10.30am-11.15am - Our headline partners kick off our Keynote talks with The Intelligence of Together — Smarter, Safer, Stronger. Delivered byRonnie Carter, Devon & Somerset LSIP Executive and Projects Manager, with Josh Hoole, Director at Smart Working Revolution, and Troy Wheeler, Operations Director at Tomlinson Solutions.

11.30am-12.15pm- The Future of Jobs in an AI-first World— Your Future Career Companion Artificial intelligence is no longer science fiction. It's rapidly transforming our world and creating a wave of new job opportunities. From AI ethics and data science to machine learning engineering and prompt engineering, the field is expanding at an incredible pace. This talk will provide a basic overview of these emerging roles, the skills required and how you can position yourself to thrive in the AI-driven future. Led by Lee McQueen, Director of Adult Education and Business Growth at City College Plymouth, and students from City College Plymouth. Artificial intelligence is no longer science fiction. It's rapidly transforming our world and creating a wave of new job opportunities. From AI ethics and data science to machine learning engineering and prompt engineering, the field is expanding at an incredible pace. This talk will provide a basic overview of these emerging roles, the skills required and how you can position yourself to thrive in the AI-driven future.

12.30pm-1.15pm - A Journey into AI. Join Andy Doyle, Filmily founder, consultant and Tech SW AI Ambassador as he delves into AI and discusses what’s out there now… and what the future may hold…

1.30pm-2.15pm - Unlocking the Power of AI for Small Businesses — Join Craig Mclaren-Kennedy from Cosmic for a practical 45-minute session exploring how AI is transforming the way small businesses work. Whether you’re just starting out, or looking to improve your existing processes, this session will give you the knowledge and confidence to take your next step with AI.

2.30pm-3.15pm - Can we trust AI? How AI is rewriting the way businesses and consumers connect — An exploration of how AI is rapidly changing the way consumers find the businesses they want to buy from. Led by Joe Caley, Senior Digital Marketing Manager — SEO Lead, and Xenia Coker-Espina, Head of Growth, at Optix Solutions

3.30pm-4.15pm - Digital Marketing and AI. Delivered by Lisa Lessware, Digital Business Advisor at Heart of the South West Growth Hub.

4.30pm-5.15pm - From Pixels to Patterns: AI’s Role in Understanding Complex Biology in a Changing World. Led by Dr Oliver Tills, UKRI Future Leaders Research Fellow and Director of Phenomyx CIC

Bring your laptop or notebook for our interactive learning workshops.

Workspace 1:

11am-12.30pm - AI for Everyone: Exploring AI’s role in Learning, Work and Creativity. Interactive Workshop. Delivered by Ben Siu, Plymouth Business School, and Rupert Lorraine, The Bridge at the University of Plymouth.

2pm-3.30pm- Introducing you to the Exciting World of AI Image Generation You’ll learn how to use powerful AI tools to transform your hand-drawn sketches and character concepts into stunning visuals. We’ll cover prompt engineering techniques, explore different AI models and styles and guide you through the process of refining your creations. Whether you're a seasoned artist or just starting out, this workshop will empower you to unlock your imagination and bring your artistic vision to life in ways you never thought possible. Delivered by the team from City College Plymouth

Boardroom:

10.45am-11.15am - The Bionic Innovator: How Collaborating with AI can Enhance Creativity and Speed up Innovation Led by Gavin Jones, Head of Innovation at Elixe explores where creativity comes from, how we can use AI to be a critical friend and share some of the tools I use to get from idea to testable prototype in lightning speed.

11.30am-12.30pm - AI Agents and Automation workshop Discover how AI agents can help you automate the boring stuff, save hours each week and focus on the work that actually matters. Delivered by Sam Halfyard, Co-Founder at Inovara

1pm-2pm - The Intelligence of Together — Smarter, Safer, Stronger. Delivered by Josh Hoole, Director at Smart Working Revolution, and Troy Wheeler, Operations Director at Tomlinson Solutions.

