events

In April 2024, Darwin’s co-founder Daniela Petrovic had the opportunity to speak to MBA students at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. It was the second time Daniela had spoken at the business school, having previously been invited as a guest lecturer in February 2023.

On Monday 15 April, in preparation for Canada hosting the G7 summit in 2025, the High Commission of Canada in the UK held a roundtable discussion on AI adoption. This was an opportunity to examine how artificial intelligence is currently used, how its use is expected to evolve, and what gaps exist in present-day AI regulation. The roundtable took place at Canada House in London.

The facilitator of the discussion was OpenText, a Canadian company specialising in information management and digital transformation. The attendees included company and government representatives from both the UK and Canada. Darwin took part alongside participants from institutions such as Shell, Nestlé, the Digital Catapult, the Canada Pension Plan and the NHS.

On 27 March, the Satellite Applications Catapult launched the UK Autonomous and Connected Earth (UK-ACE) Connected Capability Network (CCN). Darwin was delighted to attend the kick-off, which took place at the Catapult’s headquarters at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.

2024 was the third year of LEAP, a major annual tech conference based in Saudi Arabia. Held from 4 to 7 March in Riyadh, the 2024 event proved to be the largest LEAP yet, with over 215,000 attendees.

Like last year, Darwin had a place in the UK Pavilion. The event was a great opportunity to connect with other organisations, and to speak with Saudi Arabian government sectors about the Kingdom’s vision for smart mobility.

The 2024 ABI Conference, organised by the Association of British Insurers, was held on 27 February. This annual event is a chance for insurers to network and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the insurance industry.

Darwin was at the conference to introduce our new autonomous shuttle, the second vehicle to be added to the existing Darwin Autonomous Shuttle service, in collaboration with Aviva, the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency and the University of Salford. We’re sharing data from the service with Aviva to help them develop insurance products for self-driving vehicles.