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SUMMARY:Traveltech Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Sports\, Wellness & TravelTech: The Future of Active Travel \n\n\n\n​What happens when sport\, wellness\, travel and technology come together? \n\n\n\n​From major sporting events driving destination visits to the growing popularity of wellness breaks\, active holidays and experience-led travel\, the relationship between sport\, wellness and tourism is evolving rapidly. \n\n\n\n​Our September TravelTech Meetup will explore how technology is helping shape this growing space and the opportunities emerging at the intersection of sport\, wellness and travel. \n\n\n\n​We’ll bring together voices from across the sectors to explore questions including: \n\n\n\n​How is technology changing the sports travel experience?From ticketing and fan experiences to travel planning and destination discovery\, how can technology make it easier to travel for sport? \n\n\n\n​What is the future of wellness tourism?How are data\, AI and personalisation helping travellers discover and design more meaningful wellness and active travel experiences? \n\n\n\n​How can destinations make the most of major sporting events?Beyond the event itself\, how can technology help destinations manage visitor flows\, extend stays and create lasting economic impact? \n\n\n\n​Where are the opportunities for innovation?What new products\, services and experiences are emerging as sport\, wellness and travel increasingly converge? \n\n\n\n​Join us for an evening of discussion\, ideas and networking with people working across TravelTech\, tourism\, sport\, wellness and the wider visitor economy. \n\n\n\n​Whether you’re building technology\, working in sport or wellness\, managing a destination\, or simply interested in where these sectors are heading\, we’d love to have you join the conversation.
URL:https://www-staging.efi.cahss.ed.ac.uk/event/traveltech-meetup/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Governing AI in higher education: applying human rights to the post-AI condition
DESCRIPTION:This event explores how human rights can meaningfully shape AI governance in higher education and research. It considers higher education broadly\, including teaching\, learning\, research\, knowledge dissemination and academic work\, and frames the discussion through the “post-AI condition”: an environment shaped by socio-technical\, legal\, political-economic and cultural dynamics in which AI is omnipresent\, policy and regulation struggle to keep pace with Big Tech and Big AI\, and human rights are challenged. The event adopts a human rights approach to AI governance as a fundamental layer through which AI affects universities\, students\, academics\, researchers and democratic knowledge systems. Contributions address academic labour and procurement governance\, public AI and the rights to science and education\, data privacy and citizens’ agency\, and the role of higher education institutions in shaping accountable AI.
URL:https://www-staging.efi.cahss.ed.ac.uk/event/governing-ai-in-higher-education-applying-human-rights-to-the-post-ai-condition/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T160000
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SUMMARY:Building Compassion in Financial Services Organizations 
DESCRIPTION:[11:00am–12:00pm ET / 3:00–4:00pm UTC] \n\n\n\nPlease join our global community of compassionate leaders and change-makers for a conversation on building compassion into the culture of financial services. The Center for Compassionate Leadership and the Compassion in Financial Services Hub at Edinburgh Futures Institute\, University of Edinburgh are delighted to host this special gathering\, that will open with a panel discussion followed by ample time for audience Q&A. \n\n\n\nOur panel includes: \n\n\n\n● Bill Mansfield\, Lloyds Bank North America \n\n\n\n● Omar Shaikh\, Global Ethical Finance Initiative \n\n\n\n● Liz Grant\, Compassion in Financial Services Hub\, University of Edinburgh \n\n\n\n● Monica Worline\, Center for Positive Organizations\, University of Michigan \n\n\n\n● Laura Berland\, Center for Compassionate Leadership \n\n\n\n● Evan Harrel\, Center for Compassionate Leadership
URL:https://www-staging.efi.cahss.ed.ac.uk/event/building-compassion-in-financial-services-organizations/
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261008T100000
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SUMMARY:The Binks Hub Celebration Day: Research with Communties
DESCRIPTION:This celebratory day will showcase the variety of projects and collaborations undertaken in partnership with the Binks Hub\, to mark the conclusion of the hub’s five-year research funding. \n\n\n\nDrop-in briefly or stay awhile with us! The day will feature a series of bookable workshops and sessions exploring participatory arts-based research methods and the outcomes of the projects. A collection of stalls\, information stands and a making space will be available to visit on a drop-in basis from 10am. \n\n\n\nThe day will culminate in an evening reception to recognise all that has gone into co-creating the research\, enjoy being together as we reflect on what has been achieved\, and enable you to explore new opportunities for communities\, artists\, practitioners\, and researchers to co-create together beyond the Binks Hub.
