The AI value chain: research and policy priorities

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06/05/2025 - 07/05/2025 | Tue 10:00-17:00 / Wed 10:00-13:00
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Join experts in the field of artificial intelligence to discuss priority areas for policy-oriented research on the AI-value chain.

This 1.5-day online workshop will bring together experts in the field of artificial intelligence to discuss priority areas for policy-oriented research on the AI value chain. It will examine a range of issues including hardware and compute, innovation and use cases, and the broader economic and societal implications of AI.

It is hosted by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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Agenda

Event details

06/05/2025 - 07/05/2025 | Tue 10:00-17:00 / Wed 10:00-13:00
Online
Free - booking required
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Overall Structure:

  • Identify trends from a technical, economic, and social science perspective
  • Determine priority research gaps relevant to policymaking, especially those that cut across use cases
  • Consider what data, partnerships, and funding are needed to fill these gaps

All sessions chaired with Q + A.

10:00-17:00
TUESDAY 6 MAY 2025 - DAY ONE
09:15-10:00
Registration & welcome refreshments
10:00-11:00
Technical keynote

How should policymakers think about the AI value chain? What technical advances in AI are shaping its capabilities, and what are the emerging risks and opportunities?

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Chair:

11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-12:45
Hardware & compute

What roles do hardware and compute play in the AI value chain? What are the dependencies, and how do they shape policy priorities?

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Chair:

12:45-13:45
Lunch
13:45-15:15
AI innovation & diffusion

Where are the key areas of and trends in AI diffusion, and what are the implications for policy?

Speakers:

Chair:

15:15-15:30
Break
15:30-17:00
Use cases

How might AI be used in the public and private sectors? How do the economic incentives and societal implications interact?

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Chair:

10:00-13:00
WEDNESDAY 7 MAY 2025 - DAY TWO
09:15-10:00
Registration & welcome refreshments
10:00-11:00
Economic keynote: Should we fear AI?

How might progress in AI be measured, and in a way that promotes public value?

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Chair:

 

11:00-13:00
AI’s economic and societal implications

Given the current and potential future uses of AI, how can policymakers not only manage the risks of AI but also ensure that it benefits society as a whole?

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Speakers

Featured Speakers

Philippe Aghion

Professor Philippe Aghion

Philippe Aghion is a Professor at the College de France, at INSEAD, and at the London School of Economics, and a fellow of the Econometric Society and of the American...

Jade Alglave

Jade Alglave

Jade Alglave is a Distinguished Engineer at Arm and Professor of Computer Science at UCL. She developed a novel mathematical method for specifying computer memory models, along with the associated...

Flavio Calvino

Flavio Calvino

Flavio Calvino is a Senior Economist at the OECD, leading the Firms, Digital Transformation, and Technology Diffusion team in the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation. His research focuses on...

Hannah-Beth Clark

Hannah-Beth Clark

Hannah-Beth Clark is the AI Quality and Safety Principal at Oak National Academy, leading the pedagogical development of Oak National Academy’s AI tools. She has worked in schools for the...

Diane Coyle 2018

Professor Diane Coyle

Bennett Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy

Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. She co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Diane’s new...

Matt Davies

Matt Davies is Economic and Social Policy Lead at the Ada Lovelace Institute, with a focus on how mainstream thinking about public policy, public services and public institutions might need...

Sabrina Küspert

Sabrina Küspert

Sabrina Küspert is a Policy Officer at the European AI Office of the European Commission, focusing on general-purpose AI governance and implementing the EU AI Act. She previously served as...

Professor Neil Lawrence

Professor Neil Lawrence

Neil Lawrence is the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge, Senior AI Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield...

Natasha McCarthy

Natasha McCarthy

Natasha McCarthy is Associate Director for Policy at the Royal Academy of Engineering. Previously, she was head of Policy and Data at the Royal Society, leading initiatives on data and...

Jess Montgomery

Jess Montgomery

Jessica is currently Director of ai@cam, a new University of Cambridge strategic mission to develop AI technologies that serve science, citizens, and society. Alongside this role, she leads a variety...

Paul Nightingale

Prof Paul Nightingale

Paul Nightingale is a Professor of Strategy at SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) at the University of Sussex. He previously worked at the Complex Product Systems Innovation Centre, focusing on...

Prof Aled Owen

Aled Owen is Professor of Enterprise and Chief of Staff for Responsible AI UK, collaborating to deliver best practices for the design, evaluation, regulation and operation of AI systems.  He...

Kristin-Anne Rutter

Dr Kristin-Anne Rutter

Executive Director, Cambridge University Health Partners and Cambridge Biomedical Campus Ltd

Dr Kristin-Anne Rutter leads the development and delivery of a collaborative life sciences strategy for the Cambridge cluster.  The goal of the strategy is to accelerate the creation of breakthrough scientific discoveries, demonstrate...

Eric Sutherland

Eric Sutherland

Eric Sutherland is a Senior Health Economist at the OECD, leading work on digital health, health data governance, and AI in healthcare. He is responsible for evolving the OECD’s Recommendation...

Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson leads Public Value Research in BBC Research & Development, where he is a Principal Research Engineer in the Advisory Team. He is also the editor and CTO of...

Dr Aleksei Turobov

Research Associate

Dr Aleksei Turobov is a Research Associate at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge, working on the AIxGeo project, investigating the global governance landscape of Artificial Intelligence...

Boxi Wu

Boxi Wu is a DPhil researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute and a member of the Oxford-Aalto Digital Economic Security Lab. Their research explores the politics of digital infrastructure, focusing...

Event Hosts

Diane Coyle 2018

Professor Diane Coyle

Bennett Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy

Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. She co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Diane’s new...

Guy Lalanne

Guy Lalanne is Acting Head of Division – Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Previously, he held several positions in the French Treasury,...

Jess Montgomery

Jess Montgomery

Jessica is currently Director of ai@cam, a new University of Cambridge strategic mission to develop AI technologies that serve science, citizens, and society. Alongside this role, she leads a variety...

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