The workshop will take place at the Turing offices in London on 21st February, from 10:00-16:00, in the Enigma room.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Attendees should be active researchers, willing to work on joint projects and future funding proposals. We are limiting the numbers of attendees to enable active participation on the day.

Many of the most important problems we face today are related to the environment. Climate change, healthy oceans, water security, clean air, biodiversity loss, and resilience to extreme events all play a crucial role in determining our health, wealth, safety and future development. To this end, the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity, aiming to take the bold and transformative steps that are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path.

Developing a clear understanding of the challenges and identifying potential solutions, both for ourselves and our planet, requires high quality, accessible, timely and reliable data. Data Science and AI has a crucial role to play in quantifying the need for change and tracking developments in order to provide stakeholders with the evidence base that is required to assess impacts and support informed decision making. Data Science and AI also has an arguably even more important role to play: in facilitating change itself through integration of cutting-edge data science and AI technology in energy, water, transport, agriculture, aquaculture and other environmentally related systems and by empowering individuals, organisations and businesses through the provision of personalized information that will support behavioural change.

The aims of this workshop are twofold: (i) to bring together researchers at the Alan Turing Institute and its partner Universities with external organisations and stakeholders to develop community links in Data Science and AI for environment and sustainability; (ii) to provide an opportunity to scope potential projects under current and future funding calls, including opportunities related to the Strategic Priority Fund.

We are still finalising the agenda and it will be circulated in due course. Please note that the registration deadline is Thursday 14 February.