Session One - Wednesday, 25 November
00:53: The AI Revolution and Me - Professor Birgitte Andersen, CEO and Co-Creator, Big Innovation Centre
Professor Birgitte Andersen talks about lockdown and the update of AI use in security, education, health, research, and shopping (Download slides)
21:23: Streamlining Free School Meal (FSM) Eligibility - Sarah Talbot, Emerging Technologies Lead and Rhian Loveless, Senior Business Analyst for Emerging Technologies, Swindon Borough Council
Sarah Talbot and Rhian Loveless discuss the impact of Covid-19 on FSM eligibility; developing and implementing the programme during a global pandemic; and making a meaningful difference. They talk about the increase in the number of children eligible, how the project was developed and implemented against the backdrop of the challenges COVID presented and look what has been achieved (Download slides)
Know, the next facebook or big innovation, but really how the students think. they have entrepreneurial leadership. do they think creatively? do they really have an idea and they re not deterred by the lack of resources or seemingly, you know, too many barriers in their way? that s really what we re looking for, is the way they think about the idea. and that s the critical point. we ve been saying around here that if you don t know where you are and you don t know where you re going, then you re never going to get there. the way you get there is a how question. so where are you, where are you going and how are you going to get there. it seems you re trying to encourage people to think about how they think as much as what they think. will you elaborate a little bit on why you consider that emphasis to be so important for us right now? i think what we want to do with our students at the university of new haven and the other students we want to attract is to understand what they want