Technology
Events
December 2023 – January 2024 | Toronto, London, New York
The LRI recently held a series of three invitation-only roundtables in partnership with the Ian O. Ihnatowycz Institute for Leadership, Ivey Business School. The series focused on the challenges facing executives and policy makers vis-à-vis purpose, character and leadership in relation to ESG and the future of work, with the LRI contributing insights from the long-run experience.
2 October 2020 | Online Conference
The digital behemoths of the 21st century are increasingly viewed as the new monopolies. How do we create policies that balance the needs of innovators, consumers, and national jurisdictions?
24 May 2018 | Roundtable, Belfast, UK
How will firms, markets and regulators respond to the emerging challenges and opportunities of the 21st century information revolution? Can we draw on historical precedents to help guide us?
Articles
Professor Judy Stephenson: Big ideas and a cup of tea (E2, E3, E4)
LRI Director and UCL professor Judy Stephenson continues her engaging dialogues with leading UCL scholars, inviting viewers to connect with some of today’s most compelling academic voices.
A Cup of Tea: The Human Consequences of AI
In this new University College London Press series, host and LRI Director Judy Stephenson asks 10 serious questions of some of UCL’s leading academics. Over this particular cup of tea, Professor Stephenson explores the human-AI connection with anthropology Professor Daniel Miller. Noting that AI is becoming increasingly anthropomorphised, the discussion explores how we assign meaning and value to technology as we integrate it ever more deeply into our lives.
Roundtable: Women’s Leadership and the Human Infrastructure of AI
Co-chaired by Mona Malone, Chief Administrative Officer of BMO Financial Group, and Professor Judy Stephenson of University College London, the roundtable was convened to examine the intersection of historical female human capital and modern technological innovation. Featured speakers included Cambridge Professor Amy Louise Erickson and Dr Jennifer Aston of the Northumbria University.