Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/ai-committee/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral evidence and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.
Oral evidence in chronological order
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Professor Nick Bostrom, Director, Future of Humanity Institute |
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Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton |
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Professor Michael Wooldridge, Head of Department and Professor of Computer Science, University of Oxford |
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Rory Cellan-Jones, Technology Correspondent, BBC News |
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Sarah O’Connor, Employment Correspondent, Financial Times |
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Andrew Orlowski, Executive Editor, The Register |
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Dr Ing. Konstantinos Karachalios, Managing Director, IEEE-Standards Association |
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Professor Alan Winfield, Professor of Robot Ethics, University of the West of England |
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Jeremy Barnett, Barrister, St Pauls Chambers, Leeds and Gough Square Chambers |
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Professor Chris Reed, Professor of Electronic Commerce Law, Queen Mary University of London |
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Professor Karen Yeung, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Technology, Ethics, Law and Society at Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London |
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Dr David Barber, Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute, and Reader in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning, UCL |
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Dr Marko Balabanovic, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Catapult |
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Dr Timothy Lanfear, Director of EMEA Solution Architecture & Engineering Team, NVIDIA |
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Eileen Burbidge MBE, Partner, Passion Capital |
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David Kelnar, Investment Director and Head of Research, MMC Ventures |
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Libby Kinsey, Co-founder, Project Juno |
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Dr Mercedes Bunz, Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster |
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Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner, Information Commissioner’s Office |
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Dr Sandra Wachter, Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Ethics and Algorithms, Oxford Internet Institute |
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Olivier Thereaux, Head of Technology, The Open Data Institute |
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Javier Ruiz Diaz, Policy Director, The Open Rights Group |
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Frederike Kaltheuner, Policy Officer, Privacy International |
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Dr James Luke, Chief Technology Officer for the Public Sector, IBM |
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Kriti Sharma, Vice President of Artificial Intelligence and Bots, Sage |
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Andrew de Rozairo, Vice President, Customer Innovation and Enterprise Platform, SAP |
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Colin Griffiths, Policy Manager, Citizens Advice |
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Will Hayter, Project Director, Competition and Markets Authority |
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Olly Buston, CEO and Founder, Future Advocacy |
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Professor Dame Henrietta Moore, Director, Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL |
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Professor Richard Susskind OBE, IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales |
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Dr Mark Taylor, Global Strategy & Research Director, Dyson |
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Dr Joseph Reger, Chief Technology Officer EMEIA, Fujitsu |
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Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, Ocado |
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Dr Julian Huppert, Chair, Independent Review Panel for DeepMind Health |
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Dr Sobia Raza, Head of Science, PHG Foundation |
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Nicola Perrin, Head, Understanding Patient Data, Wellcome Trust |
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Dr Hugh Harvey, Clinical Artificial Intelligence Researcher and Consultant Radiologist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust |
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Dame Fiona Caldicott, National Data Guardian for Health and Care, Office of the National Data Guardian |
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Professor Martin Severs, Medical Director, NHS Digital |
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Dr Mark Briers, Strategic Programme Director for Defence and Security, The Alan Turing Institute |
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Professor Chris Hankin, Co-Director, Institute for Security Science and Technology, Imperial College London |
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Major Kitty McKendrick, Visiting Fellow, Chatham House |
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Professor Noel Sharkey, Emeritus Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and Public Engagement, University of Sheffield |
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Mike Stone, Former Chief of Digital and Information Officer, Ministry of Defence |
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Dr Alvin Wilby, Vice President Research, Technical and Innovation, Thales Group |
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Professor Wolfgang Wahlster, CEO and Scientific Director, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) |
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Dr Alan Bernstein, President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) |
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Miles Berry, Principal Lecturer, School of Education, University of Roehampton |
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Graham Brown-Martin, Author and entrepreneur |
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Professor Rosemary Luckin, Professor of Learner Centred Design, UCL Institute of Education |
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The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Minister of State for Digital, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
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The Rt Hon the Lord Henley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
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Dr Jérôme Pesenti, CEO, BenevolentTech at BenevolentAI |
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Professor David Edgerton, Hans Rausing Professor of the History of Science and Technology, and Professor of Modern British History, King’s College London |
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Professor Peter McOwan, Vice Principal, Public Engagement and Student Enterprise, Queen Mary University of London |
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Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, President, Royal Statistical Society, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge and Chair, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication |
Alphabetical list of all witnesses
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10x Future Technology |
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The Academy of Medical Sciences |
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Accenture UK Limited |
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Advanced Marine Innovation Technology Subsea Ltd |
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Agents, Interaction and Complexity (AIC) Group, University of Southampton |
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AGISI.org |
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The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) |
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The AI Initiative, The Future Society at Harvard Kennedy School |
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The Alan Turing Institute (QQ 143–152) |
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Mr Jaafar Almusaad |
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Amnesty International |
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Dr Sally Applin |
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Arm |
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Article 19 |
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The Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) |
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Dr Shahar Avin |
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Baker McKenzie |
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Balderton Capital (UK) LLP |
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Dr David Barber, Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute, and Reader in Computational Statistics and Machine Learning, UCL (QQ 38–45) |
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Jeremy Barnett (QQ 29–37) |
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Professor Andrew Basden |
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BBC |
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BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT |
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Dr Simon Beard |
