours) | 2024 Cohort - EiRs |
| Stakeholder Management in AI - 2 | 24 September 2024 | Hybrid - The Alan Turing Institute in London (2.5 hours) | 2024 Cohort - EiRs |
| AI Readiness Assessment | 10 October 2024 | Online (2 hours) | 2024 Cohort - EiRs |
| Responsible Decision-Making Business - 1 | 17 October 2024 | Online (2.5 hours) | 2024 Cohort - EiRs |
| AI Insight Chat: Is Open Source the Future of AI? | 24 October | Online (1.5 hours) | Register to attend |
| Responsible Decision-Making Business - 2 | 31 October | Online (2.5 hours) | 2024 Cohort - EiRs |
| Open Source, Ethics and Innovation in AI | 25-26 November 2024 | Hybrid - BMA House London (2 days) | Registration will open soon (limited seats) |
| Next steps in AI: Long-Term Strategy and Real World Deployment (2 part workshop for business and technical development teams) | Dates TBA (January 2025) | Online | 2024 Cohort - EiRs |
| 2024 Cohort Showcase Event | Dates TBA (February 2025) | Hybrid - London | Registration will open soon |
Informal and sector-specific networking events
Throughout the programme, the project team will host several informal sessions - information for which will be sent to the cohort members directly.
Previous Events
| Event name | Dates | Mode: Online or In-person/Hybrid (duration) | Audience | Summary |
| Stakeholder-mapping-and-engagement | 19 July 2023 | Online | 2024 Cohort - EiRs | Stakeholder mapping from a community management perspective |
| Practitioners Hub Workshop: Adopting Data Science Best Practices: Exploring Cross-Sector Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities | 27 July 2023 | Hybrid (full-day event) | A keynote panel featured five speakers: Neil Chue Hong, Director of Software Sustainability Institute; Lauren Wool, Data Scientist, City Data | City Intelligence Unit, Greater London Authority; Simon Reeve, Director of Innovation, The Alan Turing Institute and Lloyd Register Foundation and Kirstie Whitaker, Director of Tools, Practices and Systems (TPS), The Alan Turing Institute. This panel was facilitated by Jennifer Ding, TPS Senior Researcher - Research Applications. | |
| User-journey Mapping (UX/UI) | 7-11 August 2023 | Online (3 hours) | Delivered by Fruto Design | |
| Applying pedagogy skills to our work | 6 September 2023 | Online | In partnership with Skills Team | |
| Skills gap analysis workshop | 20 September | Online | Informal discussion | |
| Systems thinking - 1&2 | 23 October 2023 | Hybrid (Full day hours) | In partnership with Digital Catapult | |
| Open Source Roadmapping | November 2023 | Hybrid (3 hours) | Delivered by Superbloom | |
Fireside Chat: Adopting Open Source in Data Science & AI Across Sectors: Launch of 2023 Case Study | 11 December 2023 | Online (1.5 hours) | This panel featured highlights from Experts in Residence (EiRs) Lucy Stephenson (British Antarctic Survey), Rowan Hemsi (Office of National Statistics), Stephen Haben (Energy Systems Catapult), Wenjia Tang (DigiHaul) and Maxine Mackintosh from Genomics England. This call was facilitated by Malvika Sharan (The Turing Way Co-Lead) and Raphael Sonabend, a previous EiR. | |
| Showcase Event: Co-adoption of AI and Open Practices for Innovation | 6 March 2024 | Hybrid (Full Day) | On 06 Mar 2024, The Turing Way Practitioners Hub hosted a special showcase featuring case studies, expert panels and attendee-led discussions on the co-adoption of open source and AI. The call for Expression of Interest to join the second cohort of the Practitioners Hub was also launched. |
Resources & Recordings
All resources for reuse and case studies for public access are shared under the CC-BY 4.0 License on the Practitioners Hub community page of Zenodo.
Video recordings from public events are available on our YouTube channel.