We believe that everyone should have a seat at the table when it comes to data, and we invite you to be part of the conversation by joining us at a London Data Week event.
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Address: London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6SB
Time: 10:00 – 13:00
Maps function as lenses through which we perceive the world and are central to our understanding of a place. By emphasising personal, participatory and qualitative forms of data, this workshop seeks to make maps more collaborative, open and inclusive artefacts.
During the workshop, participants will engage in a data walk, where we will collectively observe and map the sensory environment around us. The objective is to explore the diverse and subjective nature of sensory encounters and using mapping as a means to meaningfully reconnect with our shared spaces. Following the group data walk, a collective mapping exercise will facilitate discussions on the subjectivity of maps and representations of a place, and the collective narratives they shape.
The workshop aims to surface the intangible aspects of a place and associate them with our subjective, personal experiences. We hope for the participants to leave with a broader notion of what qualifies as data, a renewed connection to their sensory environment and how it shapes their lived experience of the city.
This event is suitable for a general audience
Address: City Hall, Committee Room 2&3, Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE
Time: 10:00 – 11:45
As part of London Data Week, The Greater London Authority is running an event with Policy in Practice to showcase data-led benefit take-up campaigns commissioned by The Mayor of London and run in partnership with Policy in Practice.
The campaign began its first phase in February 2023 focusing on Pension Credit uptake, securing over £8 million a year for pensioners across the capital. Supported by Age UK London, the initial phase of the campaign saw over 8,000 eligible Londoners in 17 boroughs receive letters inviting them to claim Pension Credit. The Pension Credit campaign is now in its second phase with 23 London boroughs participating.
The campaign is the first of its kind, with local authorities across the capital joining forces to better the lives of residents through proactive outreach and income maximisation.
Pilot campaigns are also underway in selected London boroughs focusing on Healthy Start, Attendance Allowance and Free School Meals enrollment.
There will be a panel discussion and Q&A led by the Policy in Practice campaign team, partners such as Age UK London as well as leading local authorities involved in this project. The event will be followed by a tea and coffee networking session.
This event is suitable for policymakers, charities and NGOs and local residents
Address: AutogenAI, 123 Pentonville Road, N1 9LG
Time: 13:30 – 15:00
The voluntary sector are delivering vital services to the community but keeping track of that impact and showcasing it effectively can be challenging. We’ve designed a free platform to help you keep track of your impact and show it off effectively! We’ll be using this workshop to help get you set up and send you away with a custom URL that can be easily shared with funders and the public.
*Attendees will be required to bring their own laptops in order to participate
This event is suitable for charities and NGOs
Address: Online (Zoom)
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
Recent advances in AI have led to increased awareness and uptake of AI tools to enhance decision making and the delivery of services, including within the public sector. But there are also concerns about the biases in the underlying data, the explainability or trustworthiness of AI models and the lack of accountability mechanisms. One way to address some of these risks is by involving the public in the design, evaluation and oversight of AI systems.
During this webinar, participants will learn about the opportunities to introduce participation into their data science/AI projects drawing on Nesta’s Participatory AI approach. We will draw on case studies, including our experience developing AI tools for disaster response, and introduce future use cases relevant for the public sector. There will be opportunities to ask questions throughout.
This is aimed at people working with data across the public sector who are interested in using AI but want to do it responsibly. For example, you might be responsible for technology procurement in the NHS, leading data projects in local government or developing policy for AI assurance.
This event is suitable for public sector data practitioners
Address: Bush House SE 2.10, King’s College London, Strand campus, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG
Time: 17:30 – 19:30
Are you curious about the hidden stories of your community? In this interactive workshop, we’ll discover how ONS (Office for National Statistics) open-access census data can unlock the secrets of places and communities, at a local level, using spatial mapping tools.
We’ll explore a mystery area of London through its data alone, and use it to construct a collective image of the area and its community. Where is the picture incomplete? What data is missing? What worries or delights you about this place? What would you want to examine, with what evidence base?
Finally, we’ll reveal the location and compare it to our data-driven portrait. We will use it to collectively discuss data and place, which voices are missing, and how we/they can be represented. We hope you’ll come away with a vision of a place where citizens are empowered around data, their data rights and decision-making around data.
This workshop is open to everyone – no technical expertise required!
This event is suitable for a general audience and aimed at community groups, local residents and civil service professionals.
Address: Online (Zoom)
Time: 18:30 – 19:30
This London Data Week, join DataKind UK and a panel of charity leaders for a fascinating discussion about how data use can maximise your organisation’s impact. While our panellists’ organisations share a focus on educational equity, they face very different goals and challenges, from improving membership to assessing wellbeing.
By learning how to use data more effectively through one of our programmes, they were all able to draw out insights, overcome sticking points, and work through operational challenges to better achieve their purpose.
They will discuss the differences between their data collection, explore how a range of data techniques and approaches can be applied to tackle a broad spectrum of issues, and consider why cross-sector collaboration is vital.
Come along to learn more about what data can do for your third sector organisation and be inspired by real world examples!
The panel will be led by DataKind UK, and feature a discussion between:
Starting at 6.30pm, the discussion will be about 45 minutes with 10-15 minutes for Q&A at the end.
This event is suitable for third sector and public sector data professionals.
Address: Pinsent Masons, 30 Crown Pl, Earl St, London EC2A 4ES
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
London consistently ranks as one of Europe’s ‘smartest’ cities, but what does smartness look like in our city today? How is data already being used to solve problems and drive inclusive growth?
At this roundtable, held as part of the 2nd London Data Week and hosted by BusinessLDN and Pinsent Masons, we will bring together industry experts to explore how data-driven solutions are can help to revolutionise planning, transport and sustainability in the capital. We will hear from BusinessLDN members on a range of different projects, from improving air quality, to how AI could be used to make the most of vacant high street spaces and places, to how data trusts can help with food supply chains.
This event is invitation only with a few general interest tickets available. If you are interested, please contact the email listed in the registration page to express interest.
This event is suitable for data leaders and data champions.
Address: Great Hall, King’s College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
The event is an interactive workshop organised by grassroots AI researchers from across Africa that focuses on how good AI language models like ChatGPT are in global Languages, with a focus on six African languages: አማርኛ (Amharic), Hausa, Northern Sotho (Sepedi), Kiswahili (Swahili), Yorùbá (Yoruba), and isiZulu (Zulu).
The day will be split into two halves:
This event is suitable for AI researchers and practitioners and community members from low resource language communities, especially those who speak አማርኛ (Amharic), Hausa, Northern Sotho (Sepedi), Kiswahili (Swahili), Yorùbá (Yoruba), and isiZulu (Zulu).
Address: Online
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Welcome to the official Data Time TV webinar for London Data Week!
Join us as we discuss the role of data in art, culture and sport; and debate how ordinary people can get involved in decisions about data and AI. Also – test your knowledge against our studio panellists in fun data-related quizzes, as we present an edition of our celebrated Data Game. And if that is not enough we’ll be showing Alan Warburton’s hugely popular film – ‘The Wizard of AI’.
So whether you’re a data aficionado – or just data curious – join us for a fun-packed date with data. At a laptop near you.
This event is suitable for anyone
Address: Nesta, 58 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DS
Time: 14:30 – 16:00
This interactive workshop aims to explore how public sector organisations can work with citizen science data to address policy priorities, related to, for example, climate adaptation, health and social care or achieving urban sustainability targets. The session will provide an introduction to citizen science and case studies of existing initiatives where data has been used by municipalities, governments or public bodies. Participants will work through design activities to identify opportunities for using citizen science data in their work, and explore practical tips introducing these approaches into their institutional processes.
This is a hands-on workshop for local authorities, public sector organisations and anyone interested in working with citizen science data, which aims to provide participants with practical tools, resources and skills using citizen science in their work.
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in citizen science data
Address: British Council, 1 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ. Nearest station is Stratford Station (Accessible via Jubilee, Elizabeth, DLR, Central and Overground lines)
Time: 16:15 – 19:45
Are you a teenager interested in the fascinating world of artificial intelligence and coding? Join British Council’s AI experts for an exciting workshop designed to introduce you to the basics of AI, chatbots and programming.
In this event, we’ll recreate a classic arcade game using ChatGPT, a large language model, before putting your pitching skills to the test with the chance to demo your game and win prizes.
No prior experience or knowledge is required – just bring your curiosity and enthusiasm!
