LEEDSAI WEEK
9th - 15th Feb 2026
Join Leeds AI Week 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?
Speakers
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
AI for Developers
Deep dives into LLMs, agents, and local models. Built by builders, for builders.
Workshop: Fine-Tuning (PEFT)
FRIDAY
FRIDAY
AI in Engineering
Where physical engineering meets digital intelligence.
Workshop: Digital Twins - Train robots in simulation
Engineers' social
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
Project Foundation
Leeds AI Week is a student-led initiative founded and led by Mohammad Tasfiq Jawaad.
It brings together founders and executives, researchers and academics, AI specialists and students to discuss what artificial intelligence means for us all: the future of work, the integrity of education, the environmental cost of the technology, the way software is now built, and its role in engineering and healthcare. The week runs through panel discussions, workshops and a conference.
Mark your calendar.
Enquiry: [email protected]