Turing GW4 - AI, Data Science, Climate, Adaptation and Net Zero

Turing GW4 Speaker Event - AI, Data Science, Climate, Adaptation & Net Zero

Welcome to the Turing GW4 Speaker Event at the University of Bath.

Audience: Post graduates - PhDs, Postdocs, ECRs, Researchers - open to all interested in data science and AI – registration essential.

Join us for an afternoon of presentations and discussions on AI, Data Science, Climate, Adaptation, and Net Zero.

It is beyond question that the climate crisis is upon us and our duty as environmental custodians of the planet has never been more pressing. Whether on land, sea or in the air, AI and data science are revolutionising our knowledge and environmental response for the benefit of society and the planet.

This event will include a series of thought-provoking talks on the latest research on topics related to AI in farming, atmospherics and coastal erosion; an industry-led panel discussion and a facilitated workshop on collaborative opportunities for future partnerships.

Event format:

This in-person event is designed to allow travel to Bath and will follow this format:

13:00 Arrival, registration, refreshments

13:30 Welcome, Dr Andrew Barnes, Univeristy of Bath

13:35 GW4 overview: Katie Lidster, Research Programme Manager, GW4 Alliance

13:40 Talks

• Climate suitability modeling for farming decision making - Dr Emmanuel Junior Zuza, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management and Sustainability, Royal Agricultural University
• Combing statistics and AI to create generative models for environmental extreme events - Dr Christian Rohrbeck – Senior Lecturer, Dept of Mathematical Sciences and Centre for Climate Adaptation & Environment Research (CAER)

14: 20 Q&A with Dr Emmauel Junior Zuza and Dr Christian Rohrbeck

14:30 Lightning talks

If you are a PhD or postdoc and are interested in presenting a lightening talk on your research please contact turing-liaison@bath.ac.uk

14:55 Q&A with Lightening Talk Speakers

15:00 Break with Refreshments and PhD Poster Session

15:30 Talks

• Speaker to be announced
• Detecting Atmospheric Waves Fairly in Observations and Models – the “Observational Filter” and a Convolutional Neural Network - Prof Corwin Wright, Dept of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Co-Director, Centre for Climate Adaptation & Environment Research (CAER)

16:10 Q&A with - Prof Corwin Wright and Speaker TBA

16:20 Panel discussion - including speakers from industry sharing their insights on the challenges facing them related to climate, adaptation and net zero. The panel will examine how AI and Machine Learning can help and consider the current funding landscape.

16:45 Industry set climate challenge facilitated workshop

17:30 Closing remarks - host TBC

17:35 Event Close, Rebecca Megson-Smith, Turing Liaison

!!CALLING ALL PhD students!!

Would you like to present a lightening talk OR a poster on your research that relates to the topic of this event?

If so, good news, you can indicate your interest as you sign up to this event and we will be in touch with you shortly to find out more about your work.

We will confirm the line up of posters and lightening talks with presenters by the end of June. Please let us know before 30/06/2025 if you would like to present.