2.30pm-3.30pm -The AI Circus: Five Acts to Business Innovation. A workshop that looks through the circus that AI has become for businesses that want to leverage AI, taking you through act by act on what to buy tickets for and what acts to avoid. Delivered by Steve Tomkinson, Director at Disruption Works.

4pm-4.45pm - A workshop on How AI innovations are improving obstetric ultrasound care in high and low-income countries. Delivered by Sacha Walton, Head of Projects at GE HealthCare (Intelligent Ultrasound): . 

11am-2.45pm Real Ideas’ ‘Dome Experience’ shows: Showcasing the immersive Dome and its incredible digital technology with AI image generation along the way! Grab a bean bag, relax and enjoy the shows. Suitable for families.

3pm-4pm - Coids | Leave your emotions to the cosmos. Look up and see the vastness of the starry sky. ‘Codis’ which means “cosmic-oid objects”, is an AI-driven, emotionally-recognisable Dome interactive project. By wearing a simple brainwave detecting device and sensing your emotions, the Dome generates particles. An interactive demonstration created by Yuming Chen at the University of Plymouth School of Art, Design and Architecture.

University of Plymouth’s School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences — Environmental Space Living Lab Mercedes Sprinter vehicle (will be at the exterior of Market Hall): This is a Mobile Robot Deployment Lab featuring everything needed to visualise and process both terrestrial and aerial robots in real time. There are plenty of AI-powered exhibits here. At the van outside there will also be robot dogs, a Robotic Traction Unit (RTU) and some drones.

University of Plymouth’s School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences —Pepper the Robot. A social interaction research robot powered by AI.

University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Health — Dr Katie Edwards, Research Fellow, Centre for Health Technology, School of Nursing and Midwifery — BRIDGING Project VR Demo: “Breakthrough interview extended reality training towards reducing the autism employment gap.” The BRIDGING project is interested in understanding how a VR application might help young autistic people with job interview processes and sustaining employment.

University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Health— ICONIC research project VR Demo: Co-designing new technologies to support environment access. The ICONIC research project has been co-designing new technologies with people in Cornwall and Devon to support digital access. Researchers will be here showing off AI-powered fish identification in Virtual Reality as part of a technology allowing people to explore the environment remotely. By Dr Rory Baxter, Research Fellow, Centre for Health Technology.

University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Health —RCF research project Wearable Patch for Management of Heart Failure at Home. This project presents a cutting-edge, low-power wearable ECG patch—integrated dry electrodes for home-based heart failure monitoring. It demonstrates the innovative dry electrode technology and real-time, long-term ECG tracking for personalised, AIenabled care. By Dr Om Prakash Singh, Lecturer in Digital Health at Centre for Health Technology, the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

University of Plymouth student project — Image Reconstruction from Brain Signals by Jared Goh.

City College Plymouth — AnAI-powered demo which is soon to be unveiled but is sure to be fun and interactive. 

Meet local business at their stands and discover their AI innovations or solutions in supporting AI business integration"

• Smart Working Revolution

• Tomlinson Security

• King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence

• Westcotts

• Heart of the SW Growth Hub

• On Course South West

• Devon County Council / Cosmic

• WeSolve AI

• Your Tech Future

• Phenomyx

• Disruption Works

• Optix

• City College Plymouth

• WeSolve AI

6pm-7pm Central Podcast Panel: Book your seat here

Host: Paul Philpott, Director at Devon Chamber of Commerce and Managing Director of Fresh Air Studios Panellists

Lee McQueen, Director of Adult Education and Business Growth at City College Plymouth

Steve Tomkinson, Director at Disruption Works

Lynsey Skinner, Managing Director at Your Tech Future

Jake Gibson Shaw-Sutton, Lecturer in Applied Robotics at the University of Plymouth’s School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, who has develpoped and integrated machine learning and AI technology into real world robots for the past decade

Troy Wheeler, Operations Director at Tomlinson Solutions

Sam Halfyard, Co-Founder at Inovara