ADViCE Webinar Series – Building Sustainable AI

ADViCE – The AI for Decarbonisation Virtual Centre of Excellence

ADViCE exists to bring together an ecosystem of AI companies, industrial adopters, policy makers and investors to support, promote, and co­ordinate the adoption and diffusion of AI decarbonisation applications.

Funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and delivered by Digital Catapult, Energy Systems Catapult, and the Alan Turing Institute, ADViCE is working to build an ecosystem around the potential for AI to help solve decarbonisation challenges through reports, events, and tools & resources, building momentum for innovation.

ADViCE Webinar Series – Building Sustainable AI

The rapid growth of AI has the potential to aid decarbonisation and help us reach net zero through optimising resources and enabling the energy transition. However, the uptake of AI also comes with a rapidly growing carbon footprint. Training large models, powering data centres, and producing specialised hardware all demand significant energy and material resources. As the world pushes toward net zero, the question is clear: how do we make AI sustainable?

This webinar will explore practical pathways to decarbonising the AI supply chain. We bring together experts to discuss sustainable AI themes such as:

• A roadmap to reduce AI waste and improve efficiency: towards sustainable AI ecosystems – Andrea Soltoggio, Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Loughborough University
• Literal Labs approach: Towards energy-efficient and explainable AI via logic and expediency in learning – Prof Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University and Literal Lab

Together, these perspectives will map out how industry, researchers, and policymakers can collaborate to build a future of truly sustainable AI — from code to compute.

This event will be of interest to:

• Professionals and stakeholders across public sector, AI, net zero, cleantech, energy, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, built environment, and heavy industry.

This event will provide a unique opportunity to learn from:

• Explore and understand key issues in sustainable AI ecosystems.
• Engage with and learn from industry experts, and cutting-edge AI researchers.
• Connect with ADViCE and the wider AI for decarbonisation ecosystem.

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