12:15-13:15 | Registration and light lunch |
13:15-13:30 | Welcome to Bayes Innovate
Aurore Hochard, Head of Entrepreneurship & Prof André Spicer, Executive Dean at Bayes Business School |
13:30-14:00 | Introductory Keynote
Navigating the startup landscape: 10 years from the stone age to AI
David King, co-founder and CEO of Artificial |
Conference splits into Panels/Talks/Workshops |
14:15-15:00
| Panel (1A)Fintechs leveraging AI in pursuit of our (human) well-being Moderator Dr Paulina Roszkowska, Lecturer and Senior Researcher, M&A Research Centre at Bayes Business School
Panellists Sanchit Dhote, Investment Manager at Outward VC Stefano Goria, PhD, Co-Founder & CTO at Thymia Limited Stella Smith, CEO, Founder at Pirkx Andrew Thompson, Chief Technology Officer at Orbital Witness Is AI a friend or a foe? What about the perspective when AI is used in relation to our well-being? Especially mental well-being? AI can do amazing things and create efficiencies. But is it already good enough to help us live better lives and not crate damage related to biases, exploitation, and harm?
In a panel led by Bayes lecturer we will hear from entrepreneurs, fintech executives, and investors about how fintech companies and VCs (and not only) leverage AI in pursuit of our well-being. |
Workshop (1B)Harnessing AI: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Success (Session 1)
Dr Sara Jones, Reader in Creative Interactive System Design at Bayes Business School Jafar Sabbah, AI and Innovation Researcher at Bayes Business School
How is AI affecting the way entrepreneurs work and operate? This workshop will provide an opportunity for sharing knowledge, experience and applications of AI in the entrepreneurship space. Working with others, you will find out what your personal best use of AI could be: where it might help and where it might get in the way; where AI can do the job, and where you might prefer to keep the humans in control. |
Talk (1C)AI and new business models
Prof Gianvito Lanzolla, Professor of Strategy and Digital Transformation at Bayes Business School
How does AI enable the emergence of new business models? How do these business models look like? What capabilities do companies need to deliver on these new business models? What are the governance challenges of these business models?
By addressing these questions, this session will be relevant to entrepreneurs, investors and corporate leaders interested in developing a deeper understanding of some of the key ingredients of successful AI-powered business models. |
15:00-15:15 | Short Break |
15:15-16:00 | Panel (2A)AI adoption: Why and how to integrate and promote AI tools in organisations
Moderator Dr Ruben van Werven, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Course Director, MSc Entrepreneurship at Bayes Business School
Panellists Dr Aneesh Banerjee, Reader in Management at Bayes Business School Sahil Dhingra, Founder and CEO at Deepreel Natalia Talkowska, Founder at Natalka Design Mitul Vadgama, Senior Data & Analytics Strategy Manager at Lloyds Banking Group
The introduction of new AI tools over the past couple of years has created excitement about their huge potential, but also made people and organisations worried. Will AI take over my job? What if AI tools hallucinate when giving advice to customers or patients?
In this panel discussion we will hear from experts about their experiences with integrating AI in the workplace, and find out how they promoted AI adoption and overcame concerns of the people using it. |
Workshop (2B)Harnessing AI: Empowering Entrepreneurs for Success (Session 2)
Dr Sara Jones, Reader in Creative Interactive System Design at Bayes Business School Jafar Sabbah, AI and Innovation Researcher at Bayes Business School How is AI affecting the way entrepreneurs work and operate? This workshop will provide an opportunity for sharing knowledge, experience and applications of AI in the entrepreneurship space. Working with others, you will find out what your personal best use of AI could be: where it might help and where it might get in the way; where AI can do the job, and where you might prefer to keep the humans in control. |
Talk (2C)Discover how AI can uplift innovation at work and accelerate your objectives
Prof Neil Maiden, Professor of Digital Creativity and Director of the National Centre for Creativity enabled by AI at Bayes Business School
Featuring an introduction to Business-Sparks™ a new and unparalleled AI tool for entrepreneurs and leaders. We combine curated expertise, from the world-class Bayes Business School, with AI reasoning to provide fast advice for business challenges and business models. Learn how to access the tool for free and apply its powerful AI to your business. This ground-breaking app is presented by Neil Maiden, Professor of Digital Creativity and Director of the National Centre for Creativity enabled by AI. |
16:00-16:15 | Short Break |
16:15-17:00 | How have Data and Machine Learning changed the way we do business?
Dr Dimitris Paraskevopoulos, Reader in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Bayes Business School
This interactive talk will be based on real business cases from different sectors to showcase
the power of data and machine learning and demonstrate how to apply analytics tools to make data-informed business decisions.
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17:00-18:00 | Networking over drinks and nibbles |