URL:https://www-staging.efi.cahss.ed.ac.uk/event/the-binks-hub-celebration-day-research-with-communties/
LOCATION:Greyfriars Charteris Centre\, 138-140 Pleasance\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9RR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Celebration Day
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SUMMARY:Undergraduate Open Day
DESCRIPTION:Book your place at our Open Day on Saturday 24 October. \n\n\n\nMost Open Day activities will take place between 9:30am and 4pm. \n\n\n\nOpen Day talks\, taster lectures and tours are included in the booking system for you to add to your ticket. View\, add or remove activities from your booking at any time using the ticket link in your confirmation email.
URL:https://www-staging.efi.cahss.ed.ac.uk/event/undergraduate-open-day/
LOCATION:University of Edinburgh Central Campus\, Edinburgh
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261103T180000
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SUMMARY:Technomoral Conversations: AI and the Future of Fundamental Rights
DESCRIPTION:In this fireside chat\, we will hear from Javier Ruiz Diaz\, tèmítópé lasade-anderson\, Haylea Campbell and Zeerak Talat! \n\n\n\nThe Technomoral Conversations series brings together leaders\, creators and innovators from academia\, technology\, business and the third sector in a ‘fireside chat’ format to discuss futures that are worth wanting. \n\n\n\nChaired by the Centre for Technomoral Futures’ Chancellor’s Fellow in Responsible Machine Learning and AI\, Dr Zeerak Talat\, this Technomoral Conversation will feature Javier Ruiz Diaz (Technology and Human Rights Lead at Amnesty International UK)\, tèmítópé lasade-anderson (Executive Director at Glitch)\, Haylea Campbell (Senior Associate in the Pro Bono Practice at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader)\, and Professor Michael Veale (Professor of Technology Law and Policy at University College London). The panelists will discuss AI’s rapidly expanding impact on fundamental rights such as freedom of speech\, labour rights\, privacy and freedom of movement\, and how AI is reshaping the wider political climate. The event will include time for audience questions. \n\n\n\nThis event is a collaboration between the Centre for Technomoral Futures and Edinburgh Futures Institute.
URL:https://www-staging.efi.cahss.ed.ac.uk/event/technomoral-conversations-ai-and-the-future-of-fundamental-rights/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, Level 0 Event Space\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261124T160000
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SUMMARY:Traveltech Meet-Up
DESCRIPTION:​What happens when building technology becomes easier\, faster and more accessible than ever before? And what could that mean for travel and tourism? \n\n\n\n​Tools that once required significant budgets\, specialist developers and months of work are becoming much more accessible with the help of AI. For travel and tourism businesses\, this creates exciting opportunities to solve everyday challenges\, improve visitor experiences and turn ideas into working solutions that might previously have been out of reach. \n\n\n\n​But what does this look like in practice? What are people actually building\, and how is AI changing the way we work across the travel and tourism sector? \n\n\n\n​For our November TravelTech Meetup\, we’re inviting anyone using AI to come along and show us what they’ve built. \n\n\n\n​Have you created an AI tool to help a hotel manage guest enquiries? Built something to personalise travel recommendations\, help visitors discover local experiences or simplify tour planning? Developed a solution to automate bookings\, improve destination marketing or make your business operations more efficient? \n\n\n\n​Whether you’re building a new product\, experimenting with an idea or finding creative ways to solve everyday problems\, we’d love to see what you’re working on. \n\n\n\n​We’re looking for short\, 5 to 10 minute talks or demonstrations showcasing what you’ve built\, how you’ve used AI and what you’ve learned along the way. \n\n\n\n​You don’t need to be a tech company or an AI expert. We’re interested in practical examples\, creative experiments and ideas that demonstrate what’s possible when the barriers to building technology start to come down. \n\n\n\n​Come and share what you’ve built\, discover what others are doing\, and explore what happens when more people have the tools to turn their ideas into reality.
URL:https://www-staging.efi.cahss.ed.ac.uk/event/traveltech-meet-up-7/
LOCATION:Edinburgh Futures Institute\, 1 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9EF\, United Kingdom
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