Location:
Manchester Metropolitan University
All Saints
Manchester M15 6BH
Don't miss this workshop specifically aimed at SMEs to find out more about the support available, local stakeholders and implementation of AI in business organised by MMU.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)’s disruptive potential for business productivity, growth and competitiveness is enormous. AI is no longer a tool reserved for multinationals with deep tech budget pockets but nowadays is more accessible than ever. How can SMEs take advantage of AI and gain competitive advantage?
Manchester Metropolitan University’s Turing Network and Business School are leading the development of a regional forum to support and empower AI adoption and integration in business processes. The forum will combine entrepreneurialism and innovation and will support the region’s businesses to access AI expertise, collaborations and funding opportunities.
The power of AI and how SMEs can exploit this will be explored in this one-day event. By bringing together a range of stakeholders including academics, AI experts, innovators, private companies, and business and governmental agencies, the event will showcase the opportunities for SMEs as well as large companies to unlock their potential.
Success stories from SMEs that are benefitting from using AI in their business processes and product development will be highlighted to help entrepreneurs and business owners develop their own route to AI adoption.
We’ll also hear from AI and technology experts who’ll discuss issues relating to AI integration including the opportunities, risks and ethics that are essential to consider in the scaling of SME businesses and overall growth.
Finally, you’ll learn more about financing opportunities and capacity building such as skills development and business growth support in a practical workshop featuring academics championing knowledge exchange and industry experts from financial services and consultancy sectors.
Agenda:
- Registration & Networking (refreshments provided)
- Welcome
- Presentation 1 - Productivity and growth: AI and SMEs - Nader Virk, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Presentation 2 - A practical approach to AI: Some examples from experience - Paul Smith, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Presentation 3a - Impact of AI on jobs in the UK financial sector - Jamie Crossman-Smith, Grant Thornton UK LLP and Rittick Barua, Grant Thornton UK
- Presentation 3b - AI learning curve: adoption to excellence & sustainability - Matt Forshaw, Manchester Met Turing Network
- Break
Panel discussion - SMEs and AI: opportunities and challenges - Professor Yonghong Peng, Anglia Ruskin University.
- Chaired by Professor Yonghong Peng, Panellists will include:
- Ali Kashif Bashir, Manchester Met (AI advisory and implementation);
- James Montrose, KPMG (Technology, Strategy and Transformation);
- John McClelland, C-Quence (Specialists in AI working spaces);
- Paul Smith, Manchester Met (Entrepreneurship, productivity and implementation);
- Richard Whittle, University of Salford (Consumer behaviour, AI and regulations).
Bringing it together - Workshop: Action for the future - Jennie Shorley, Manchester Metropolitan University and Keeley Crockett, Manchester Metropolitan University.
- Facilitators for this session will represent academia (business and sustainability and AI expertise and implementation); industry (funding for AI systems); consultancy (professional services) and academic-industry collaborations
Book your place now for this exciting workshop.
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