AI Panel

This panel discussion will bring together leaders from across the public sector and will be centred around the following discussion points:

• Developing a Clear AI Strategy: Establishing a national or departmental AI roadmap that aligns with public sector goals, outlines investment priorities, and sets clear governance and accountability structures.

• Exploring AI Use Cases in Government: Identifying and scaling impactful applications of AI—such as fraud detection, predictive maintenance, public health forecasting, and automated citizen support services.

• Ensuring Ethical and Transparent AI: Embedding ethical principles into AI development and deployment, including fairness, accountability, explainability, and minimising bias, to maintain public trust.

• Operationalising AI at Scales: Moving from pilots to production by building the necessary infrastructure, data pipelines, procurement models, and workforce capabilities to integrate AI into core operations sustainably.

Panellists:

• Shehroze Junejo, Executive Director and Chief Data Officer at, UK Government Investments
• Nayyab Naqvi, Principal Technologist for AI Adoption, Government Digital Service
• Duncan Brown, Head of Software Engineering, Incubator for AI