Agenda:
4:15-4:30pm – Registration at the British Council reception
4:30-5:15pm – Brief of the task from our instructors, group allocation and introductory exercises (introduction to ChatGPT, Jupyter Notebook interface, Python libraries, how to build/test a game)
5:15-6:00pm – Main task Part 1 (building one of four pre selected game types with the assistance of one instructor per 3 students)
6:00-6:30pm – Refreshment break
6:30-7:00pm – Main task Part 2 (testing game and writing the final pitch)
7:00-7:45pm – Final pitch, demos and prizes (5 mins per group and prizes)
Please note: Minimum age to participate is 13, due to ChatGPT minimum sign-up age.
Please bring your own laptop, as we cannot guarantee we’ll be able to provide one on the day, and may only be able to provide one for a few participants.
Please create your own free ChatGPT account to use during the workshop. An account can be created here.
This event is suitable for 13-14 year olds, however older students are welcome up to the age of 16.
Address: Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Room 122, South Kensington Campus
Time: 17:00 – 18:00
Today, people leave digital breadcrumbs wherever they go and sometimes, this data can leak in unexpected ways. We have methods of securing and encrypting data to protect against these data leaks or malicious hacks, but how effective are they?
Join us for a discussion on data privacy, led by Imperial’s Computational Privacy Group who will be explaining some of their research investigating the robustness of current data privacy systems.
Postgraduate researchers Nataša Krčo and Igor Shilov will be presenting their cutting-edge research on privacy attacks on synthetic data and machine learning classifiers and the copyright implications of large language models.
Agenda:
5:00-5:15 – Introduction to the Data Science Institute and to the Computational Privacy Group
5:15-5:30 – Research presentation by Nataša Krčo
5:30-5:45 – Research presentation by Igor Shilov
5:45-6:00 – Q&A with audience
*Please arrive at least 5-minutes early to ensure a prompt start to the event.
This event is suitable for a general audience with an interest in privacy, policy and government
Address: King’s Cross
Time: 17:00 – 18:30
This is an interactive participatory data ‘walkshop’ for community engagement officers, designers, participatory researchers, or anyone working in local government or public services who has to communicate about data in creative ways. The data walk aims to engage participants in a lively dialogue around citizen science data, prompted by observations of different aspects of the city, and citizen science project sites, as we walk around them. Participants can expect to take away inspiration and reflections on the ways in which citizen science data can have greater impact. Come with an inquisitive mindset, comfortable footwear, and be prepared to talk about your experiences of collecting or using citizen science data with those around you.
The walk will start from Kings Cross and last for about an hour, to maximum an hour and half. Precise details will be confirmed the week before the event.
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in citizen science data
Address: Public Hall, 1 Horse Guards Ave, London SW1A 2HU
Time: 18:00 – 20:30
Join us for an in-person event, “Unleashing the power of data for an incoming government,” as part of London Data Week (LDW), now in its second year, a festival dedicated to exploring ways data can shape London for the better.
Our event, hosted by Policy in Practice, Tussell, and Shearwater, will take place in the heart of Whitehall, making it an exciting time with the general election just days away.
We will focus on the transformative potential of technology, specifically AI and public sector data, in enhancing public services in London and across the UK. We’re bringing together esteemed experts from the tech and policy sectors for a public discussion on how these technologies are driving efficiency in public services. The event will feature presentations, Q&A panel discussions, and a drinks reception to follow.
This isn’t just an event; it’s a chance for you to have your say, to contribute, and to connect with others passionate about the future of public services.
Spaces are limited, so secure your spot now and be part of shaping the future!
Guest Speakers:
– Gus Tugendhat will give an overview of how data and AI is being procured by government.
– Abigail Everett will share how government data is being used to change the lives of Londoners today.
– Paul Maltby was the Chief Digital Officer at DLUHC and now leads on public sector change at Faculty.
– Joe Hill is Policy Director at Reform Think Tank and, as a former civil servant, has written about what’s holding back the use of data within government.
– Rachel Coldicutt, OBE, has a background in a range of civic tech organisations and will give a citizen-centred perspective.
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in data and AI for transforming government
Address: Newspeak House, 133 Bethnal Grn Rd, London E2 7DG
Time: 18:30 – 21:00
Come celebrate London Data Week, and come join us for an evening of semi-organised discussion around the present and future of AI in Government!
Open to existing civil servants and anyone with an interest in AI for good in government and beyond, we’ll look at recent example of how government has made use of AI, through the Evidence House community and beyond.
Then, in a semi-facilitated “unconference”, we’ll think about the future, and where government AI goes from here!
To ensure a broad mix of participants and facilitate meaningful discussion, we’ll confirm your place in the run-up to the event – especially if you’re from outside government, make sure to tell us your affiliation and why you care about government AI for good when you sign-up! If you’re not sure, reach out to the organisers.
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in AI for good in government
Address: I-Hub (White City Campus), 84 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ
Time: 9:30 – 16:30
Embark on an illuminating journey into the realm of Intelligible AI (IAI) at the I-X Open Day!
Join us as we unveil the forefront of multidisciplinary research, dedicated to crafting a new era of AI systems that are both intelligible and trustworthy. I-X, Imperial College London’s flagship AI initiative, stands at the forefront of the AI revolution, pioneering the development and delivery of Intelligible AI. Our initiative converges interpretable, explainable, and safe AI technologies, reshaping the landscape of AI in science, precision healthcare, secure software systems, and ethical AI research.
Our Open Day will feature a series of talks, demonstrations, poster presentations, and networking sessions designed to showcase the capabilities of I-X and foster meaningful interactions between participants, who will have a unique opportunity to witness first-hand how our research, teaching, and innovation converge to redefine the boundaries of AI. Some of our confirmed speakers include Daniel Rueckert (Professor of Visual Information Processing, Imperial College) & Stefanos Zafeiriou (Professor in Machine Learning & Computer Vision, Imperial College). Panel discussions will be led by Alessandra Russo (Professor in Applied Computational Logic, Imperial College) & Aldo Faisal (Professor of AI & Neuroscience, Imperial College).
Whether you are a seasoned AI enthusiast, a curious student, or an industry professional, I-X Open Day welcomes all who share our passion for innovation!
This event is suitable for data science and AI students, practitioners, and researchers.
Address: Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
On this short taster course at Somerset House, discover ways to ensure your data or digital tool meets the needs of your key audiences. What insights do they need? How will they access them? What will they use them for? These are all questions organisations need to consider before creating a digital or data product.
Join award-winning data design studio Applied Works and discover the key principles of UX and how to build user personas. Discover how to create personas – considering users’ needs, motivations and pain points – and then how to test those considerations with real users. The trainers will take you through an example organisation to practise persona creation, and you’ll be able to apply this workshop format to your own organisation.
This workshop is for individuals working with data who are seeking guidance in effectively engaging their audience. No expertise in design is required. This is a friendly and supportive workshop that will encourage you to discover and try approaches to user needs analysis.
This event is suitable for data practitioners
Address: Great Hall, King’s College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
Time: 12:00 – 18:00
Celebrating the 4th year of “State of Open” Reports with the launch of “The UK in 2024: The Open Manifesto Report,” OpenUK continues the evolving narrative of open source software and open data in the UK, bringing to life the reality of open source through our communities’ stories coupled with hard data. The launch event convenes the conversation as part of London Data Week and we are grateful to the incredible speakers of a world-leading calibre including: Amanda Brock, Dr Jennifer Barth, Dr Rebecca Taylor, Liz Rice, Matt Barker, Richard Granville-Hanson, Margaret Hartnett, Sonia Cooper, Professor Elena Simperl, Lee Fulmer, and more speakers will tackle key topics around Skills, Public Sector and open source in AI.
Keynotes include economist and journalist Will Hutton, author of “This Time No Mistakes”, and Google DeepMind Professor of ML Professor Neil Lawrence, author of “The Atomic Human”. Both speakers will also be participating in a book signing and give away of 30 copies of each of their books.
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in the UK open source community
Location: Online (Zoom)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
You have the data and the numbers — but what’s the narrative? What are the key takeaways worth sharing? In today’s data-driven world, the ability to turn raw data into valuable insights is crucial.
In government, accessing vast amounts of data is only half the battle; the real value lies in interpreting this data to inform decision-making and drive impactful policies. Our line-up of speakers will share their experiences with, and methodologies for, making sense of complex data, helping you become a data-savvy public servant.
