The SS Great Britain, Bristol 17th May 2023

Invitation only – attendance free of charge

UK Naval Engineering Science and Technology (UKNEST) is pleased to invite you to participate in a conference to explore how AI can be exploited to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the Naval enterprise.

The conference will be held on Wednesday 17th May 2023 (9:30am - 5pm) at The SS Great Britain, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, BS1 6TY and will include:

• Senior Naval and Subject Matter keynote speakers;

• A series of quick-fire presentations from MOD, Industry and Academia will stimulate and inform panel discussions to facilitate the identification of opportunities / challenges for achieving Artificial Intelligence at Scale in the Naval Domain;• Example topics could include the following:

Applications such as

• Design, Build & Through Life Support

• Training AI and Crew Teaming

• Operation & Control

• Real Time Application & Decision Making

Enablers & Challenges such as

• Acceptance/ Regulation/ V&V/ Governance

• Interoperability incl. Open Architectures

• Roadmap – How ambitious could Naval be?

Other areas/ ideas

• An opportunity for MOD, Industry and Academia to share expertise across 50+ organisations and to positively influence our approach to Artificial Intelligence.

We welcome attendance and presentations from organisations outside the defence sector. We hope that you or a representative from your organisation will be able to attend / attend and present.

If you would like to present a paper. Please email adam.rees-leonard@mottmac.com abstracts will be required by 24th February 2023.

Best regards

Adam Rees-Leonard (Chair of UKNEST Science & Technology) on behalf of UKNEST.

UK Naval Engineering Science and Technology (UKNEST) is an organisation that promotes & develops the Engineering, Science and Technology interests of UK Naval Defence. Current members include MOD, Royal Navy, DSTL, Babcock, BAES, BMT, Cammell Laird, Frazer-Nash Consultancy, GE, L3 Harris, Leonardo, Lloyds Register, Lockheed Martin, Mott MacDonald, QinetiQ, Rolls Royce, RINA, SEA, TPGroup & Thales. For more information, please visit: https://www.uknest.org/

Achieving Artificial Intelligence at Scale in Naval Domain