Keynote and panel discussion on 'Artificial Intelligence and Governance'.

To mark the 20th Anniversary of its hugely successful MSc in Public Policy Programme, the University of Bristol’s School for Policy Studies is hosting a keynote lecture and panel discussion to reflect on some of the most pressing public policy dilemmas of the past and present.

The keynote on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Governance’ will be delivered by renowned public policy and technology expert Professor Helen Margetts. Successive waves of digital technology have been heralded to bring a new era of public policy making, public services and models of governance. Hopes for the latest generation of data intensive digital technology such as AI have been particularly intense. This lecture explores how the potential of AI might be maximised, while protecting public safety and meeting the challenges these technologies pose to governance and regulation. It draws on the speaker’s extensive work on Digital Era Governance over 25 years, as well as her practical policy experience setting up and directing the Alan Turing Institute’s Public Policy Programme.

This will be followed by a panel discussion featuring long-standing academics from the MPP (Prof Alex Marsh and Dr Noemi Lendvai-Bainton) as well as alumni from the programme (Sarbani Banerjee and Juan Alejo Peirano).

This is a hybrid event, so you can join us in person or via a link in the joining instructions posted upon registration.

Register here.

Contact Information
Please contact sps-events@bristol.ac.uk if you have any questions.