Join this 1-hour multi-speaker masterclass for practical tips and real-life lessons delivered through expert presentations, and an open-floor discussion where you can ask questions. Together, we will explore how to interpret complex datasets, identify key trends and communicate findings clearly and effectively.
Who is this for?
Any public servant who’s interested in becoming better with data analysis, storytelling and communication.
This event is suitable for public sector participants.
Address: Canva UK Operations Ltd, 33 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NN and Online
Time: 15:00 – 19:30
Data is at the heart of almost everything we do, from choosing the best tube line during rush hour to making crucial business decisions. But to truly excel in our data-driven world, we need more than just the ability to crunch numbers. We need data storytelling – transforming data into compelling narratives that drive impact and foster understanding.
That’s why we’re thrilled to invite you to Data Storytelling: shaping our work, life, and our city. This event is a unique fusion of data visualization, storytelling techniques, and strategic communication designed to empower professionals across all industries: creative, professional services, non-profit, academia, and more.
Join us in the heart of London, as seasoned storytellers and experts share their insights and practical tips on using data storytelling to influence decisions and inspire action. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to turn data into powerful stories that shape our world. The event will feature a keynote, panel, workshop, and finally, drinks & networking.
This event is suitable for professionals interested in data storytelling and visualization.
Address: Geovation Hub, Sutton Yard, 65 Goswell Rd, London EC1V 7EN
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Join geodata enthusiasts for a free event featuring community projects with an open data focus for London Data Week. This GeoMob features talks from the GLA High Streets Data Service, SatVu, and researchers from The Alan Turing Institute and Queen Mary, University of London on a cyclist safety dataset created during the All The Docks challenge during London Data Week 2023.
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in geodata
Address: Gate 1, Havas Village (8th floor), 3 Pancras Square London N1C 4AJ
Time: 18:00 – 21:00
Join Diverse AI for a thought-provoking panel discussion during London Data Week, in partnership with Gate One (part of Havas Group), a business and digital consultancy focused on delivering meaningful change.
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, we delve into the pros and cons of this transformative technology, addressing its impact on society, systemic risks and potential harms.
Should AI be used to produce ‘more’, or ‘better’? Does AI have the potential to enhance creativity and create more meaningful and engaging content, ultimately benefiting both businesses and consumers?
As AI becomes more advanced with improved computing power, are there concerns about biases and inaccuracies in data?
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, network and engage in a lively debate with fellow data and AI enthusiasts. There will be the opportunity to network with fellow attendees, industry experts and panellists. Register now and be part of London Data Week’s celebration of innovation, collaboration and the power of data.
This event is free to attend and open to everyone. Places are limited so please register early to avoid disappointment.
Moderated by Ankit Bharadwaj (Principal, Gate One), the panel will feature:
This event is suitable for a general audience, and particularly those from minority backgrounds who are often underrepresented in data science and AI
Address: Huxley Building, Imperial College London South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZ
Time: 10:00 – 17:00
This workshop is dedicated to guiding individuals through the regulatory landscape of AI for healthcare. This year, we are working with regulatory and industry experts to bring the 4th edition of the workshop to the wider community in London as part of the London Data Week, with the goal of supporting London’s AI innovators who are venturing into the highly-regulated digital health and med-tech space.
Our event will showcase a series of engaging talks and discussions led by a distinguished panel of experts, including Warren MacDonald from Imperial College London, Kanwal Bhatia from Aival, Ele Harwich from Newmarket Strategy, and Yasmin Stinchcome from Digital Health.London, all poised to share their knowledge and experience.
Join us to explore and gain invaluable insights on how to navigate the regulatory landscape of AI for healthcare.
This event is suitable for healthcare professionals, policymakers, and anyone interested in AI and healthcare regulation.
Location: Online (Zoom)
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Statisticians for Society, Pro Bono Economics and Pro Bono OR are collaborating in a 1 hour webinar to explore how data experts from our pro bono services can empower third sector organisations to maximise their data and demonstrate their impact to funders and beneficiaries. Aimed at charities, NGOs and community groups we’ll share insightful case studies, engaging audience activities including polls and a Q&A as well as key information on how our services can help.
This event is suitable for charities and NGOs
Address: The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, West Hill, Putney, SW15 3 SW
Time: 12:30 – 14:30
This event is to showcase a newly developed clinical co-pilot that is being trialled on one of our wards. The co-pilot, called Memori, is supporting the early detection of deterioration in adults with complex brain injury. These patients may not be able to tell us that they are feeling poorly so we can only rely on observations to detect deterioration. Being able to detect deterioration early means acting early to stop the infection. This is particularly important in this vulnerable population where any infection can negatively impact their rehabilitation and their quality of life. We will demonstrate the co-pilot in a very informal way to enable a wide audience to access this event. Anyone interested in learning how we use data to improve the care we provide to our patients is welcome.
This event is suitable for patients, residents, their friends and families, staff and the general public
Location: Online (Zoom)
Time: 14:30 – 15:30
The data available about open source projects can feel like a tsunami, but there are ways to make this more manageable by focusing on the metrics that matter for your project. This session will focus on some CHAOSS resources and techniques that you can use to generate meaningful insights about your open source communities along with some examples of how to interpret the data to move beyond analysis and find tangible ways to make improvements. This will be an interactive session with group breakouts where you can discuss how to use these resources and techniques in your open source projects. This event will be run as part of the Turing’s TPS Coffee Chat series and is targeted towards maintainers, open source project leaders, community managers, OSPOs, and anyone who wants to improve the health of open source projects.
This event is suitable for anyone who is part of an open source project
Address: Impact Hub London – 1 Triton Square, London, NW1 3DX
Time: 09:30 – 17:00
Empowering People in Data will be a hybrid event (central London and online) that draws together a broad range of organisations from across London and beyond that consider using data as critical to their success and realise the need to enable more people to work in data focused careers.
The morning workshop will focus on sharing/mapping approaches from across London to developing data and AI skills. We will start with some lightning presentations before participants discuss and share in small groups on possible opportunities, challenges and goals for the future. The afternoon workshop will focus on the data professionals workforce and the People in Data project. We will start with a diverse panel of speakers who will talk about their experience of working in data and the need for capacity building in this community and highlight some of the current challenges. We will then have small group discussions about: Who are the People in Data?, What skills and competency work, or training development have you done in this area or know of?, What are the main challenges of working in a data focused role?
We will end the day with a social networking hour to promote collaboration between this diverse range of attendees. The event is free to attend in person or online, and attendance can be all day or morning or afternoon only.
This event is suitable for data professionals, those who manage data professionals and anyone interested in a career working in data.
Address: Wood Green
Time: 12:00 – 15:00
Neighbourly Lab, in collaboration with the High Streets Data Service and partners are working with Haringey residents to explore local high streets with data. By getting out and about with community researchers to ask the questions that matter to them (with e.g. shopkeepers, other residents, tourists), the project will surface timely insights about how local communities experience their high streets. This qualitative research will build on existing in-depth quantitative data on business trends and the local retail offer, to capture what life looks like on Haringey’s high streets. In doing so, the research initiative will also explore how to democratise access to and usage of civic data and how seemingly difficult to navigate data can be leveraged by residents to understand more about their communities.
This event is suitable for Haringey residents.
Address: AutogenAI, 123 Pentonville Road, N1 9LG
Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Despite their existence since the early days of the internet, web archives remain an underutilised resource with immense potential. This session aims to raise awareness about the crucial role of web archives and the institutions dedicated to preserving digital history across various national domains. Attendees will gain insights into the operations of these archives and explore examples of their valuable content.
The session will delve into the challenges and imperatives of archiving the web, demonstrating the wide array of applications for which web archives can be indispensable. By highlighting their significance as a source of smart data, we aim to underscore the transformative potential of web archives for research and beyond.
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in web data
Address: Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N 2AB
Time: 14:00 – 17:00
Join us for an exciting talk by Dr. Vasilios Mavroudis, Principal Research Scientist co-leading the AI for Cyberdefence (AICD) Research Center at The Alan Turing Institute. After the talk, explore open government data and tackle a series of challenges as part of a hands-on hackathon – open to all levels.
The event aims to provide hands-on experience with data analytics and foster discussions around data ethics.
This event is suitable for students, academic researchers and anyone with an interest in data privacy
Address: 21Soho (3-5 Sutton Row London – W1D 4NR)
Time: 14:00 – 18:00
London has emerged as a global hub for AI, boasting a thriving ecosystem of tech startups and world-class universities. This positions the UK’s capital at the forefront of AI development, with over 1,000 AI companies based in the city. These companies are reliant on training data to function effectively. However, tensions have been growing between content creators and AI developers due to concerns over the use of copyrighted material in training datasets.