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Miles Berry (QQ 181–189) |
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Big Brother Watch |
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Big Innovation Centre |
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Bikal |
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Dr Richard Billingsley |
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BioCentre |
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Bioss International Ltd |
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Dr Andrew Blick |
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Dr Paula Boddington |
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Michael Borgeaud |
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Professor Nick Bostrom (QQ 1–8) |
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Braintree |
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Mr Philip Bree |
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Bristows LLP |
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The British Academy |
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The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) |
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British Standards Institution |
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Graham Brown-Martin (QQ 181–189) |
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BSA The Software Alliance |
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Dr Aysegul Bugra |
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Professor Alan Bundy |
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Dr Mercedes Bunz (QQ 55–64) |
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Eileen Burbidge MBE (QQ 46–54) |
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Eur. Ing. David Burden |
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Michael Butterworth |
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Cancer Research UK |
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Capco |
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CBI |
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Rory Cellan-Jones (QQ 9–17) |
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Center for Data Innovation |
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Centre for Health Economics University of York |
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Centre for Public Impact |
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Centre for the Study of Existential Risk |
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CENTURY Tech |
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Matthew Channon |
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Charities Aid Foundation |
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Mr Thomas Cheney |
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Dr Esyin Chew |
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Children’s Commissioner for England |
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CIFAR (QQ 172–180) |
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Citizens Advice (QQ 85–94) |
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Donald Clerk |
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CognitionX |
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Cognitive Finance Group |
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Competition and Markets Authority (QQ 85–94) |
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Contact Centre Systems Ltd. |
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Cooley (UK) LLP |
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Dr Steven Cranfield |
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Will Crosthwait |
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Darktrace |
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Data & Society Research Institute |
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Mr Graeme Davis |
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Deep Learning Partnership |
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Deep Science Ventures |
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DeepMind |
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Deloitte |
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Department of Computer Science, University of Bath |
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Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool |
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Digital Catapult (QQ 38–45) |
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Doteveryone |
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Reverend Dr Lyndon Drake |
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Dyson (QQ 105–115) |
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Richard Ebley |
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The Economic Singularity Supper Club |
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Professor David Edgerton (QQ 213–223) |
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Professor Lilian Edwards |
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Electronic Frontier Foundation |
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Dr Julian Estevez |
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euRobotics Topics Group on ‘Ethical, Legal and |
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Faethm Pty Ltd |
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Family Law Partners |
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Dr Jerry Fishenden |
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Professor Robert Fisher |
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Dr Malcolm Fisk |
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Five AI Ltd |
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Foundation for Responsible Robotics |
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Professor John Fox |
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Laurence Freeman |
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Fujitsu (QQ 105–115) |
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Future Advocacy (QQ 95–104) |
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Future Intelligence |
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Future of Humanity Institute |
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Dr Samantha Gallivan |
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German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) (QQ 163–171) |
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Joanna Goodman |
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Government of Canada |
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Government of China |
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Government of Japan |
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Government of the Republic of Korea |
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Dr Paul Graham |
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Guide Dogs |
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Dr Ozlem Gurses |
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Professor Dame Wendy Hall (QQ 1–8) |
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Professor Chris Hankin (QQ 143–152) |
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Baroness Harding of Winscombe |
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Dr Hugh Harvey (QQ 128–142) |
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HM Government (QQ 190–200) |
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Fabia Howard-Smith |
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The Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project |
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Dr Julian Huppert (QQ 116–127) |
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Dr Catrin Fflûr Huws |
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IBM (QQ 76–84) |
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IEEE European Public Policy Initiative Working Group on ICT |
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The IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems |
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IEEE-Standards Association (QQ 18–28) |
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Imperial College London |
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Information Commissioner’s Office (QQ 55–64) |
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Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) London Chapter |
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Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) |
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Innovate UK |
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales |
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Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
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International Associates |
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Dr Maria Ioannidou |
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Brian Joyce |
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Dr Paresh Kathrani |
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Kemp Little LLP |
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Professor Simon King |
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Dr Ben Kirman |
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The Knowledge, Skills and Experience Foundation |
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Dr Ansgar Koene |
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Dr Antonios Kouroutakis |
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KPMG LLP |
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Martina Kunz |
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Maciej Kuziemski |
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Professor Marta Kwiatkowska |
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Dale Lane |
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Law and Innovation Research Group and the Legal Teaching Research Group from The Fundação Getúlio Vargas School of Law, São Paulo, Brazil |
