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2025 CALENDAR

FEBRUARY

20/02/2025: “AI and Energy: Balancing Innovation with Sustainability” in person event co-organised by the HEC UK Data x AI Club and the Franco-British Data Society  – Paying event  (discount code for FBDS members)- More details to come shortly

Past Events​

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

Mini series webinars on the Built Environment, organised in partnership with airc.digital  

  • 27/11/24: “Programming with AI to automate tasks” with Rubens Lage, Ethos Engineering
  • 04/12/24: “AI in Construction Delivery” with Abdullah Gulabi, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry Business Value Consultant, Dassault Systèmes 
  • 11/12/24: “AI in Civil Engineering Education” with Dr. Frédéric Bosché, University of Edinburgh

OCTOBER

Mini series webinars on “AI and Industrial Solutions” organised in partnership with Nord France Invest and the British Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Lille : 

  • 07/10/24: “AI and OVH” with Alexis Gendronneau, Chief Data Officer at OVH 
  • 16/10/24: “AI: Accelerator of the Energy Transition” with Michel Lutz, Chief Data Officer and Digital Factory Head of Data & AI at TotalEnergies

JULY

10/07/2024: “AI and Information Warfare” in person event organised in partnership with the Franco British Council – by invitations to members

  • Introduction on the state of AI in 2024
  • Keynote speech from David Colon, researcher at the Sciences Po History Centre / teacher of the history of communication, media and propaganda
  • Discussion 1: Science in action
  • Discussion 2: How do media cope?
  • Discussion 3: Control and freedom: checks and balances for social media platforms and government
  • Q&A session
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JUNE

13/06/24: “Adapting to Gen AI: Navigating the Workforce Revolution ” in person event co-organised by the HEC UK Data x AI Club and the Franco-British Data Society 

Moderator: Christophe Le Lannou, CEO and co founder of dataLearning

Guest speakers:

Cost: 30£ for non FBDS members / 30% off for FBDS members

MAY

AI and the Build Environment series co-organised by Airc World and the Franco-British Data Society

  • 15/05/24: “AI and OpenBIM” with Jaime Ingram, Architect and co-founder at Arc.digital
  • 29/05/24: ” AI and Software Development” with Marc Nezet, Chief Division Officer (CDO) of the Operate & Manage Division at Nemetschek

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APRIL

24/04/24: “AI and the Build Environment series co-organised by Airc World and the Franco-British Data Society: “AI and Spatial Creativity” with Nathalie Rozencwajg, Director of NAME architect

2023

NOVEMBER

21/10/23: “Is AI a threat to human existence?”: Webinar co-organised by Natixis CIB Research and the Franco-British Data Society 

Guest speakers

  • Dr Benjamin Guedj, Research Scientist in machine learning and AI at Inria and UCL, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, and Director of the FBDS
  • Stuart Armstrong, Co-founder and CTO of Aligned AI 
  • Renaud Di Francesco, Director Europe Technology Standards Office, Sony Europe BV

Eric Benoist, Tech & Data thematic Research at Natixis moderated the debate.

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OCTOBER

04/10/23: Discussion at the French Embassy on “AI and Fashion” followed by the celebration of the Launch of the Franco-British Data Society 

Reception co-organised by the French Embassy, Irwin Mitchell and the board of the FBDS

Guest speakers

Catherine Palmer chaired the seminar, which aimed to investigate the potential impact of AI on the creative process and explore the ways in which AI could influence it.

MAY

30/05/23: “New Energy – Digitisation of Nuclear” 

Webinar co-organised with Dassault Systèmes, and with the support of the French Embassy

Guest speakers

  • Mel Temple, 3DS Strategic Delivery Director at Infrastructure, Energy & Materials Industries, Dassault Systèmes
  • Paul Williamson, Business Consultant, Dassault Systèmes
  • Richard J Jones, Head of Nuclear R&D, EDF UK
  • John Wolstenholme, Principal Inspector for nuclear safety at Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)

Speakers reflected on how digitisation and virtual twins can support the transition to sustainable energy.

2022

NOVEMBER

23/11/22: “AI and Financial Regulation” – Webinar 

Guest speakers 

  • Emmanuelle Legrand, Magistrate détachée – AI Project Manager for the Economy and Finance Ministry of France;
  • Jason Bradley, Project Director and Chair Technology & Digital Steering Group at Financial Reporting Council;
  • Julien Molez, Group Innovation Data & AI Leader;
  • Graham Thomson, Chief Information Security Officer at Irwin Mitchell;

The speakers debated subjects such as the opportunities and challenges from the use of AI and data analytics in regulated environments.