Publishers and creators with image, text, music and even video find that their content scrapped without permission for training AI models. This is then used to generate works in their style or likeness often without proper attribution, consent or compensation. High profile cases such as the “eerily similar” voice of Scarlet Johansson’s in OpenAI’s ChatGPT is a recurring example. AI companies also need access to high quality training data to create even better models and remain competitive. Is licensing and revenue share for training data the solution?
It is crucial for creative content creators to understand on how to navigate the issue of protecting their data content and receiving fair compensation through data licensing. In this session hosted by Valyu, a data provenance and licensing platform, we will answer some pressing questions regarding:
There will be a panel discussion involving a diverse group of industry experts in music, content creation, academia, AI, and policy followed by an active Q&A session with the audience to answer any questions. We will also host a workshop on finding ways for how AI companies can work with content creators and responsibly use their data. The event will conclude with a networking session with the panel members and the audience, light refreshments will be provided.
This event is suitable for a general audience.
Address: University of the Arts London, Creative Computing Institute, 45–65 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UF
Time: 14:00 – 16:00
HUMAN-CENTRED, ARTS-FOCUSED, BEAUTIFUL SCIENCE CAPTURED IN THE MOMENT
Step into ‘Your Moment’ powered by The Lαβ where we fuse science with creativity and personal reflection. We delve into the fascinating realm of brain waves, allowing you to have a glimpse into of your mind while you engage in your chosen meaningful moment.
We use a lightweight EEG headset which gives you freedom to explore your experience. Portability allows you to move freely and privately at the venue space. The headset empowers you with real-time insights, fostering a deeper connection with your own mind. We won’t record any data unless asked to in which case it will be anonymously and securely stored for your protection if you do decide to explore your own data deeper. Your data can be deleted on request.
Previous moments that people have asked us to explore include scanning their brain waves while listening to music, singing, dancing, meditating, and playing an instrument. Your moment doesn’t have to be artistic, it’s whatever moment is meaningful to you.
Each pop-up session will be 20 minutes. The first five minutes will be about helping you settle in, to hear about the purpose of The Lαβ, and help you to familiarise yourself with the headset. If you’re still happy at that point, we will move on to capturing ‘Your ‘Moment’ for ten minutes. The final five minutes will be about rounding the session up and answering any questions you may have.
Spaces are limited and registration is required. We will send you a confirmation email to introduce ourselves.
This event is suitable for anyone
Address: Camden Collective, 5-7 Buck St, London NW1 8NJ
Time: 15:00 – 17:30
Memes, often characterized by their humorous and viral nature, have become a widespread form of online expression, shaping the way we engage with and understand contemporary issues. This workshop explores the immense potential of memes as an informative and transformative tool for critical data literacy through an intersectional feminist lens. It will provide a collaborative space for participants to co-create memes for various aspects of critical data literacy.
In this workshop, we will delve into how memes; an online medium that has been predominantly driven by and amplifying the voices of patriarchal norms and communities, can be adopted to challenge the inequalities in access to data literacy, introduce feminist perspectives to the data and amplify underrepresented perspectives by actively creating memes and contributing to the critical data literacy meme archive. The event is pay as you wish.
This event is suitable for anyone with an interest in feminist data literacy
Address: BCS London, The Chartered Institute for IT, Ground Floor, 25 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7BP
Time: 11:00 – 14:00
This workshop will use different methods to educate about diabetes and the impact of AI on diabetes in general. You can play with Legos and threads, and complete games and surveys to learn more about diabetes. Attendees can listen to an AI expert talking about how sensors can use AI to adjust insulin dosages and many other cool things! Attendees can also mingle with scientists and ask any “techy” questions they may have!
Everyone is welcome – we are AI experts and visualisers from the University of Portsmouth. We know AI is a term that many may be fascinated or afraid of. For diabetes especially, there are AI applications that give you insulin and other innovations, hence many people with diabetes feel excited or scared or a little bit of both. Questions such as investigating data sharing options and ethical issues when using AI are important. AI can make a significant impact, as seen with innovations like the artificial pancreas.
Note: Walk-ins are also welcome on the day of!
This event is suitable for a general audience with an interest in health and AI.
Address: Starting from Olympic Bell at the Olympic Park in Stratford
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Join us for a unique, immersive event that brings data to life through movement, storytelling, and hands-on exploration. Walking the Data combines a guided walking tour of East London with a participatory data workshop to critically examine the legacy of the 2012 London Olympics—particularly its role in urban regeneration and gentrification.
This event is designed to make data analysis accessible, engaging, and grounded in lived experience. Whether you’re a local resident, student, artist, or someone curious about data for the first time, you’re warmly invited to explore how open datasets can help us understand the transformation of our neighbourhoods.
We especially welcome participants from underrepresented groups in data and AI, including those without technical backgrounds. Through place-based storytelling, collective discussion, and hands-on work with public data, we’ll show that data isn’t just for coders or institutions—it’s a powerful tool for communities to make sense of inequality, power, and change.
What to Expect:
By “walking the data,” we center local knowledge, amplify marginalized voices, and invite interdisciplinary participation. This event offers an inclusive model for engaging with data—one that’s grounded in place, people, and shared inquiry.
This event is suitable for the general public.
Address: River Lea, East London
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
This is an interactive participatory data ‘walkshop’ for community engagement officers, participatory researchers, or anyone working in public services who has to communicate about data in creative ways. The data walk aims to engage participants in a lively dialogue around the monitoring of a healthy river from different perspectives. Discussions will also cover the different types of data used for monitoring river health, such as citizen generated data, and biodiversity data amongst others, reflecting on questions of monitoring for who and for what, prompted by observations of different aspects of the River Lea as we walk along it. Participants can expect to take away inspiration and reflections on the ways in which citizen generated data can have greater impact.
Come with an inquisitive mindset, comfortable footwear, and be prepared to talk about your experiences of collecting or using citizen science data with those around you.
The walk will start from Bromley-by-Bow Tube station and last for about 1.5 – 2 hours. Precise details will be confirmed the week before the event.
This event is suitable for local residents, community groups and the general public.
Address: City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London E16 1ZE
Time: 13:30 – 18:00
Local areas are on the frontline of delivering services that impact people’s everyday lives – from housing to climate resilience, social care to skills. Data, more than ever before, is the strategic advantage that can supercharge the future of London and the UK both locally and globally.
At Data Leaders Summit: This year in data – fuelling a supercharged future, we’ll look at how national government, local government, and citizen data networks are pressing forward and how they are powering up like never before to build the data infrastructure, partnerships, trust and skills that local people and places need to thrive in an ever-changing world.
This event, from the Data for London team for the Mayor of London, marks the start of an exciting London Data Week, a citywide festival of data full of community events, conversations, activities and workshops across the city.
This event is suitable for London data professionals and leaders, and attendance is by invitation.
Address: Online (Zoom)
Time: 12:00 – 13:00
You’ve got all this information at your fingertips – how can you use it to make real change? Join charity DataKind UK for an interactive session and learn how to get your organisation’s data working for you. DataKind UK is a small charity with a big vision of a data-informed, impactful third sector. Their community of skilled data professionals supports third sector organisations – charities, voluntary organisations, community interest companies, social enterprises, and more – to embrace data use. In this practical session, we’ll provide real-life examples, share how to frame organisational issues, and help you assess whether data can help you solve them, and build a project from there.
This event is suitable for data professionals working in third sector organisations – charities, voluntary organisations, community interest companies, social enterprises, etc.
Address: All Around London
Time: TBD
The Data Vandals, in collaboration with Canva/Flourish will create a mobile data kiosk that will drive around central London.
Our goal is to engage Londoners about living in the city through a series of easy to answer questions and activities, riffing on the concept of the “Domesday book”, as it is historically significant for London and for data.
This will all be mounted on a Piaggio Ape- a 1980’s Italian delivery vehicle – and will feature interactive activities to spark curious conversations!
This event is suitable for the general public.
Address: Waterloo
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
The High Streets Data Service (HSDS) invites you to a half-day, hands-on training session, designed for borough and BID officers who want to get more confident in extracting and presenting insights using HSDS tools.
You will learn how to create a clear, impactful periodic performance report for your high street, town centre, BID or borough, using tools available through the HSDS. This session focuses on data interpretation and storytelling, and will equip participants with the confidence to use and communicate HSDS data effectively — without ever opening a spreadsheet.