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Dr David Lawrence |
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The Law Society of England and Wales |
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James Lawson |
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Professor Shaun Lawson |
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Professor Mark Lee |
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Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence |
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LexisNexis UK |
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Liberty |
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Chrissie Lightfoot |
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Dr Conor Linehan |
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Professor Rosemary Luckin (QQ 181–189) |
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Dr Mike Lynch |
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Ms Nika Mahnič |
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The Market Research Society |
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Professor James Marshall |
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Dr Neil McBride |
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Major Kitty McKendrick (QQ 153–162) |
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Mr John McNamara |
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Sabine McNeill |
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Professor Peter McOwan (QQ 213–223) |
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Professor Andrew McStay |
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medConfidential |
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) |
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Microsoft |
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MMC Ventures (QQ 46–54) |
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Professor Dame Henrietta Moore (QQ 95–104) |
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Dr Zdenek Moravcik |
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Dr Ian Morgan |
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Dr Sarah Morley |
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National Data Guardian for Health and Care |
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Professor John Naughton |
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NCC Group plc |
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Dr Jean-Christophe Nebel |
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Hadley Newman |
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NHS Digital (QQ 128–142) |
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Nominet |
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Norton Rose Fulbright LLP |
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Professor Thomas Nowotny |
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NVIDIA (QQ 38–45) |
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Ocado Group plc (QQ 105–115) |
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Mr Jeremy O’Connor |
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Sarah O’Connor (QQ 9–17) |
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Dr Dan O’Hara |
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Dr Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh |
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Dr James O’Shea |
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Alex Olson |
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Onfido |
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Online Dating Association |
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Open Data Institute (QQ 65–75) |
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Open Rights Group (QQ 65–75) |
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ORBIT The Observatory for Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT |
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Ordnance Survey |
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Andrew Orlowski (QQ 9–17) |
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Marion Oswald |
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Professor Maja Pantic |
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Dr Andrew Pardoe |
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Joshua Parikh |
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Jonathan Penn |
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Dr Jèrôme Pesenti (QQ 201–212) |
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PHG Foundation (QQ 116–127) |
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Dr Andrew Philippides |
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Toby Phillips |
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Professor Barbara Pierscionek |
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Professor John Preston |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) |
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Privacy International (QQ 65–75) |
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Project Juno (QQ 46–54) |
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Raymond Williams Foundation |
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Professor Chris Reed (QQ 29–37) |
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Research Councils UK |
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Research into Employment, Empowerment and Futures Centre (REEF), The Open University |
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Professor Kathleen Richardson |
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Professor David Robertson |
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Mrs Violet Rook |
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Dr Michael Rovatsos |
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Royal Academy of Engineering |
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The Royal College of Radiologists |
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The Royal Society |
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The Royal Statistical Society |
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The RSA |
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Dr John Rumbold |
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SafeToNet |
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Sage (QQ 76–84) |
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SAP (QQ 76–84) |
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Professor Maggi Savin-Baden |
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SCAMPI Research Consortium, City, University of London |
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Dr Valentina Rita Scotti |
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Dr Huma Shah |
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Professor Noel Sharkey (QQ 153–162) |
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Simul Systems Ltd |
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Jonathan Sinclair |
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SiteFocus Incorporated |
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Dr Will Slocombe |
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Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter (QQ 213–223) |
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Dr Chris Steed |
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Mike Stone (QQ 153–162) |
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Professor Richard Susskind OBE (QQ 95–104) |
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Professor Austin Tate |
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techUK |
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Thales Group (QQ 153–162) |
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Thames Valley Police |
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Thomson Reuters |
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Touch Surgery |
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Transport Systems Catapult |
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Richard Tromans |
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UCL Knowledge Lab |
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UK Computing Research Committee |
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The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie) |
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Understanding Patient Data, Wellcome Trust |
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Dr Ozlem Ulgen |
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University College London (UCL) |
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Sheena Urwin |
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Michael Veale |
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Professor Chris Voss |
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Dr Sandra Wachter (QQ 55–64) |
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Dr Toby Walsh |
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Andrew Ware |
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Professor Kevin Warwick |
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Warwick Business School University of Warwick |
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Weightmans LLP |
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Wellcome Trust |
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Vishal Wilde |
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Professor Chris Williams |
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Professor Rebecca Williams |
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Professor Alan Winfield (QQ 18–28) |
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Professor Michael Wooldridge (QQ 1–8) |
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Workday Inc. |
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Professor Karen Yeung (QQ 29–37) |
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Young Enterprise |
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Dr Jianhan Zhu |
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Diego Zuluaga |