Event

How can government help deliver a globally competitive AI infrastructure for the UK?

This event hosted by UK think tank the Institute for Government explores how ministers and civil servants can deliver the government’s AI infrastructure goals.

The government believes access to sufficient AI infrastructure and compute capacity will be critical for the UK’s economic growth, productivity and global competitiveness – but the UK is in a global race for investment, talent and consequential technological breakthroughs.

So how can ministers and civil servants deliver the government’s ambitions?

In June, the government announced over £1bn of investment in the UK’s compute capacity, while the government’s Compute Roadmap outlines its strategic approach to building world-class compute infrastructure in the UK. But will this infrastructure translate into the growth and productivity gains that the government has forecast? How can government attract private sector investment?  How can the Cabinet Office, DBIST, DCMS, HMT, DESNZ and No 10 best cooperate to drive the whole of the state in support of the strategy? And what are the key challenges for new prime minister Andy Burnham in realising the government’s AI infrastructure  goals?

Speakers

Emily Darlington MP – Member of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee

Matt Davies – Economic and Social Policy Lead at Ada Lovelace Institute

Matthew Harris – Senior Vice President and Managing Director at HPE

The event will be chaired by Heloise Dunlop – Researcher at the Institute for Government.