DSI public events archive
Past DSI public events have explored the many dimensions of AI, bringing together a wide range of perspectives, from bold, optimistic visions of AI’s potential to critical reflections on the way new technologies are being developed.
Past public events
LSE Festival Public Event
Big data for public good
Saturday 21 June 2025 5.00pm to 6.00pmLocation: Marshall Building, LSE
Speakers: Sara Geneletti, Associate Professor, Statistics, LSE; Laura Gilbert, Senior Director of AI, Tony Blair Institute; Helen Margetts, Director of Public Policy programme, Alan Turing Institute.
Chair: Cosmina Dorobantu, Senior Advisor, Data Science Institute, LSE.
LSE Festival Family Day Event
Explore AI adventures with ChatGPT for learning, art and music
Saturday 21 June 2025, 10.00am to 2:00pmLocation: Centre Building, LSE
Play with AI, boost your creativity, and support your learning - all in a safe and engaging way
LSE Festival Public Event
Visions for the future with Lila Ibrahim
Friday 20 June 2025 12.00pm to 1.00pmLocation: Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Speaker: Lila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer Google DeepMind
Chair: Cosmina Dorobantu, Senior Advisor, Data Science Institute, LSE.
LSE Festival Public Event
Data for development
Tuesday 17 June 2025 1.00pm to 2.00pmLocation: Marshall Building, LSE
Speakers: Natalia Domagala, Global digital policy specialist; Mulele Maketo Mulele, Director of Economic Management Department at Zambia's Ministry of Finance; Claire Melamed, CEO of the Global partnership for sustainable development data.
Chair: Tim Doberman, Director of Research for the International Growth Centre, LSE.
Fixing education for the AI age
Tuesday 03 June 2025 6.30pm to 8.00pmLocation: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Speaker: Conrad Wolfram, CEO of Wolfram.
Chair: Emma McCoy, Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education, LSE.Hosted by the Data Science Institute and the Department of Mathematics
Building the data infrastructure to help us achieve net zero
Thursday 22 May 2025 1.00pm to 2.00pmLocation: Strand Campus, King's College London
Speakers: Michal Nachmany, Founder and CEO of Climate Policy Radar; Aurélien Saussay, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in the Grantham Research Institute at LSE.
Hosted by the LSE Data Science Institute and the King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Superagency: what could possibly go right with our AI future
Monday 12 May 2025 6.00pm to 7.15pmLocation: Great Hall, Marshall Building
Speaker: Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI, Manas AI and Partner at Greylock
Chair: Andrés Velasco, Professor of Public Policy and Dean, LSE School of Public PolicyHosted by the School of Public Policy and the Data Science Institute
The power of data: ethics, politics and public interest
Thursday 08 May 2025 6.30pm to 8.00pmLocation: Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE
Speakers: Alison Powell, Associate Professor, Media and Communications, LSE; Chris Wiggins, Chief Data Scientist, New York Times; Erin Young, Head of Innovation and Technology Policy at the Institute of Directors.
Chair: Seeta Peña Gangadharan , Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE.Hosted by the Data Science Institute and the Department of Media and Communications
The future of AI
Thursday 27 March 2025 7.00pm to 8.30pmLocation: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Speaker: Gary Marcus, NYU Emeritus, Founder Geometric.AI
Chair: Jon Cardoso-Silva , Assistant Professor, Data Science Institute, LSE.Hosted by the Data Science Institute
Genesis: artificial intelligence, hope and the human spirit
Thursday 30 January 2025 6.30pm to 8.00pmLocation: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Speakers: Craig Mundie, President of Mundie & Associates; Mairéad Pratschke, Professor and Chair in Digitial Education, University of Manchester.
Chair: Martin Anthony, Director of the Data Science Institute, LSE.Hosted by the Data Science Institute
The art of uncertainty: living with chance, ignorance, risk and luck
Wednesday 22 January 2025 6.30pm to 7.30pmLocation: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Speaker: Sir David Spiegelhalter, Emeritus Professor of Statistics, University of Cambridge.
Chair: Tengyao Wang, Professor and MSc Statistics Programme Director, Department of Statistics, LSE.Hosted by the Department of Statistics and the Data Science Institute
Feeding the machine: the hidden human labour powering AI
Wednesday 04 December 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pmLocation: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Speakers: Callum Cant, Senior Lecturer at the University of Essex; James Muldoon, Reader in Management at the University of Essex; Kirsten Sehnbruch, Professor and Distinguished Policy Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute, LSE.
Chair: Kate Vredenburgh, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE.Hosted by the Data Science Institute and the International Inequalities Institute
AI in public policy: opportunities and challenges
Tuesday 05 November 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pmLocation: Auditorium, Centre Building LSE
Speakers: Helen Margetts, Director for Public Policy at the Alan Turing Institute, Andrew Murray, Professor of Law at LSE.
Chair: Ken Benoit, Professor of Computational Social Science, Methodology, LSE.Hosted by the School of Public Policy and the Data Science Institute.
AI and the future of behavioural science
Tuesday 08 October 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pmLocation: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Speakers: Alexandra Chesterfield, Behavioural Risk team lead, NatWest Group; Elisabeth Costa, Managing Director of the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT); Oliver Hauser, Co-Director of the Institute for Data Science and AI at the University of Exeter; Dario Krpan, Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science at LSE; Susan Michie, Director, Centre for behaviour change, UCL; Robert West, Advisor to Public Health Wales.
