Second UK meeting on enabling AI in HEP experiment and theory: software/tools, operations, wider engagement and skills capacity

Wednesday 17 September 2025 - 10:30
Department of Physics (Oliver Lodge Building, Room 337)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
17 Sept 2025
AM
10:30 --- Coffee on arrival ---
11:00 Welcome and introduction - Monica D'Onofrio (University of Liverpool (GB))  
11:10 Where we stand since last year - Davide Costanzo (University of Sheffield (GB)) Dr Timothy Paul Scanlon (UCL) Monica D'Onofrio (University of Liverpool (GB))  
11:20 EU landscape - report from EUCAIF and European Strategy - Monica D'Onofrio (University of Liverpool (GB))  
11:40 UK landscape: AI Strategy STFC - status and progress - Valerie Farr (STFC - UKRI) Mark Wilkinson  
PM
12:05 UKRI prespective - Katherine Rooke  
12:15 Infrastructure and new ideas: ICEFLOE - David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))  
12:30 Discussion on opportunity and funding landscape  
13:00 --- Lunch ---
14:00 FastML and other collider HEP use cases - Alex Tapper (Imperial College London) Joe Egan (University College London) Monica D'Onofrio (University of Liverpool (GB)) Dr Timothy Paul Scanlon (UCL)  
14:45 neutrino physics use cases - Leigh Howard Whitehead (University of Cambridge (GB)) Andrew Chappell (University of Warwick (GB))  
15:05 Sustainability aspects - Kristin Lohwasser (University of Sheffield (GB)) Caterina Doglioni (The University of Manchester (GB))  
15:35 Theory community input - Gurtej Kanwar (University of Edinburgh)  
15:55 Industry, knowledge exchange and training - Gabriel Facini (University of London (GB))  
16:15 Discussion and wrap up