With step-by-step guidance, you’ll build a tailored report for your area — and leave with a template to use and adapt in the future.
This workshop is an opportunity to:
This session is designed for officers who are interested in developing a regular monthly, quarterly, or annual area performance report framework for their stakeholders. Participants should be interested in data but not working with it day-to-day. No technical skills are required, just curiosity and an interest in getting more value out of the data on your area provided by HSDS.
This event is suitable for members of the High Streets Data Service
Address: All Around London
Time: TBD
The Data Vandals, in collaboration with Canva/Flourish will create a mobile data kiosk that will drive around central London.
Our goal is to engage Londoners about living in the city through a series of easy to answer questions and activities, riffing on the concept of the “Domesday book”, as it is historically significant for London and for data.
This will all be mounted on a Piaggio Ape- a 1980’s Italian delivery vehicle – and will feature interactive activities to spark curious conversations!
This event is suitable for the general public.
Address: Online (Zoom)
Time: 9:30 – 10:30
This event is suitable for data professionals
Address: King’s College London, Strand London WC2R 2LS United Kingdom
Time: 9:00 – 17:00
Women’s Health Hackathon is a collaborative innovation event bringing together diverse stakeholders to develop inclusive, low-cost digital solutions that improve access to trusted women’s health information.
Hosted in partnership with UKBlackTech, NHS South East London ICS, King’s Health Partners, and the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence, this hackathon specifically addresses healthcare information barriers faced by underserved communities, including Black Caribbean and Black African women, those with English as a second language, digitally excluded groups, and communities in areas of high deprivation.
We welcome clinicians, those working in the tech industry such as data analysts, programmers and innovators, academics and those working in public health, as well as anyone interested in the subject.
Please note you do not need advanced data skills in order to engage with this event and we welcome those at the beginning of their data journeys but you will be asked to review some materials in advance of the event to ensure you are adequately prepared.
This event is suitable for tech and healthcare professionals, as well as the general public.
Address: Canva, The Bersey Warehouse, 293-295 Old Street, London, EC1V 9LA
Time: 18:00 – 21:00
Join us for a 3-hour creative, collaborative, and fun workshop where we’ll explore how memes—yes, memes!—can help us explore, re-think about and even advocate around the environmental impact and sustainability of AI and data systems, whether as a developer/practitioner, user, or an advocate.
Memes have become a widespread form of online expression, shaping the way we engage with and understand contemporary issues. With their humorous, relatable and viral nature, they’ve become powerful tools to express complex ideas and engage wide audiences.
Drawing inspiration from how the climate justice movement has used memes to raise awareness and spark dialogue, this workshop invites you to explore meme-making as a form of expression, critique, and care.
We’ll focus on how to represent and reflect on themes like:
This event is part of a three-day programme organised by Flourish (part of Canva) called “Data that moves us: turning data into stories, and stories into impact.”
This event is suitable for the general public, including AI practitioners and developers, concerned tech and AI users, and activists and advocates.
Address: BrainStation Shoreditch, 55-57 Rivington Street
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Looking to connect with fellow tech and data professionals in a relaxed, inspiring setting? Join us for Data After-Hours LDN during London Data Week 2025, an evening designed for professionals shaping the future of data and technology.
Hosted at BrainStation London, this in-person networking event offers a chance to meet like-minded leaders, exchange ideas, and explore the latest trends in data and tech. Whether you’re a founder, digital professional, or just curious about the evolving landscape, this is your chance to engage in meaningful conversations with others at the forefront of innovation.
Expect informal networking, insightful discussions, and the opportunity to build new professional connections. Gourmet refreshments, artisanal small plates, and a selection of wine and beer will be served.
Ready to connect, share, and be inspired? Reserve your spot today.
This event is suitable for anyone working in tech, digital, or data-focused roles, including entrepreneurs, career changers, and BrainStation alumni.
Address: Canva, The Bersey Warehouse, 293-295 Old Street, London, EC1V 9LA
Time: 15:00 – 17:00
Join us for a participatory data visualisation workshop to explore how collaborative drawing strategies can embody, interpret, and imagine the living behaviours of mycelium networks.
Mycelium networks play a vital role in our climate and future; however, they remain largely unknown, unquantifiable, and challenging to describe. They embody unique characteristics of non-linearity, collaboration, variance, adaptability, and decomposition through their interconnectedness with the environment and our lives.
During the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to individually imagine and reflect on mycelium networks through a guided quantitative data and drawing exercise. We will then focus on drawing collaboratively, adapting together to rule-based conditions that explore the movement and connectivity of the mycelium network.
The workshop aims to explore how generating unexpected and infinite drawing outcomes can embrace multiplicity and allow interaction with an unfamiliar and ungraspable subject. It builds on processes that explore network literacy, with the pen touching the paper being the first instance of navigating a network. We hope participants will gain new perspectives on the topics of connection, decomposition and growth, as well as experimental visualisation approaches to engage with data and topics.
This event is part of a three-day programme organised by Flourish (part of Canva) called “Data that moves us: turning data into stories, and stories into impact.”
This event is suitable for the general public.
Address: London Institute for Healthcare Engineering, 100 Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7AR
Time: 14:00 – 16:00
Our bodies work through electricity. When we are in hospital, this electricity is often recorded. You may be familiar with the ‘ECG’ – electricity from the heart. We can also record electricity from other body parts, like the brain. This kind of bioelectrical health data helps us to understand how disease happens, and how we could prevent this.
We want the public to be part of this research journey; in this workshop within London Data Week, we invite your input! Help us to shape the way that we talk about bioelectrical health data, and give us your thoughts. After the event, we will post a summary on Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/). Anybody who attends this event and is happy to share their name can be listed as a co-author. The summary will then be linked to from King’s College London webpages, and we will invite more people to contribute to and update the document. By doing this, we will crowdsource a ‘citizen science’ approach to bioelectrical health data, giving everybody the opportunity to contribute.
This event is suitable for a general audience (adults or 14 years+). The organisers particularly invite those from minority backgrounds to attend, who are often under-represented in data science conversations.
Address: The Drum at Wembley Engineers Way, Wembley, HA9 0FJ
Time: 9:30 – 16:30
Join us, for the first-ever LOTI Data Jamboree, an exciting gathering for London’s public sector data community as part of London Data Week 2025. This interactive event aims to connect colleagues from across local government and beyond, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing through engaging workshops, interactive sessions like data gamification and data visualisation storytelling, and opportunities to learn from innovative projects across the London boroughs.
It’s a chance to meet up with your peers in-person, celebrate impactful work, and gain practical insights to drive positive change in London.
This event is suitable for those working in data roles or with data in London local or central government, those who work in data in the public sector in London, and data professionals in health, emergency servces and other organisations.
Address: Impact Hub, 1 Triton Square, Euston, NW1 3DX
Time: 18:00 – 21:00
Launching at London Data Week, KQ Data Socials is a new forum linking data scientists, researchers, and tech developers in the Knowledge Quarter with community groups in Camden and Islington to solve data-driven challenges and foster collaboration for social good.
Our first KQ Data Social is delivered in partnership with University College London. Professor Allison Littlejohn will introduce UCL’s Grand Challenge programme, Data-Empowered Societies. Professor Littlejohn will introduce a number of lightning talks from recent grant recipients from the programme, including:
Following the lightning talks, attendees can enjoy an informal networking reception – an inclusive space where you can make new connections with other Knowledge Quarter partners and local organisations, particularly those with data gaps and data-informed challenges.
This event is suitable for data scientists, researchers, developers and anyone interested in citizen science and data science for social impact
Address: Online (Teams)
Time: 12:00 – 12:45
Discover how Hammersmith & Fulham Council is transforming the way we use data to tackle fraud, reduce costly errors, and recover income.
In the face of ongoing financial pressures, we’re rethinking how we operate, embedding smart, data-driven intelligence directly into frontline services to ensure resources are used where they’re needed most. Aimed at local authorities, data professionals, and policy leaders, this session will showcase our scalable, cross-departmental approach, which combines automation, advanced data matching, and real-time insights. Attendees will gain insight into how this work has improved service delivery, prevented fraud, and delivered measurable benefits
This event is suitable for public sector data professionals and policy leaders.
Address: Northeastern University London, Devon House 58 Saint Katharine’s Way London E1W 1LP
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
This event is suitable for local residents in Tower Hamlets, community groups and the general public.
Address: Hackney, East London
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
This is an interactive participatory data ‘walkshop’ for community engagement officers, participatory researchers, or anyone working in public services who has to communicate about data in creative ways. The data walk aims to engage participants in a lively dialogue around the monitoring of traffic flows and urban mobility from different perspectives. One perspective is using Telraam sensors. These easy to use and affordable sensors leverage the knowledge and access of local residents, using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to deliver consistent, timely, quality data for more efficient and effective infrastructure, traffic flow and traffic management plans.
The data walk aims to spark discussions about how citizen-generated data can help to build trust with residents, starting with involving them in monitoring urban mobility, and how citizen science can produce trustworthy data for wider use by Local Authorities to address complex local issues.
Come with an inquisitive mindset, comfortable footwear, and be prepared to talk about your experiences of working with citizens to collect and interpret data for making planning decisions.
The walk will start from Dalston Junction station and last for 1.5 – 2 hours. Precise details will be confirmed the week before the event.
This event is suitable for local residents, community groups and the general public.
Address: BrainStation Shoreditch, 55-57 Rivington Street
Time: 18:00 – 19:30
Join us in London for an exclusive evening with senior AI and technology leaders as they explore the trends, tools, and innovations shaping the future of artificial intelligence. This thought leadership event brings together experts from Deutsche Bank, Visa, and Salesforce to discuss how AI is being deployed at scale, the frameworks guiding ethical innovation, and the creative potential unlocked by generative models.
In this engaging panel discussion, we’ll cover:
Gourmet refreshments, artisanal small plates, and a selection of wine and beer will be served. Reserve your spot now and be part of a lively, forward-looking conversation with some of the top minds in AI.
This event is suitable for professionals working in AI, product, data science, technology strategy, and digital innovation
Address: Online
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
Using the Camden JSNA Hub website as a real-world case study, this session will demonstrate how Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP) can enhance the efficiency, transparency, and quality of analytical outputs – ranging from reports to interactive websites.
This event is suitable for public sector data professionals
Note: This event is organised by a team that is based outside of the UK and is contributing an online event to London Data Week.
Address: Online
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 CAT
Data is more than just numbers — it tells stories, sparks emotion, and shapes the way we understand the world. “The Art of Data” is an engaging online session that explores the creative side of data through visualisation, storytelling, and design. Whether you’re a data professional, creative thinker, or curious learner, join us to discover how data can be transformed into powerful, human-centred narratives
This event is suitable for the general public.
Address: starting at Finsbury Park and ending at SPACE4, 113-115 Fonthill Road, N4 3HH
Time: 9:45 – 13:00
How can we combine policy, citizen science and ecological data to drive real-world change?
Join Outlandish at London Data Week as we take a data walk around Finsbury Park and learn about two emerging tech-for-good solutions – Pollenize and Greentalk – designed to support biodiversity and local nature recovery efforts.
We’ll also hear from Tranquil City, an environmental research company that combines scientific evidence with practical solutions to increase connection with nature, and the team at The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s Innovation District, who foster innovation on the challenges facing city life.
Together we’ll dive into how data, community participation and digital tools can help deliver on policy and encourage public action. A codesign session will also see us tackling common community + data challenges.
We’ll meet at Finsbury Park (exact details to be shared ahead of the event) at 9:45, for a prompt start to the walk at 10:00, ending at SPACE4 on Fonthill Road.
What We’ll Do:
This event is suitable for local council teams, biodiversity officers, community groups, NGOs, land owners and developers, academics and researchers and anyone interested in or working at the intersection of communities and delivering government policies around the local environment.
Address: Canva UK Operations Ltd, 33 Hoxton Square London N1 6NN
Time: 15:00 – 20:00
Data is everywhere – informing city budgets, shaping marketing campaigns, guiding infrastructure, and influencing customer decisions. But in a world overflowing with information, it’s not the data itself that drives action – it’s the way we communicate it.
That’s why we’re excited to invite you to Data That Moves Us. This event explores what happens after the spreadsheet — the point where analysis becomes narrative, and insight becomes influence.
Designed for professionals across all sectors, from consultants and analysts to campaigners, designers, and policymakers, this event is a fusion of data storytelling, visualization, and communication strategy.
Through real-world examples, sector-spanning talks, and creative inspiration, we’ll examine how to shape data so it resonates, travels, and drives change.
Join us at our Canva Campus to hear from expert voices, take part in thought-provoking discussions, and connect with peers who are passionate about making data meaningful.
This event is suitable for cross-sector professionals.
Address: 14 Welbeck Street
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Join us for a special edition of AI After Hours, where the spotlight is on human in the loop.
Adding an exciting twist, we’re putting you in control of the conversation! Attendees can submit topics and questions related to data-centric AI before and during the event. Then, each speaker will spin the Wheel of AI to determine which submissions they’ll tackle in real-time, making every presentation a unique and interactive experience.
This event is suitable for data and AI professionals.
Address: British Council Stratford Office, 1 Redman Place, London E20 1JQ
Time: 16:00 – 19:00
We’re back again for the British Council’s annual London Data Week event – Code and Create!
Are you a teenager interested in the fascinating world of artificial intelligence and coding? Join British Council’s AI experts for an exciting workshop designed to introduce you to the basics of AI, chatbots and programming.
In this event, we’ll recreate a classic arcade game using ChatGPT, a large language model, before putting your pitching skills to the test with the chance to demo your game and win prizes.
This event is suitable for teenagers, ages 13-16.
Address: City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London E16 1ZE
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
In this ‘walkshop’, we will lead a group of participants on a data walk, focused on documenting the neighbourhood from a sensory perspective. With observations recorded, the group will participate in a collective mapping exercise – coming together to visualise the sights, smells, sounds and feelings of the local neighbourhood.
This event is suitable for the general public.
Address: Online
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
Camden’s State of the Borough report is part of our efforts to make sense of life in the borough Aligned to the Good Life Camden wellbeing framework, it creates a space for us to bring together a diverse range of data and evidence, quantitative and qualitative, from a wide range of sources including official statistics, Camden data, VCS evidence and community conversations.
This event is suitable for public sector data professionals, Camden residents and the general public.
Address: OCTOBER GALLERY
Time: 19:15 – 20:45
Please note, the venue have made us aware that there is no step-free access to the performance room, it is accessed via two flights of stairs.
Prepare for a fast, funny, thought-provoking new musical about AI…written and performed by humans.
AI helpers are getting increasingly involved in our day-to-day: a guilty secret for some, a way of life for others. But not many users know much about the hidden human beings steering the technology.
Feverishly written by two flesh-and-bone humans (librettist and lyricist Lucy Bell, and composer and James Joshua Otto), before their jobs are taken by the bots, ‘Humans in the Loop’ is inspired by a few pressing questions:
What are the long-term ambitions of tech giants? Whose personal info is feeding the machine? Who are the low-paid workers training AI? And what do you get an AI best friend for their birthday?
Let four actor musicians take you on a sonic journey to meet a vivid cast of characters: from space-colonising tech bros chasing the AGI dream, to precariously-employed data labellers, via our own roles freely donating the most intimate training data. We are all humans in the loop.The musical performance will be followed by a panel discussion focused on the individuals throughout the AI supply chain who are centred through the musical.
Humans in the Loop was previously performed as part of The King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence, read more about that performance here: Humans in the Loop: A new musical about AI, written by humans | King’s College London. A festival attendee commented:”Without seeing this musical I would not have an understanding of the depth of different roles and emotional challenges of being part of the AI workforce, eg data labellers. Wow. What an original and compelling way to present both positive and negative stories of how AI is already in our lives.”
The venue will have a paid bar available on the evening.
Image credits: Yutong Liu & Kingston School of Art / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This event is suitable for the general public
Address: Canva UK Operations Ltd, 33 Hoxton Square London N1 6NN
Time: 14:00 – 18:00
Good data is only half the story. What truly matters is how it’s shared.
Join our workshop day designed to help you build the skills and confidence to communicate data clearly and effectively.
Whether you’re writing up findings, building presentations, or trying to explain what the numbers actually mean – this is a space to slow down and focus on the how of data storytelling.
Through hands-on sessions and guided exercises, we’ll explore the fundamentals of turning numbers into narratives: choosing visuals with purpose, shaping messages that land, and making meaning clear to any audience.
Designed for marketers, researchers, strategists, and anyone who works with data, you’ll leave with practical tools to make your work clearer, stronger, and more impactful – one story at a time
This event is suitable for marketers, researchers, strategists and data professionals.
