Generative AI for Business: Just Marketing or Real Opportunities? (CIMR debates in Public Policy)
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Online
Join the Centre for Innovation Management Research on Wednesday 7 February 1.30-2.30pm for an online lunchtime seminar on Generative AI for Business.
The online debate is part of the CIMR Debates and Workshops in Public Policy series.
Panel
- Chair: Saverio Romeo – Visting Lecturer, Birkbeck CIMR
- Dr. Paul Nulty – Lecturer at the School of Mathematics and Computer Science – Birkbeck - UK
- Dr Andrew Atter – Lecturer, Global Business and Entrepreneurship, GBS Oxford Brookes University, Manchester Campus; and Visiting Fellow, Birkbeck CIMR.
- Shazade Jameson – Senior Consultant Digital – Technopolis Group – Belgium
Abstract
The rise of Chat-GPT and the plethora of generative AI solutions has revamped the debate on the role of emerging technologies in the future of work. There is not a sector in economy and society that is not reflecting on the impact those tools will have on their daily operations. The use of generative AI tools in training and education prompted the reflection on the matter at the Centre for Innovation Management Research.
This CIMR Debate in Public Policy is not just about the use of those tools for education activities, but it is also about the need to prepare the student population to a correct and effective use of those tools in the marketplace. This appears to be necessary because large and small, public, and private organisations are introducing generative AI tools in their activities. This debate will explore how the adoption of generative AI tools in organisations is happening and address the benefits and the challenges in doing so.
Biographies
Chair - Saverio Romeo
Associate Lecturer on Digital Transformation and Management of Emerging Digital Technologies - Centre for Innovation Management Research (CIMR), Birkbeck
Member of the PILLARS Expert Stakeholder Group - PILLARS — Pathways to Inclusive Labour Markets (h2020-pillars.eu)
Founder ETO (Emerging Technology Observatory) Emerging technology adoption research and consultancy –
Dr. Paul Nulty – Lecturer at the School of Mathematics and Computer Science – Birkbeck - UK
Paul Nulty is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at Birkbeck, University of London. His research focuses on applying natural language processing and data visualisation methods applied to questions in the social sciences and humanities. Prior to joining Birkbeck, he completed postdoctoral research on computational social science and digital humanities projects at the LSE and Cambridge University, and was a Marie-Curie/Enterprise Ireland fellow at CeADAR, University College Dublin.
Shazade Jameson – Senior Consultant Digital – Technopolis Group – Belgium
Shaz is a digital policy specialist focusing on people-centred cities and structural inclusion. She has spent ten years understanding how cities and public sector organisations use data and artificial intelligence, where she uses a sociotechnical perspective to design feedback loops and shift perspectives. She was lead co-author of the UN-Habitat report on AI & Cities and worked with the Global Partnership on AI’s global consultation on structural diversity and inclusion. Her PhD thesis investigates AI and data policy in Singapore after Cambridge Analytica as part of the Global Data Justice project. She is currently working with Technopolis on the European Commission’s Intelligent Cities Challenge.
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