AI Insight Chat Series: Building an effective AI team - Key considerations, Skills and Competencies

Join us for an insightful session on building a successful AI team within your organisation. This event delves into crucial questions such as:

• Should you upskill your existing team or bring in external expertise?
• How should you initiate the process of building a team?
• What skills and competencies are essential for developing a robust AI strategy?

During the session you will hear from our expert panel, who will share their perspectives from a variety of industry sectors and backgrounds.

Through this interactive session you will have the opportunity to collaborate with the experts and attendees to share your experiences and discuss these challenges with the experts and other participants. We will explore the challenges and opportunities in developing AI teams to deliver your strategic goals, and understand the skills required to confidently address current and future AI challenges.

Chat host and expert panel

September’s chat is hosted by The Alan Turing Institute Skills team with their Senior Advisor for Skills Matthew Forshaw.

Our panel of experts will offer their unique industry perspectives:

• Andrew Corbett
  Andrew is the Head of Research and Development at DigiLab, a deep tech company specialising in trustworthy AI software for safety critical industries. In addition, Andy holds a research fellowship at the University of Exeter, with a research focus of uncertainty quantification and explainable architectures in deep learning. Andy also serves as an Independent Scientific Advisor for The Alan Turing Institute.
• Spyridon Samothrakis
  Spyros is a Chief Scientific Advisor and a Senior Lecturer, working at the University of Essex, and has wide experience advising the private and public sectors in initiating and nurturing data science initiatives. His research interests include out-of-distribution generalization, catastrophic forgetting, causality, and reinforcement learning. Spyros also serves as an Independent Scientific Advisor for The Alan Turing Institute.
• Tahira Suleman
  Tahira is a prominent expert in AI implementation and strategy. With experience at HSBC, where she integrated AI into Global Banking and Markets, and developed AI proposals for the Due Diligence department, she brings a wealth of knowledge to the field. An MIT-trained specialist in Artificial Intelligence for Business, Tahira has also advised London’s IQ-EQ on AI integration and the British Standards Institute on AI for small and medium enterprises. As the author of the AI Qualification Framework, and a key contributor to the National AI Skills for Business framework, she is a leading voice on building AI strategies that balance innovation with responsible business practices.