Address: Level 4 Project Space, UCL East – Marshgate, 7 Sidings St, London E20 2AE
Time: 12:00 – 16:00
The UK sits on a goldmine of data that could revolutionise research, innovation, and public services. From the NHS’s uniquely detailed health records to rich administrative datasets across government departments and local authorities – this wealth of information remains largely untapped due to privacy, security, and compliance barriers.
The Government’s proposed National Data Library (NDL) represents a transformative opportunity to unlock this potential and create next-generation data infrastructure that serves the public good. This event brings together the technical innovators and policy experts who will make this vision a reality.
This event is suitable for data scientists, technologists, researchers and public sector leaders interested in public data solutions.
Address: Stripe Partners – 42 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1UN
Time: 17:00 – 18:30
Discover how combining computational analysis with human insights creates more accurate, patient-centered healthcare research. This session explores the limitations of purely algorithmic approaches to analyzing patient-generated content online and demonstrates a novel mixed-methods solution that integrates social science with data science.
Using a real-world case study on medicated weight loss, we’ll show how surveys, interviews, and expert perspectives can refine computational models to overcome silent gaps, misclassification, and structural bias in digital health data. Learn what this means for strategic decision-making in healthcare, government, and pharmaceutical industries.
The event includes an opportunity for individuals currently using GLP-1 medications like Ozempic to participate in voluntary, confidential interviews, contributing directly to ongoing research while seeing how their lived experiences shape data-driven insights.
Disclaimer: optional, non-identifiable qualitative interviews may be conducted with individuals currently using medicated weight loss treatments, following a process of informed consent
This event is suitable for AI practitioners, data scientists, healthcare researchers, industry professionals, and community members with relevant health experiences
Address: Chabad Islington Community Centre, 1–3 Elliott’s Place, London, N1 8HX
Time: 17:30 – 19:30
Hosted by The Tesseract Academy🏫 in partnership with Vision Ability 👁️🗨️, and presented as part of London Data Week 2025 🌐, this hands-on workshop will demystify AI for non-technical audiences.
What You’ll Learn
♿ Accessibility The venue offers full wheelchair access, accessible toilets, ground-level entrance, lifts to all floors, and designated parking.
📈 About London Data Week London Data Week is a city-wide, distributed festival celebrating all things data in London. Data shapes our everyday lives – both the decisions we make and the decisions made about us. We believe everyone should help imagine how data is used in our city. Events are organised by partners across sectors, united by a mission to use data to improve Londoners’ lives in a more collaborative, open and inclusive way.
👉 Register now and turn AI from intimidating jargon into everyday opportunity!
This event is suitable for the general public
Address: Nesta, 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS or Online
Time: 14:00 – 16:00
Do the public believe that AI tools for public services will deliver public value? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? And what safety measures does the public need to feel
comfortable?
Come and take part in the Centre for Collective Intelligence’s new public ‘social readiness’ assessment for AI tools. You’ll learn about the Consult tool created by the Government’s AI Incubator team, and experience our new approach for involving citizens in the governance of AI within the public sector.
This will be an interactive and immersive session – you’ll have to put your thinking hat on and be prepared to collaborate, but no prior knowledge about AI is needed. You will experience
the ‘social readiness’ assessment process for the Consult tool – an approach we piloted with 140 UK residents. We’ll share how we plan to use the findings to create tool-specific
practical guidance – an AI Advisory Label – to help public sector staff manage risks and use Consult responsibly.
This session is aimed at decision-makers in the public sector responsible for the deployment of AI and data tools, procurement managers, and civil servants passionate about the ethical
and responsible deployment of AI in public services.
Spaces for this event are limited, we are currently accepting expressions of interest through the registration page and will confirm attendance by the 2nd of July.
This event is suitable for public sector data professionals and decision makers.
Address: Online (Zoom)
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
This event is suitable for data professionals
Address: Queen Mary University of London (Colette Bowe Meeting Room, Queen’s Building, QMUL, E1 4NS)
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
This 2-hour interactive workshop, held during London Data Week 2025, explores how next-generation digital twins, powered by artificial intelligence, physics-informed machine learning, and the Internet of Things, are reshaping the future of smart infrastructure. Participants will gain insights into the transition from traditional monitoring approaches to autonomous, adaptive systems designed for resilience and real-time responsiveness.
London Data Week is a city-wide, distributed festival of events focusing on all things data in London. Data shapes our everyday lives, both the decisions we make and the decisions made about us. That is why it is vital that more people are included in imagining how data should be used in our city. Events are organised across London by partners from different sectors and organisations, all united by a mission to use data to improve the lives of Londoners in a more collaborative, open and inclusive way.
The event will feature a keynote-style talk by industry expert Ali Nicholl, followed by lightning talks from emerging researchers and an open panel discussion to foster cross-sector dialogue and collaboration. The session is designed for researchers, engineers, policymakers, and professionals working across infrastructure, data science, and urban innovation.
The workshop aims to initiate a cross-disciplinary working group and produce a summary of key discussion points and collaboration pathways, culminating in a white paper, to support the growing community around autonomous digital twins for infrastructure resilience.
This event is suitable for researchers and practitioners working on digital twins.
Address: Red Badger Offices, 2 Old Street Yard, London, EC1Y 8AF
Time: 14:00 – 18:00
While generative AI is reshaping the future of work, mounting evidence suggests a significant gender disparity in its usage. This event seeks to unpack the “why”, raise awareness, and provide practical support to bridge the gap.
Join us for a day of hands-on learning, inclusive discussion, and community building. Run by expert coaches, these one-hour sessions are open to women of all backgrounds – no prior AI or data experience required.
The afternoon of events includes:
This event is suitable for women of all backgrounds
Address: Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus
Time: 10:00 – 15:30
Join us for “Embracing the Future of AI in Healthcare”, a full-day workshop organised by the AI for Healthcare Centres as part of London Data Week 2025.
The in-person event will cover an overview of the UK’s medical regulatory landscape as well as the adoption challenges faced by AI and digital health innovators. We will discuss best practices for building AI and digital technologies that meet the highest safety standards, while also addressing common obstacles that innovators encounter in the healthcare sector
This event is suitable for researchers, data professionals, innovators, policymakers, and anyone interested in AI and healthcare regulation
Address: Impact Hub, 1 Triton Square, Euston, NW1 3DX
Time: 14:00 – 17:00
This event is suitable for data professionals
Address: City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way London E16 1ZE
Time: 10:00 – 11:00
GenAI Prompt Engineering: An Introduction to Getting the Best Out of AI
This hands-on session is designed for everyone, with no technical background needed. It’s a friendly, engaging introduction to Generative AI and how to get it to work for you. We’ll explore the basics of what GenAI is, how it responds to instructions (prompts), and why the way you ask matters.
You’ll learn simple techniques to write better prompts—clearer, more specific, and more effective ones—that help AI deliver more useful, creative, and accurate results. With live examples, practical tips, and interactive exercises, we’ll show how small changes in how you ask can make a big difference in what you get back.
Most importantly, this session is about removing the fear and mystery around AI. You’ll walk away with confidence, ready to experiment, create, and solve problems using GenAI, whichever industry you work in and even if you’re just curious about the future of work.
This event is suitable for data and AI professionals or those interested in learning more about AI
Address: Online & In Person (techUK, 10 St Bride St, London EC4A 4AD)
Time: 11:00 – 16:00
As AI becomes more commonly used in our daily lives, especially with powerful tools like large language models we need to think more carefully about how we use data to build and apply these technologies responsibly. In critical fields like healthcare, AI could help improve patient care and make services run more smoothly, but we also have to address big concerns like keeping people’s data private, safe, and making sure AI decisions are fair and understandable. This is why it’s so important for everyone to work together on developing AI in a trustworthy way and one way to carry this out is to collaborate on devising effective AI frameworks and policies.
During the roundtable discussion and workshop event attendees will learn about what is AI and how it is developed, types of data that are collected, associated risks and how we can prevent them. The main focus will be review of the First EthicalAI (firstethicalai.org) framework and giving participants the opportunity to join a small group and add an aspect about data.
Outline of the event:
This is a hybrid event; please check the ticket type before booking: ticket prices range from £5 – £20+.
This event is suitable for policy makers, healthcare workers, legal professionals, patients, academics, fintech, education, government and anyone with an interest in developing ethical AI tools.
