Artificial Intelligence Summit 2024
09:30 - 17:30
Resource for London, 356 Holloway Rd, London N7 6PA
On the 17th October 2024, Charity Digital will hold our first ever Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit, a ticketed in-person event that will help charity professionals master the most talked-about tech of the decade.
Whether you’re new to AI or an AI whizz, the event provides something for you. Sessions will arm attendees with practical and applicable skills, explore the ethics and risks of AI, discuss implications for the charity sector, and so much more.
Please note: This event is now sold out.
All Speakers
Jonathan Chevallier
Emma Stone
Zoe Amar
Jocelyn Burnham
Paul Hayward
Gordon Walsh
Adam Monnery
Aidan Forman
Ali Ball
Matt Haworth
Jodie Rodgers
Alister Jones
Nick Scott
David Scurr
Tory Cassie
James Glover
Alice Kershaw
Af Malhotra
Simone Ranson
Anna Hamilos
Artificial intelligence summit 2024
Artificial Intelligence Summit Agenda
Sessions:
🔶 9.30am - 9.35am - Welcome - Jonathan Chevallier, CEO at Charity Digital
🔶 9.35am - 10.15am - AI in action: How charities are leveraging the next generation of technology - Adam Monnery, Technical Director at Smartdesc
Curious about how charities are innovating with AI to drive social impact? This session will explore real-world applications of AI in areas such as fundraising, resource allocation, and community engagement.
🔶 10.20am - 11.00am - Practical steps to mitigating AI bias - Anna Hamilos, Director of Culture and Practice at Careful Industries
AI bias raises concerns for racial discrimination, gender inequality, and human rights issues – and without taking active steps to mitigate bias, these problems can cause organisations to inadvertently cause harm in their own communities and beyond.
Through the guidance of Anna Hamilos, Director of Culture and Practice at Careful Industries, this session will equip you with the tools to reduce the impact of AI biases in your charity’s work.
🔶 12.25pm - 1.05pm - The ethics of artificial intelligence - Matt Haworth, Director at Reason Digital
While AI is a technology that sparks the imagination, it also harbours numerous ethical issues that can’t be ignored: bias, interpretability, labour conditions, copyright and GDPR, environmental effect, misinformation, malinformation, and empowering bad actors.
In the charity sector, we care about doing the right thing – and this session will show you how in the brave new world of AI.
🔶 1.40pm - 2.20pm - A road-map to AI adoption - Zoe Amar, CEO at Zoe Amar Digital
How are staff and volunteers already using AI tools? Have we considered how AI could enhance our mission, goals, and impact? How can AI support us across the many different stages of a supporter journey? These are among the questions included in Zoe Amar Digital’s AI Checklist for charity trustees and leaders.
🔶 3.40pm - 4.20pm - How AI could be the secret to boosting your charity’s income - Paul Hayward, Director of Business Development at Engaging Networks & Gordon Walsh, Chief Data Scientist & Director at Accessible Intelligence
AI and its use in the charity sector is the hottest of topics right now. Learn how charities like Amnesty International, Rainforest Action Network and Mercy Homes for Boys & Girls have achieved their vision using AI platforms to power their digital fundraising.
🔶 4.25pm - 5.05pm - How charities can leverage Copilot across the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem - Tory Cassie, Director of Nonprofit at mhance
During this session, mhance will explore how charities can benefit from Copilot and AI in Dynamics 365, driving efficiencies across fundraising, help desk services, advisory support, and finance operations to maximise impact and streamline processes.
🔶 5.05pm - 5.30pm - Networking
Panel Discussions:
🔶 11.20am - 12.20pm - A Guide to using AI responsibly
For charities using AI, responsibility is essential. It means safeguarding those who use our services, who work in our teams, and who donate to our causes. It means protecting our organisations’ reputation and remaining trusted. And most of all, it means standing up for what’s right in the rapidly shifting digital age.
But where to start? This panel discussion of AI and charity sector experts will explore practical, people-centred approaches to AI, bringing together knowledge from digital inclusion to environmental protection, and empowering you to navigate AI’s ever-evolving landscape with integrity.
🔶 2.25pm - 3.25pm - How to use AI for service delivery
Service delivery is the bread and butter of charities’ work: it is the very reason they exist. But with new AI technologies in the mix, how charities deliver their services could be up for change. In 2024, 15% of charities are already using AI tools somewhere in their service delivery, according to the Charity Digital Skills Report.
But considering the diversity of charity services, what does this actually look like?
In this panel, two charities and AI experts will share the ways AI can make improvements for both charitable organisations and the communities they serve, from creating simple everyday efficiencies, to increasing impact on a larger scale – all without losing the human touch.
We are also running two workshops outside of the main streams:
How non-profits can meet their mission with AI with Alister Jones, Managing Director, Data & AI and Jodie Rodgers, Chief AI Officer at Transparity (10.15am - 11.15am)
From fundraising to day-to-day operations, AI holds the potential to reduce the burdens on NFP teams and allow you to do more with less. Join us to discuss the AI opportunity and the potential for radical change in your not-for-profit.
This workshop is aimed at a select target audience including the following job titles:
🔶 Chief Operating Officers
🔶 CIO/Head of IT
🔶 Head of Fundraising
🔶 Head of Innovation & Marketing
Please register your interest here.
Marketing Applications of AI with Jocelyn Burnham, AI Consultant to the Culture, Heritage & Charity Sector (1.40pm - 2.20pm)
Session highlights:
🔶 A focus on playful engagement with AI’s creative and productive applications
🔶 Exploring generative AI for video, image, music, and text generation
🔶 Discussing how to build confidence in using these technologies
🔶 Core AI concepts and terminology explained in an accessible way
🔶 Discussions on AI and emotion, ethics, happiness and collaboration
Please register your interest here.
Slides and resources
Find all the slides from the AI Summit here!
Practical steps to mitigating AI bias - Careful Industries
AI bias raises concerns for racial discrimination, gender inequality, and human rights issues – and without taking active steps to mitigate bias, these problems can cause organisations to inadvertently cause harm in their own communities and beyond.
The ethics of artificial intelligence - Reason Digital
While AI is a technology that sparks the imagination, it also harbours numerous ethical issues that can’t be ignored: bias, interpretability, labour conditions, copyright and GDPR, environmental effect, misinformation, malinformation, and empowering bad actors.
In the charity sector, we care about doing the right thing – and this session will show you how in the brave new world of AI.
A road-map to AI adoption - Zoe Amar Digital
How are staff and volunteers already using AI tools? Have we considered how AI could enhance our mission, goals, and impact? How can AI support us across the many different stages of a supporter journey? These are among the questions included in Zoe Amar Digital’s AI Checklist for charity trustees and leaders.
How AI could be the secret to boosting your charity’s income - Engaging Networks & Acessible Intelligence
AI and its use in the charity sector is the hottest of topics right now. Learn how charities like Amnesty International, Rainforest Action Network and Mercy Homes for Boys & Girls have achieved their vision using AI platforms to power their digital fundraising.
How charities can leverage Copilot across the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem - mhance
During this session, mhance will explore how charities can benefit from Copilot and AI in Dynamics 365, driving efficiencies across fundraising, help desk services, advisory support, and finance operations to maximise impact and streamline processes.