The event was chaired by Michael Butcher, President of the Franco-British Data Society.

 

MARCH

09/03/22: “AI and Justice” – Webinar organised by the Franco-British Data Society and the French Ministry of Justice 

Chair: Michael Butcher, President of the Franco-British Data Society

Rapporteur: Estelle Cros-Jean, French Liaison Judge at the French Embassy 

Guest speakers

  • Matthieu Lucchesi, Counsel at Gide Loyrette Nouel AARPI
  • Estelle Jond-Necand, Judge at the Cour de Cassation, Head of the Open Data project
  • Natalie Byrom, Director of Research at The Legal Education Foundation and founder and Director of the Justice Lab Initiative
  • Andrew Dunkley, Technology Solutions Lead at Herbert Smith Freehills

2021

NOVEMBER

09/11/21: “Data, AI and The Built Environment: Women’s safety, buildings and the public, and managing waste” – Webinar 

Chair: Catherine Palmer, General Counsel at KellyDeli

Guest speakers

MAY

21/05/21: “Covid & AI: Unexpected challenges and solutions”: Webinar co-organised by the French Embassy, the Franco-British Data Society and the Inria London Programme

Guest speakers

  • Benjamin Guedj, Research Scientist at Inria, France; Principal Research Fellow, University College London, UK; Scientific Director of The Inria London Programme;
  • Geraint Rees, Dean of the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences, UCL Pro-Vice-Provost (AI), Professor of Cognitive Neurology at University College London and Director of UCL Business;
  • Emilie Chouzenoux, Research Scientist at Inria;
  • Hugues Berry, Inria’s deputy scientific director for the fields digital biology and digital health.

  • Mihaela van der Schaar, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, AI, and Medicine, University of Cambridge; Director, Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine;

  • Dominic Cushnan, Head of AI Imaging at NHS X.

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JANUARY

26/01/21: “AI and Finance” – Webinar 

Guest speakers

  • Guillaume de Pommereau, former CFO at Hitachi Europe – (Experience as International CFO international CFO across multiple sectors including healthcare, IT, telecommunications and consumer goods);
  • Didier Hirsch, Managing Director, FRTB Correspondent, Equity Department – Natixis CIB;
  • Edward Peek, People data and analytics consultant at AXA XL, a division of AXA;
  • Christophe Le Lannou, Founder & CEO at dataLearning.

2020

JULY

02/07/20: “The robustness of the supply chain within the covid-19 crisis and beyond” – Webinar

Guest speakers 

  • Mat Oram, CEO and co-founder of AdviseInc, a HealthTech business helping healthcare make sense of their spend data;
  • Richard Hogg, Managing Director of Unsworth, one of the leading independent freight management and supply chain solutions providers in the UK;
  • Thomas Isnard, Fondateur Dirigeant at Appolo Plus.

MARCH

03/03/20: “AI and Healthcare: Challenges, fallouts and breakthrough” – hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills 

Guest speakers

  • Sarah Ouanhon, Consulting Manager at GE Healthcare Partners with an extensive experience on using IT and Analytics to improve care delivery including major programmes in Telemedicine, Healthcare Command Centres, and Workforce and Capacity modelling;
  • Catherine Davies, Managing Partner at Monticle LTD, helps health companies partner with the NHS in order to provide high quality care for everyone who needs it;
  • Mindy Daeschner, entrepreneur and expert in the field of healthcare and technology. She draws on a 20-year background of management consultancy, for some of the world’s leading global organisations;
  • Chloe Kite, Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills;
  • Dr Michelle Tempest, Partner at healthcare management consultancy Candesic and Author of “Big Brain Revolution : Artificial Intelligence Spy or Saviour?”

2019

MARCH

27/03/19: “How businesses can use personal data in practice: Ethics, the GDPR and beyond” – hosted by UCL 

Guest speakers

  • John Hield, Data Protection & Information Governance Leader at Veolia UK & Ireland;
  • Joshua Bower-Saul, CEO at Cybertonica Ltd;
  • Edward du Boulay, Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills (Commercial, Technology and Data);
  • Thamin Ahmed, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies.