<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Colleagues, </div><div><br></div><div>We've just announced a 2-for-1 on researcher tickets to our upcoming <a href="https://that.build">AI Research Summit</a> in London thanks to generous funding. If you could forward the below to your internal groups, lists, and networks to spread the word, that would be much appreciated.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div>Many thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Ruairidh</div><div dir="auto">---------</div><div dir="auto"><b>AE Global Summit on Open Problems for AI (28–30th Oct, London, Kings X / Euston) - Half-priced researcher tickets thanks to generous funding</b></div><div dir="auto"><div><p>Over three days, we will bring together hundreds of scientists, researchers, policymakers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and artists to discuss the most important open problems in AI, and how we might solve them.<u></u><u></u></p><p style=""><font color="#000000">Programme highlights<u></u><u></u></font></p><p style=""><font color="#000000">Day 1: AI Research Breakthroughs & Infrastructure<u></u><u></u></font></p><p style=""><font color="#000000">Featuring </font><a href="https://davidstarsilver.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Prof. David Silver (DeepMind)</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://raiahadsell.com/index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Dr Raia Hadsell (DeepMind),</a><font color="#500050"> </font><a href="https://www.jakobfoerster.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Prof. Jakob Foerster (Meta & Oxford),</a><font color="#500050"> </font><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-laura-gilbert/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Dr Laura Gilbert (Tony Blair Institute)</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emine-yilmaz-978b937/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Prof. Emine Yilmaz (UCL)</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/oana-maria-camburu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Prof. Oana-Maria Camburu (Imperial)</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://minch.co/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Dr Minqi Jiang (Meta)</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/parisotsarah/?locale=en_US" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Dr Sarah Parisot (Microsoft)</a><font color="#500050">, </font><font color="#000000">and senior research leaders from </font><a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">NVIDIA</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://www.nscale.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">NSCALE</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Thomson Reuters</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://www.bertelsmann.com/#st-1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Bertelsmann</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://wayve.ai/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Wayve</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovateuk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Innovate UK</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/developing-people-and-skills/future-leaders-fellowships/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship</a><font color="#500050">, </font><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/hassana-labs/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Hassana Labs</a><font color="#500050">,</font><font color="#000000"> and many more.</font></p><p style=""><font color="#000000">Day 2: AI Safety, Enterprise, & Society</font><font color="#500050"><u></u><u></u></font></p><p>Speakers include <a href="https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/people/christopher-summerfield" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Prof. Chris Summerfield (AISI & Oxford)</a>, <a href="https://www.susskind.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Prof. Richard Susskind (Oxford)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/artemisseaford/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Artemis Seaford (ElevenLabs</a>), <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marius-hobbhahn-128927175/?originalSubdomain=uk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Marius Hobbhahn (Apollo Research)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishekvsm/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Abhishek Mishra (Faculty)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kritisharma3?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank">Kriti Sharma (IFS Global)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dara-l-sosulski-phd/" target="_blank">Dr Dara L. Sosulski (HSBC)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameskuht/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr James Kuht (Pair)</a>, and safety and society leaders from <a href="https://www.advai.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ADVAI</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/we-are-academy/posts/?feedView=all" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Academy</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bluedotimpact/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Blue Dot Impact</a>, <a href="https://www.multiverse.io/en-GB" target="_blank">Multiverse</a>, <a href="https://institute.global/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Tony Blair Institute</a>, <a href="https://www.bernstein.com/our-insights/insights.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Bernstein Insights</a>, <a href="https://poly.ai/" target="_blank">PolyAI</a>, <a href="https://www.hsbc.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">HSBC</a>, the <a href="https://www.ft.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Financial Times</a>, and many more.</p><p style=""><font color="#000000">Day 3: AI Entrepreneurship & Applications (Education and Medicine)<u></u><u></u></font></p><p><font color="#000000">W</font>ith <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/kanishka-narayan" target="_blank">Minister Narayan (DSIT)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderstraub/?originalSubdomain=uk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexander Straub (Straub Ventures)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/triantafyllosgkikopoulos/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Trias Gkikopoulos (Innovate UK)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erwann-le-lannou/?originalSubdomain=uk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Erwann Le Lannou (XTX Markets)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-luckin-5245003/?authType=&authToken=&trk=mp-allpost-aut-name" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Prof Rose Luckin (UCL & Educate Ventures)</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/irina-jurenka-74455235/?originalSubdomain=uk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Irina Jurenka (DeepMind)</a>, <a href="https://thoregraepel.github.io/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Prof Thore Graepel (UCL)</a>, an expo session featuring investors and startups from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/london-ai-hub/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">London AI Hub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/venturecafelondon/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Venture Cafe London</a>, Harvard and MIT Tech Alumni, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundersforumgroup/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Founders Forum</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneurs-first/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Entrepreneur First</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cooleyllp/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Cooley LLP</a>, <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">NVIDIA</a>, <a href="https://www.xtxmarkets.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">XTX Markets</a>, and contributors from <a href="https://health.google/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Google Health</a>, <a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Raspberry Pi Foundation</a>, <a href="https://www.newtonstree.ai/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Newton’s Tree,</a> the NHS senior AI team, and many more.<u></u><u></u></p><p>The conference will feature keynote talks, panels, spotlight talks, breakout rooms, and an expo hall, alongside opportunities for informal discussion with colleagues from institutions including <a href="https://www.ox.ac.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Oxford</a>, <a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">UCL</a>, <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">KCL</a>, <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Imperial</a>, <a href="https://www.stanford.edu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Stanford</a>, <a href="https://www.harvard.edu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Harvard</a>, <a href="https://www.mit.edu/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">MIT</a>, <a href="https://deepmind.google/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">DeepMind</a>, <a href="https://www.meta.com/en-gb/about/?srsltid=AfmBOooyD76gNdU_z8E_JulzOLafvKow3sH9rvPk77s1uxPnWN2Tsu1Y" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Meta</a>, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Microsoft</a>, <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">NVIDIA</a>, <a href="https://elevenlabs.io/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">11labs</a>, <a href="https://wayve.ai/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Wayve</a>, <a href="https://www.aisi.gov.uk/" target="_blank">AISI</a>, <a href="https://www.altoslabs.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Alto Labs</a>, <a href="https://poly.ai/" target="_blank">PolyAI</a>, <a href="https://contextual.ai/" target="_blank">Contextual AI</a>, <a href="https://www.ukri.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">UKRI</a>, the Sovereign AI Team, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">DSIT</a>, and many more.<u></u><u></u></p><p>We’d love to see some of you there! Generous sponsorship has allowed us to open access to the Summit for researchers, so if you'd like to bring a friend or colleague that couldn't otherwise come for no extra charge (or, if you'd just like to split costs with them), please do use the discount code below. </p><p>Register via the link below. If you'd like to bring a friend for free, add two Researcher tickets to checkout, then enter discount code <b>AE2025</b>:</p><p><a href="https://tickets.algopreneurship.org/ResearchersEmail" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tickets.algopreneurship.org/ResearchersEmail</a> </p></div></div></div><div>If you've already bought a ticket and would like to bring a friend along, please do message <a href="mailto:webmaster@thinkingaboutthinking.org" target="_blank">webmaster@thinkingaboutthinking.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Ruairidh and the team</div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000">Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">President</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="https://thinkingaboutthinking.org" target="_blank">Thinking About Thinking, Inc</a></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Postdoctoral Research Fellow</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Center for Brain Science,</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Harvard University</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines,</font></div><div><font color="#000000">MIT</font></div></div></div></div>