Chair: Liam Delaney, Head of the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at LSE.
Hosted by the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science and the Data Science Institute
Shaping the future: AI in the workplace
Monday 30 September 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pmLocation: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Speakers: Matt Blakemore, CEO of AI Caramba, Richard Nesbitt, Chair of The Inclusion Initiative Advisory Board, Carolyn Scott, Former Director of B2B Marketing at Google, Reshma Shaikh, Head of AI Transformation at Eversheds Sutherland, Noa Srebrnik, CEO and co-founder of Citrusx.
Chair: Grace Lordan, Director of The Inclusion Initiative.
Moderator: Belton Flournoy, Managing Director in Protiviti's Technology & Digital Consulting practice.
Hosted by The Inclusion Initiative and the Data Science Institute
Brave new words: how AI will revolutionize education
Wednesday 26 June 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pmLocation: Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE
Speaker: Salman Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy
Chair: Jon Cardoso-Silva, Assistant Professor (Education), LSE Data Science Institute
Hosted by the Data Science Institute and Digital Skills Lab
LSE Festival Public Event
AI guardians: who holds power over our data
Saturday 15 June 2024 6.30pm to 7.30pmLocation: LSE Campus
Speakers: Neil Lawrence, inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge; Sadiqah Musa, Senior Analytics Manager, Trustpilot and founder/CEO, Black in Data
Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE
LSE Festival Family Day Event
Brick by brick: crafting communities with data science and the LEGO Group
Saturday 15 June 2024, 10.00am to 12.40pmLocation: Centre Building, LSE
An exciting adventure in creativity delving into the world of data science and urban design.
Generative AI and the Knowledge Economy Symposium
20 May 2024, 12.00pm to 8.30pm
Location: Imperial College21 May 2024, 1.30pm to 8.00pm
Location: LSE CampusHosted by the LSE Data Science Institute and the Data Science Institute at Imperial College London
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What it means to be human in a world changed by AI
Wednesday 27 March 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pmSpeakers: Madhumita Murgia, Artificial Intelligence Editor, The Financial Times
Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE
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Developing AI Literacy in the classroom and beyond
Thursday 07 March 2024 6.30pm to 8.00pmSpeakers: Dr Jillian Terry, Associate Professor (Education) and Co-Director of LSE100; Cody Dodd, AI Architect, Ethicist and Advisor; Ashley Winton, Fintech and Privacy Partner, Mishcon de Reya.
Chair: Professor Emma McCoy, LSE Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education
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The Power of Data | LSE Festival Event
17 June 2023
Speakers: James Fransham, data journalist, The Economist; Alexandra Gomes Research Fellow, LSE Cities; Angela Spatharou Senior Partner and the EMEA Leader, Healthcare & Life Sciences, IBM Consulting.
Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE
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How Web 3.0 Technology and Data Policy Combine to Promote Data Sovereignty, Privacy, and Trust
25 May 2023
Speakers: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web; Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE
Chair: Minouche Shafik, President and Vice Chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science
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Follow the Science? Data, Models and Decisions in the 21st Century
24 January 2023
Speakers: Professor Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge; Dr Stephanie Hare, Researcher, broadcaster and author focused on technology, politics and history; Dr Erica Thompson, Senior Policy Fellow in Ethics of Modelling and Simulation at the LSE Data Science Institute, funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
Chair: Baroness Minouche Shafik, President and Vice Chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Data Science and the Future of Social Science
21 September 2022
Data science has revolutionised the social sciences at the same time as industries and academia are being transformed by the availability of big data, coupled with massive increases in computing power.
Speakers: Caroline Gorski, Chief Executive, R² Factory at Rolls-Royce; Ming Tang, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, NHS England; Professor Helen MargettsOBE FBA, Professor of Internet and Society at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; Dr Stefan Hunt, Chief Data and Technology Insights Officer, Competition and Markets Authority .
Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE
AI in Sport: An Overview
24 March 2022
How is data used in sport and what can AI do? How do teams, media and betting firms use data to reconstruct performance? To make the best decisions, tell the best stories or make the best predictions in sport, teams, media and betting firms are looking to use more granular data to better reconstruct player and team performance.
Speaker: Patrick LuceyPhD, Chief Scientist, Stats Perform
Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE
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Automation Era - How will technology reshape business and how does it change how people work today?
03 February 2022
Across industries and sectors, machines are increasingly augmenting and replacing human labour. Will machine learning technologies result in mass job losses, a dramatic skill shift in the labour market, or enable people to engage in more fulfilling and creative work?
This event explores questions such as how hyper automation has taken place, how automation is used in the business world and how it can inject new life into global economies
Speaker: Angela-Sophia Gebert, Academic Alliance Manager, Celonis
Chair: Professor Leslie Willcocks, Emeritus Professor of Work, Technology and Globalisation, Department of Management, LSE
Building Resilience Through Data Centricity
2 February 2021
Speaker: Jacky Wright, Chief Digital Officer and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft US
Chair: Ken Benoit, Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computational Social Science in the Department of Methodology, LSE
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