Trust is fundamental in holding civil societies together: it grounds our relationships with our institutions on which we depend. Machinelearning offers huge benefits to these institutions but the benefit will only be realised if trust can be maintain in these institutions.

How do the current business models work for public service organisations in relation to commercial companies. Can Machine learning help make such practices more transparent and open to the benefit of the public?

What policies could be put in place to the benefit of the public?

Ian Forrester & Ahmed Razek from the BBC welcome you to a discussion on the role of machine learning in decision making and the importance of public service in an era of intelligent machines.