Events
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Events
- Research Cafe: Unlocking Historical Archives with AI - Opportunities and Challenges Tuesday 20th January 2026 12:30PM - 3:30PM
- Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Dr Zhipeng Wang & Dr Joseph Lee Nazzini Wednesday 4th February 2026 12:00PM - 1:00PM
- ONLINE: Imagining a Gender-Equal World: International Symposium Wednesday 11th February 2026 9:30AM - 1:15PM
- Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson Thursday 12th February 2026 3:30PM - 5:00PM
- The Digital Environment Conference 2026 Wednesday 1st April 2026
Events
Join us for an informal research caf exploring how AI can shape and affect historical archives Recent advances in AI have made it feasible to automatically analyse unstructured content at scale including large collections of cultural heritage data that come in the form of texts and or images At this event you will have the chance to hear from a range of expert speakers exploring the various ways in which AI could disrupt how we store manage and… Learn how blockchain digital communities can be exploited and how to prevent it Talk Title DAO Governance Takeover Attack on the blockchain Code as Law Cybersecurity and Governance Online Webinar In this talk Dr Zhipeng Wang and Dr Joseph Lee Nazzini analyse the DAO governance takeover attack as a major governance-level cybersecurity risk in blockchain systems drawing on several cases primarily the DAO Hack Using historical examples they demonstrate how flaws in both smart-contract code and governance design… Join us for a free international online symposium celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and advancing Sustainable Development Goal Gender Equality Bringing together students staff and partners from five countries the symposium will explore how international collaboration can support gender equality and improve opportunities for women and girls in STEM Through keynote contributions international case studies and interactive workshops participants will engage with current challenges share experiences and co-develop practical ideas for change across… Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture followed by a drinks reception About the lecture The University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture brings a distinguished guest lecturer to Manchester to share their research This year we are pleased to welcome Professor Bridget Anderson University of Bristol The lecture will take place in the John Casken Lecture Theatre in the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama and will be followed by a drinks reception… Step into the frontier of human planet intelligence This is where the systems that will shape our planetary future are imagined contested built and live Co hosted by the University Digital Futures platform and the NERC Digital Solutions Hub the event will begin with keynote from NVIDIA to mark the th anniversary of Alan Turing s On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem This is a gathering of leading thinkers technologists researchers and policymakers co creating…Research Cafe: Unlocking Historical Archives with AI - Opportunities and Challenges
Tuesday 20th January 2026 12:30PM - 3:30PM
Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Dr Zhipeng Wang & Dr Joseph Lee Nazzini
Wednesday 4th February 2026 12:00PM - 1:00PM
ONLINE: Imagining a Gender-Equal World: International Symposium
Wednesday 11th February 2026 9:30AM - 1:15PM
Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson
Thursday 12th February 2026 3:30PM - 5:00PM
The Digital Environment Conference 2026
Wednesday 1st April 2026
Events at the University
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