Past events
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Emerging Fault Lines in Global Tech Governance
08:00 - 16:00 10 June 2026
Indiana University, University of Manchester, Centre for Digital Trust and Society. Time: 10 June 2026, 9 am -5 pm Venue: Alliance Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB, UK Academic Committee: Dr Jack Kenny, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public International Law,...
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SQUIDS-NASC Joint Seminar: Metropolis-Hastings Acceptance Behavior for Bayesian Inversion with Random Forward Solvers
11:00 - 12:00 2 June 2026
Speaker: Emil Løvbak (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Abstract: In various application domains, one wishes to determine which parameter values should be used for a model to match its simulation output with measurement data. In practice however, measurement error on the data means that,...
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Ideas with Impact 2026 Awards - £300k in equity-free prizes up for grabs! Deadline for applications 22nd May 2026
22 May - 14 June 2026
Applications are now OPEN for Ideas with Impact 2026! Here’s everything you need to know: What is it? The University of Manchester’s Ideas with Impact Awards is a £300,000 prize pot to help researchers and entrepreneurs solve the world’s most pressing issues. Individual equity-free awards...
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Future of Opera: Human-AI Improvisation
15:00 - 18:00 19 May 2026
An experimental workshop exploring digital inclusion and innovation through human–AI improvisation. This workshop, part of Tuning into Opera, a research and engagement initiative from English National Opera and The University of Manchester, and the OperAI: Future of Opera series, invites you to experience...
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Proof of Human: AI, Copyright, and the Fight for Creative Authorship with Andrew Melchior
17:00 - 18:45 18 May 2026
A special lecture and discussion with composer, musician, technologist and producer Andrew Melchior. Join us in welcoming composer, musician, technologist and producer Andrew Melchior to The University of Manchester and hear his compelling case for the fight for creative authorship. During this public...
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