The conference will feature three structured mixer events aimed at facilitating connections between the two Universities, between students and industry, and within shared identities. Attendees will be asked to gather around a number of topics designed to promote discussion and connection.

Day 1:

Birds of a feather Mixer: aimed at promoting connections between the two universities, this session will feature topics designed to bring people together across research focii between the two institutions.

Example topics: LGBTQ+ in AI, Inductive biases in model design

Day 2:

Industry Mixers: designed to facilitate discussion between students and relevant industry stakeholders, these sessions will feature topics that are exciting to both those in industry and academia.

Example topics: Dialogue agents, Multilinguality, Multimodal systems, Medical NLP, Ethics and Safety