Address: The Hub, Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts London, 42 Bonar Road, SE15 5FB
Time: 15:30 – 17:00
Indie legend MJ Hibbett is bringing his hilarious – and rigorously researched – new one-man musical ‘Data and Doctor Doom’ to London Data Week. He’ll be performing at The Hub in Peckham on Friday 11 July , in collaboration with University of the Arts London’s Creative Computing Institute.
As the world’s leading (also only) academic expert on Doctor Doom, MJ is the ideal person to tell you all you need to know about the next big baddie of the Marvel movies before Robert Downey Jr brings him to the MCU in ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ and ‘Avengers: Doomsday’.
The show is an adaptation of his PhD thesis (yes, that makes him a Doctor of Doctor Doom), using songs, slides, jokes and a unified catalogue of transmedia character components to explain how all fictional characters can be understood with stats and why on earth you’d want to do that. You’ll come away understanding randomised stratified sampling, dual process theory, and, most importantly of all, why Doctor Doom is better than Batman.
This event is suitable for a general audience with no prior experience with data, and anyone with an interest in arts and culture
Address: Science Gallery London, Guy’s Campus, London
Time: 18:30 – 21:30
Join an electrifying evening where music meets mathematics, and creativity collides with code.
Curious about live coding? Join our hands-on workshop where you’ll learn to craft your own rhythms using Strudel, a popular and beginner-friendly live coding tool that runs in your browser. No prior coding experience needed—just bring your laptop and an open mind!
Step up and showcase your live-coded creations in a supportive environment. For the first hour of Algorave it’s over to you. Whether you’re a seasoned coder or a first-timer, this is your chance to perform. Slots are limited—arrive early to sign up!
Experience the raw energy of live-coded music as seasoned Algorave artists take the stage. Watch as they manipulate code in real-time, generating unique, bass-heavy beats that will keep you dancing all night.
Witness the fusion of art and technology in real-time and be part of a movement redefining live performance.
Note: Only those with tickets for the workshop will be admitted at 18.30, admittance for Algorave attendees is from 19.30. You can select the ticket type you require on Eventbrite.
This event is suitable for developers, dance enthusiasts, and the general public.
Address: Online
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
You need to model your whole enterprise… Where do you start?
You start with Data! You start with the Level Zero Architectural Corporate Data Model just like the one they did at Camden! You can see everything on one page. You can delve into the detail, you can explore all the wonders of data and share concepts, definitions and data with everyone else in your enterprise….in colour!
This event is suitable for public sector data professionals
Address: City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way London E16 1ZE
Time: 12:00 – 13:00
GenAI Prompt Engineering: An Introduction to Getting the Best Out of AI
This hands-on session is designed for everyone, with no technical background needed. It’s a friendly, engaging introduction to Generative AI and how to get it to work for you. We’ll explore the basics of what GenAI is, how it responds to instructions (prompts), and why the way you ask matters.
You’ll learn simple techniques to write better prompts—clearer, more specific, and more effective ones—that help AI deliver more useful, creative, and accurate results. With live examples, practical tips, and interactive exercises, we’ll show how small changes in how you ask can make a big difference in what you get back.
Most importantly, this session is about removing the fear and mystery around AI. You’ll walk away with confidence, ready to experiment, create, and solve problems using GenAI, whichever industry you work in and even if you’re just curious about the future of work.
This event is suitable for data and AI professionals or those interested in learning more about AI
Address: Science Gallery London, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9GU, UK
Time: 10:00 – 17:00
Step into the Civic Phone Booth @ Science Gallery London!
A drop-in installation of a new public consultation tool supporting people without internet access to stay active citizens. Over 2 million UK households are offline. As more civic participation moves online, we’re testing how traditional phone calls can help close that gap.
The project is run by PSi, a collective intelligence company creating new ways for large groups of people to share ideas, solve problems, and make better decisions.
No booking needed. Just drop in!
This event is suitable for the general public.
Address: TBD
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Join us for a one-of-a-kind event bringing together AI researchers and London’s language communities to ask:
“Can We Shape AI With Deliberative Societies?”
This workshop explores how communities and AI can collaboratively shape inclusive futures through participatory design and deliberative practices. We will examine how insights from the social sciences—particularly ethnography—can ground AI systems in real-world social contexts and urban cities, making them more responsive to diverse lived experiences.
This interactive day-long workshop organised by grassroots AI researchers from across Africa, the Alan Turing Institute, and more is held as part of London Data Week. This workshop session expands into a community of practice for ethnography, deliberation, and AI, with a focus on inclusivity, multicultural awareness, and participatory AI design
This event is suitable for ethnography, deliberation, and AI practitioners.
Address: Bush House, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
The workshops are developed by volunteers from We and AI, including experts in AI ethics, digital literacy, and community engagement, co-designed with young ambassadors—‘workshop peers’—who bring relatable and dynamic perspectives to the discussions.
The students we work with are often deeply engaged with these issues—they are not only curious but also concerned about the implications of deepfakes. Many express a strong desire to understand the risks and learn how to protect themselves and others.
Join Year 11 and 12 facilitators, who will invite participants to examine real-world case studies to spark discussion, encourage personal reflection, and build essential critical thinking skills.
The workshops address key ethical challenges, including:
It is crucial to equip young people with the skills to critically assess digital content, especially in an era where AI-generated media is reshaping information and communication.
Image credit: Ying-Chieh Lee & Kingston School of Art / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This event is supported by the Mayor of London.
This event is suitable for young people between 15-19.
Address: Bush House, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
Time: 10:00 – 13:00
This is a morning of interactive workshops with separate tracks for young people, and teachers/carers/parents.
The workshop uses interactive objects to prompt discussion as an engaging and community building creative stimulus. Expect to put your screens away and instead get hands on with the materiality and real world aspects of AI, with games and making activities.
In part one, participants will build confidence in the right (and need) to be involved in thinking about how AI is produced, who by, and with what data.
In part two, participants will learn about AI chatbots, and how to keep young and vulnerable people alert to unhealthy or dangerous interactions with chatbots. We will encourage dialogue about the role chatbots play in our communities and what we want from them.
Both tracks wil then come together to swap learnings and perspectives between young people and adults on what has been learned about how new technologies should and are being used.
The session is designed for young people between 14/15 -19, and teachers/carers/parents – who do not need to come together! School/ guardian consent for those under 16, and we also welcome those developing/deploying chatbots or related policy to learn from the feedback.
Image credit: Clarote & AI4Media / https://betterimagesofai.org / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This event is supported by the Mayor of London.
This event is suitable for young people between 14-19, teachers, carers, and parents, and AI practitioners and policymakers.
Note: This event is organised by a team that is based outside of the UK and is contributing an online event to London Data Week.
Address: Online
Time: 13:00 – 15:00 CAT
Join us for Data for Impact: Educators Shaping Change — a groundbreaking interactive online session using stories, insights, and discussion to explore how educators and communities can support emotional well-being, guide responsible tech use, and help students thrive in an algorithm-driven world.
Whether you are an educator, student, parent, or policymaker – this event is for anyone ready to shape change through understanding, compassion and innovation. Participants will engage in rich discussions, practical insights, and shared problem-solving around data-driven change in education.
About the team: We are a multidisciplinary team of educators, researchers, and students from two Southern African universities, with core representation from the University of Eswatini, in Swaziland. Our expertise spans Education, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Data Science. Together with alumni collaborators, we use data to explore and address emotional, ethical, and technological challenges in education as well as in the community.
This event is suitable for the general public.
Address: METRO GAVS 1st Floor, Equitable Building, 7 Gordon Square SE18 6FH
Time: 14:00 – 16:00
Come join us to uncover the hidden impacts of dark data on our environment and explore how it contributes to the climate crisis! We’re sharing more than ever — photos, opinions, moments — all flowing through the invisible networks of global data. But what are we really giving away? And who’s benefiting? Every time we send an email, upload a photo, or store an app, we’re contributing to a growing, invisible problem: dark data.
A staggering 52% of all data stored is never accessed. Every time we send an email, upload a photo, or store an app, we’re contributing to this growing, invisible problem. Data centres, where this unused information lives, are responsible for up to 4% of global carbon emissions, a number that’s only expected to rise. Join us for a free, hands-on workshop with a short film and interactive activities exploring the hidden side of our digital lives.
Open to individuals, families, students, and community groups — no tech knowledge needed, just curiosity. Come curious, Leave connected
This event is suitable for the general public.
