The AI value chain: research and policy priorities

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Tuesday 6 May 2025 10:00am to Wednesday 7 May 2025 1:00pm

Online

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Overall Structure:

  • Identify trends from a technical, economic, and social science perspective
  • Determine priority research gaps relevant to policymaking, especially those that cut across use cases
  • Consider what data, partnerships, and funding are needed to fill these gaps

All sessions chaired with Q + A.

Register: https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/the-ai-value-chain/#agenda

 

10:00-17:00

TUESDAY 6 MAY 2025 - DAY ONE

09:15-10:00

Registration & welcome refreshments

10:00-11:00

Technical keynote

How should policymakers think about the AI value chain? What technical advances in AI are shaping its capabilities, and what are the emerging risks and opportunities?

Speaker:

Chair:

11:00-11:15

Break

11:15-12:45

Hardware & compute

What roles do hardware and compute play in the AI value chain? What are the dependencies, and how do they shape policy priorities?

Speakers:

  • Matt Davies, Ada Lovelace Institute
  • Boxi Wu, Oxford Internet Institute
  • Aleksei Turobov, Bennett Institute for Public Policy
  • Guy Lalanne, OECD

Chair:

12:45-13:45

Lunch

13:45-15:15

AI innovation & diffusion

Where are the key areas of and trends in AI diffusion, and what are the implications for policy?

Speakers:

  • Flavio Calvino, OECD
  • Paul Nightingale, University of Sussex
  • Diane Coyle, Bennett Institute for Public Policy
  • Natasha McCarthy, Royal Academy of Engineering

Chair:

  • Guy Lalanne, OECD

15:15-15:30

Break

15:30-17:00

Use cases

How might AI be used in the public and private sectors? How do the economic incentives and societal implications interact?

Speakers:

  • Eric Sutherland, OECD
  • Kristen-Ann Rutter, Cambridge University Health Partners
  • Jess Montgomery, AI@Cam / Local Government
  • Hannah-Beth Clark, Oak National Academy

Chair:

  • Diane Coyle, Bennett Institute for Public Policy

10:00-13:00

WEDNESDAY 7 MAY 2025 - DAY TWO

09:15-10:00

Registration & welcome refreshments

10:00-11:00

Economic keynote: Should we fear AI?

How might progress in AI be measured, and in a way that promotes public value?

Speaker:

  • Philippe Aghion, Collège de France

Chair:

  • Guy Lalanne, OECD

 

11:00-13:00

AI’s economic and societal implications

Given the current and potential future uses of AI, how can policymakers not only manage the risks of AI but also ensure that it benefits society as a whole?

Speakers:

  • Mike Walker, Competition and Markets Authority
  • Aled Owen, Responsible AI UK
  • Sabrina Küspert, EC AI Office

Chair:

  • Diane Coyle, Bennett Institute for Public Policy