AI WEEK
2026
Monday, 9th Feb - Sunday, 15th Feb
Join AI Week 2026 and explore AI in Business, Education, Climate, Software Architecture, Engineering, and Healthcare
MONDAY
MONDAY
AI in Business
Exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the corporate landscape, from automation to decision intelligence, and how it affects future employability
Executive Panel: How AI is shaping the business landscape
TUESDAY
TUESDAY
AI in Education
Redefining the classroom. How personalised learning and smart tools are empowering the next generation.
Expert Panel: Rethinking Integrity - Is AI Breaking or Making the Academic Experience?
On Stage

Professor Samantha Pugh
Institutional Academic Lead for AI, National Teaching Fellow, Professor of STEM Higher Education

Richard de Blacquiere-Clarkson
AI Hub Lead, Strategic Lead for Research Ethics, Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE)

Dr Jenny Sexton
Data Science Lecturer

Freddie Bujko
Learning Technologist at the University of Leeds

Shivani Gug
Education Officer at LUU
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Climate & Environment
Learn how AI is affecting the climate and environment. Find out if it can be a solution or a threat. Get insight into how the industry leaders are using AI in this field.
Expert Panel: AI and the environment: Solution or threat?
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
FRIDAY
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
Project Foundation
AI Week 2026 is a student-led initiative, led by the Academic Activities Executive at Leeds University Union in collaboration with LUU, AI Hub, LUU societies and student leaders aiming to accelerate student-led AI Space at the University of Leeds.
Mark your calendar.
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