Keynote speakers

Professor Nick Jennings, CB FREng FRS

Keynote 1

Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University. An internationally recognised expert in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and agentic AI.

Jonathan Hofgartner

Keynote 2

Head of Learning and Teaching, Licensing at Jisc

Panellists

Phil Maull
Nations Enhancement Manager, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

Jonathan Hofgartner
Head of Learning and Teaching, Licensing at Jisc

Professor Ajit Jaokar
Course Director, researcher, and educator in Applied Artificial Intelligence, University of Oxford

Professor John Domingue
Professor of Computer Science, The Open University

James Gray / Robin Gibson
Founder and CEO of Kortext / Director of External Affairs

Discussion questions

  1. What are the main barriers limiting institutions’ ability to explore and evaluate AI, including gaps in access to models, services and computing capacity?

  2. What changes when an AI use case moves beyond a small pilot, particularly in relation to cost, inference demand, integration, reliability and procurement?

  3. What governance, data protection, technical support, academic support and skills are needed for responsible exploration and informed educational decisions?

  4. Which challenges are mainly institutional, which are shared across the sector, and where could collaboration provide shared capabilities or services?
Workshop