Wednesday 7 October 2026 · 09:00 – 16:30 · EC1 29, Sir Frank Whittle Building

Artificial Intelligence across Domains

Research, Innovation and Impact

A one-day conference showcasing the research of Coventry University postgraduate researchers whose work engages with artificial intelligence.

Date
Wed 7 October 2026
Time
09:00 – 16:30
Venue
EC1 29, Sir Frank Whittle
Countdown
7 October 2026

Ways to take part

Twelve slots · one poster exhibition

20MIN

Paper presentations

Full-length talks in the midday and afternoon panels, each followed by Q&A. Suited to mature work with results.

5MIN

Lightning talks

Short, focused talks in two blocks, well suited to work in its early stages or a single key idea.

AllDAY

Poster presentations

On display from lunch through the closing session, with authors alongside. Awards presented at 15:45.

Abstracts are 250 words with a 100-word biography, submitted on EasyChair. Read the full call for participation →

Keynote · 10:00 – 10:40

Prof. James Brusey

Professor of Computer Science at Coventry University and lead of the Human-Centred Reinforcement Learning theme at the Research Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling.

Appointed Innovate UK BridgeAI Independent Scientific Advisor at The Alan Turing Institute in 2025.

20+

PhD graduates

25

Grants secured

£35M

Research funding

Both keynote sessions →

Prof. James Brusey

Four topic areas

Choose one on EasyChair

  1. 01

    AI Research, Innovation, Methods, Models and Applications

    New algorithms, architectures, learning methods, evaluation and applied systems.

  2. 02

    AI across Disciplines and Professional Contexts

    AI in engineering, health, business, the arts, education, law and other professional domains.

  3. 03

    Responsible AI: Ethics, Governance, Transparency, Bias and Trust

    Fairness, accountability, explainability, regulation and public trust.

  4. 04

    Generative AI: Knowledge, Human Experience and Societal Impact

    Large language and multimodal models, creativity, knowledge work and society.

Who should attend

Open to CDT in AI postgraduate researchers

Open to Coventry University CDT in AI postgraduate researchers across all disciplines, along with supervisors and staff of the CDT. All CDT in AI students are expected to attend and to contribute a talk, poster or paper.

Register to attend

Help review

Reviewing runs 19 – 24 September

Students, supervisors and staff each take a small number of abstracts matched to their expertise. Reviews are completed on EasyChair.

Review criteria