Science and Innovation Banquet 2024
More than 230 leaders and experts from across the scientific, academic and business worlds attended this year’s Science and Innovation Banquet, at Mansion House.
Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Scotland, and her Special Envoy for Science and Technology, Professor Manahel Thabet, joined the Lord Mayor as keynote speakers for the event.
The future of AI and the workforce
The City of London Corporation, in association with KPMG, have published the Financial and professional services: the future of AI and the workforce. The report shows how roles in the financial and professional services sector are set to change with the impact of AI.
The Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce
The Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce is working to bridge skills gaps and bring more people into the industry. The taskforce will work with industry to support women from non-technical backgrounds to pivot to technical roles.
CommonSpace
The Commonwealth Space Collaboration Initiative (CSCI) is an ambitious project designed to unify the space exploration, collaboration and research efforts of the Commonwealth member nations. More details about the initiative, on which Baroness Scotland and Professor Thabet are leading on behalf of the Commonwealth, are available on the CommonSpace Strategy.
Aperiodic Monotiles (‘The Spectre Einstein’)
Guests at the banquet were provided with a small collection of aperiodic monotiles (the so-called ‘Spectre Einstein’).
Connect To Prosper
The theme of this mayoralty is Connect To Prosper, celebrating the many knowledge miles of our Square Mile, the world’s coffee house. Details of the programmes, initiatives and experiments that form part of the Connect To Prosper theme include: