From mental health to magic: Festival returns exploring AI in healthcare, education, sustainable business
King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence returns 20 – 24 May with events and workshops on AI and education, healthcare, creativity, sustainability, business and more.
What does an AI-powered healthcare system look like? How can AI enhance thinking and education? Can AI transform mental health care in adults and children? How does AI decipher ancient languages?
All this and more will be explored at the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence. Returning to King's College London from Tuesday 20 May to Saturday 24 May, the events will explore the latest developments in AI, including on education, healthcare, the creative industries, sustainability and business.
The panels will see King’s experts, policymakers, business leaders and others tackle AI’s role in the world’s most urgent problems, from climate change to social equality to how it’s changing our most human impulses – to care, to create, and to learn. Speakers will also share their recommendations for government, in light of the AI Opportunities Action Plan, on how to harness the benefits of AI safely and responsibly.
Artificial intelligence presents both immense opportunities and daunting challenges for society. Initiatives like the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence provide space for experts across academia, industry and policy to come together to unpick these challenges, sharing their insight with the public. This cross-disciplinary and cross-sector collaboration is essential to navigate this rapidly evolving landscape.
Professor Carmine Ventre, Director of the King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence
The Festival is hosted by the King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and brings together over 100 colleagues from across King’s nine faculties to showcase their research through public lectures, panel discussions, workshops, lightning talks and activities. Across the five days, they will be joined by around 20 expert guests from a variety of sectors at events taking place at the Strand Campus, Guy’s Campus, the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering, the Science Gallery London and online.
With events that explore the developments that will increasingly shape daily life, the wide-ranging programme aims to appeal to the interests of audiences from business, industry, education, healthcare and policymakers to AI-curious members of the public.
A dedicated festival day for younger audiences will take place on Saturday 24 May, with free, family-friendly activities taking place for for children aged seven and over. Children will get the chance to control robots in a football match, design robot costumes, play unique experiments like distinguishing humans from AI in games, and participate in workshops that turn complex technological concepts into playful, imaginative experiences.
All the events in the festival are free and open to the public, and most assume no prior understanding or experience with artificial intelligence.
Join us at King's in May 2025 to engage in meaningful discussions exploring how we can responsibly harness AI’s benefits while avoiding increasing inequalities, drawing in perspectives from universities, policymakers, industry, and more.
The King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence brings together King’s considerable strengths in artificial intelligence. It fosters cross-disciplinary dialogue and new communities around our most urgent and significant challenges while working to engage with industry, policymakers, educators, and other communities who will be shaped by (and who can shape) artificial intelligence.
