Join us for a dynamic webinar panel as we commemorate Women's History Month by spotlighting the invaluable contributions women have made in the field of cybersecurity. Our esteemed panellists, comprising of women leaders and experts in the cyber domain, will engage in a thought-provoking discussion on the historical significance of women's involvement in cybersecurity, highlighting their pioneering achievements, challenges, and triumphs. From breaking barriers to fostering inclusivity and innovation, we will explore the multifaceted roles women have played in shaping the cybersecurity landscape.

Whilst generative AI models have been developed for a long time, the release of chat GPT 3.5 in November 2022 marked a pivotal moment when the world acknowledged this ground-breaking technology. It has unleashed an accelerated cascade of AI adoption and evolution. ChatGPT reached a million users in just 5 days. Recent research by McKinsey has estimated that generative AI alone could add up to $4.4 trillion annually, more than doubling the current annual GDP of the UK. So, in this era of mass adoption, how can startups focus on developing game-changing AI industry solutions? During this session will explore critical considerations, examples of great AI solutions and Azure resources to expand and evolve your strategic AI development plans, as well as some quick start demo’s applied to the legal industry.

This session explored our career paths into technology from the perspectives of: our inspirations, challenges, growth, etc. We also took a look to the future of AI technology and shared advice tips and tricks to advancing within the field.

During this panel, I spoke with Tim El-Sheikh from Nebuli and Thelma Onyeka from the Akama Fund about their AI startup journeys, current AI market trends, opportunities and challenges, advice around scaling AI startups, resources startups can leverage through Founders Hub in comparison to other similar initiatives, AI safety and more.

AI is set to add up to $4.4 trillion annually, more than doubling the current annual GDP of the UK (McKinsey). With accelerated AI development comes creative solutions to critical problems surrounding climate change. However, 37% of the global population that does not have internet access, amplifying inequalities in access to beneficial AI technology and risks. Who are the potential winners and losers when cities change to meet sustainable finance goals and funds are raised to improve the environment of inhabitants? What mitigations should be considered? What is the role of behavioural science to inform this change? Join me, alongside Jannika Aalto, Walid Al Saqqaf - Rebalance Earth, Guillaume Levannier and Adrian Sargent as we explore some of these questions at the Sustainable Finance Live conference.

Whilst generative AI models have been developed for a long time, the release of chat GPT 3.5 in November 2022 marked a pivotal moment when the world acknowledged this ground-breaking technology. It has unleashed an accelerated cascade of AI adoption and evolution. ChatGPT reached a million users in just 5 days. Recent research by McKinsey has estimated that generative AI alone could add up to $4.4 trillion annually, more than doubling the current annual GDP of the UK. So in this era of mass adoption, how can startups focus on developing game-changing AI industry solutions? During this session will explore critical considerations, examples of great AI solutions and resources to expand and evolve your strategic AI development plans.

Moderator: Guillaume Levannier Investment Manager Lombard Odier Investment

Panellists: Matt Bullivant Director ESG OakNorth, Adam Webb COO Risk ICBC Standard Bank, Adrian Sargent CEO Cast Community Bank, Darshna Shah Director of Innovation Elastacloud

While we don't have a one click deploy solution to global warming, we all have a part to play. One part where developers and data scientists can play is core principles of Green Data Engineer & Science. Focusing on Azure and using tools such as Emissions Impact Dashboard for Azure we will show you tools to take away and questions, concepts & designs too utilised in any Data team. While this won't save our planet, it's another step towards being more sustainable as individuals and businesses

Automated AI has revolutionised almost every industry on the planet and is expected to grow by an additional 44% by 2025. Whilst there are great success stories associated with automated AI, what does it really take to get there and what are challenges teams may face? In this session we consider MLOps success stories and tools across the Azure stack that facilitate best practise, but also consider challenges teams may face such as model drift, correction cascades, data dependencies and more.

Panel: Heimo Hammer (kraftwerk CEO), Darshna Shah (Director of Innovation, Elastacloud), Nora Sophie Griefahn (Cradle to Cradle Co-founder) and panel host Noelia Jimenez Martinez (Microsoft Sustainability Architect).

MVPs Darshna Shah and Chris Lloyd-Jones discuss green software practises to develop application in Azure, including optimal use of microservices, training of machine learning models, sustainability regulations and carbon awareness

Young girls between 11-15 attended TNMOC for a day to experience interactive, innovative and careers-focused hands-on activities and hear from leading inspirational women in the industry. The session Sandy May and I delivered focused on the AI development life-cycle, application of AI in the fight against climate change along with some interactive sustainability thought-provoking games.

The Imagine Cup is Microsoft’s annual student developer competition. I had the pleasure to judge some of the many great solutions created alongside other knowledgeable judges (video: 6:03). The Imagine Cup is full of opportunities to gain new skills, access exclusive training, unlock mentorship opportunities, and have a chance to win great prizes and make a difference in the world.

One of the most powerful applications data and AI technology is in the adaptation and mitigation against climate change. This session explores the application of AI within climate science and sustainable solutions but also considers the carbon costs of AI development and templates for green technology design.

The multi-faceted approach to drive innovation required in the dynamically changing world of sustainability will require exceptionally skilled leaders. This session guides action-takers on approaching sustainability leadership from various angles, simplifying the world of ESG frameworks and regulation, the art of the possible with technology, collecting the right data, skills profiles within teams and creating impactful reporting with AI at the core of decision making.

The Reactor Community Spotlight is a snack-sized show, designed to meet, greet and explore communities and their leaders from Europe and the Middle East. In this session we will be meeting Darshna Shah who is an Microsoft AI MVP and the Director of Innovation at Sustainability Studio (part of the Elastacloud Group). Learn more about Darshna, the work she does around data science and sustainability in AI and the Data Science London meetup group she runs.

Sustainable finance has a key role to play in mobilising the necessary capital to deliver against the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The sustainable finance industry still faces many data and analytical challenges but are collectively making marked strides forward. During this session we explore some of the ways NLP techniques are being used to mine sustainability data and insights, specifically focusing on sentiment analysis of sustainability reports using Azure Cognitive Services.

Threat prevention is growing increasingly complex as a result of exploding data volumes, more entry points for cyber threats and increased rewards for attackers. During this session we will a look at some of the deep learning approaches adopted by security teams and attackers to, respectively, secure and infiltrate organisations.