Fast Forward: Data, Digital & AI
Tue 02 Jun
|John McIntyre Conference Centre, The Uni
A cross sector conference for evidence-based discussion and collaborative exploration of opportunities and challenges from the fast-moving development of technology. This event is by invitation only, but some spaces have been reserved for open registration of interest.
Time & Location
02 Jun 2026, 10:00 – 18:00 BST
John McIntyre Conference Centre, The Uni, Pollock Halls, 18 Holyrood Park Rd, Edinburgh EH16 5AY, UK
About the event
Welcome to Fast Forward: Data, Digital & AI!
A cross‑sector conference for evidence-based discussion and collaborative exploration of opportunities and challenges from the fast-moving development of technology.
Expectations for long-term business benefit from generative AI remain high while concerns grow about a potential AI bubble. We will interrogate where AI delivers verifiable benefit, and which uses genuinely justify their costs—in compute, energy, data and organisational change—recognising that GenAI needs the same fundamentals as any digital transformation: high-quality, accessible data, effective governance, and a deep understanding of context and business design.
Bringing together over 200 leading researchers and partners from industry, government and the third sector to build alliances and partnerships to grasp opportunities and solve challenges from fast‑moving technological change.
Join to bring clarity on verifiable benefit from GenAI implementation, surface alternatives (from robotics to quantum computing), and build relationships for systematic exploration of novel data, digital and AI technologies.…