Congratulations to everyone at Edinburgh International Book Festival for delivering an incredible 2024 programme, held for the first time at Edinburgh Futures Institute! 🤩 See you next year! 👋

Join our upcoming free event that commemorates the 'Edinburgh Conversations' - groundbreaking meetings that The University of Edinburgh academics convened between KGB agents and Pentagon officials in a bid to end the Cold War. 🗓 18 Sept, 5:30pm - 6:30pm 📍Edinburgh Futures Institute 🎟 edin.ac/4dL2CLt

Register for our upcoming seminar "The Balance of Power - Learner Autonomy vs. Algorithmic Interference" (25th September 2024). Dr 𝐉𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐃𝐄, 𝐏𝐇.𝐃 🍁☘️🌻🧡 will explore the profound impact of algorithms on modern educational platforms. buff.ly/3T2Ra5V Edinburgh Futures Institute ALIVE Lab @ UBC

Discover how automation & AI can transform your tourism or hospitality business on our 3rd #TechTuesday event of 2024: 'Automation – Your New Business Partner' 📅 Wed 2 Oct 🕘 09:00 - 10:30 📍Edinburgh Futures Institute Book now👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/etag-tech-tu…

📣 Have you registered yet?! The Annual Data Conference is fast approaching! ➡️Join us and The Scotsman at the #Disinformation, #Deepfakes and #Democracy Conference on Sep 26th. 🔔Book your free ticket now⬇️ nationalworldevents.com/sdc-2024/ #DataDrivenInnovation #DatConf24

Generative AI tools are being rapidly adopted in creative areas like writing, image production, film & voice acting. Might we have reason to keep some areas of human endeavour in human hands? Hear from our Director Shannon Vallor & Manager Gina Helfrich is not on here anymore ▶️edin.ac/3Z2O6ul

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We are looking back at a whirlwind week last week for the Consulate & visiting colleagues from the U.S. Embassy London public affairs team. Thank you to everyone we met & to our guests at our festivals reception at Edinburgh International Book Festival Edinburgh Futures Institute. We can't wait for next year!🎭📚🎨🎶💃📽️🥁

“Learning Curves,” our fourth event season is running from 7 October to 6 December 2024. For the first time, all events will be held at our restored building, which opened to the public in June 2024. Read about our 20 hybrid events & book your tickets! edin.ac/3Z0cih7

Innovation will help tackle the biggest challenges of the future. Ian Murray MP was at the Edinburgh Futures Institute Edinburgh Futures Institute today to hear about its exciting interdisciplinary work to bring together different industry sectors and data-led research.

Is AI the future of education? Really pleased (and prematurely nervous) to be part of a mighty panel including scholar Araba Sey, educator and writer John Warner and poet JL Williams in the Edinburgh Futures Institute Futures Conversation in Edinburgh (or online) on 26 Nov efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-futu…

📢Calling all those interested in creative research methods! Find out all about our new online reading group, run by Autumn Roesch-Marsh🌻💙🧡 ✨ Starting 26th September! Details and further info here: tinyurl.com/637ebewm

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who poured their time and effort into transforming our new home at Edinburgh Futures Institute into something truly special. We couldn’t have done it without the incredible work from m.i.h Major Events Ltd, F4F Event Services, and TrenchOne Industries ❤️

NEW Tech Tuesday: Automation & AI 👨‍💻👩‍💻 If you're looking for ways to save time & streamline your business processes, then join this #TechTuesday event. 📅 Wed 2 Oct 🕘 09:00 - 10:30 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute Edinburgh Futures Institute Book now👇 tinyurl.com/3knw482b

Hybrid and free, join us for this conversation in Nov Edinburgh Futures Institute// Contesting Computing: Imagining Feminist Technofutures -- register here: efi.ed.ac.uk/event/contesti… w Usha Raman Mar Hicks Dr Kerry McInerney (Mackereth) for Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society and GENDER.ED @ University of Edinburgh

📢 New Position I am so excited to be joining Edinburgh Futures Institute as a PhD student in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing! I can’t wait to start the work over the next few weeks! Until then, I am exploring this new city 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Design can be a catalyst for positive change. Rab Bennetts, Co-Founder of Bennetts Associates, shares insights on transforming a derelict hospital into Edinburgh Futures Institute. Learn about #ValueOfDesign2024: bit.ly/VODX24