The Co-AI Lab is a highly interactive, facilitated workshop to bring mixed groups of academics and industry practitioners together to work on real industry problems, with AI operating as an active member of the team rather than as a separate tool. Participants will explore how organisations can realise the value of AI through the practical challenges that determine whether it succeeds in
practice. Industry problems will be considered through three interconnected domains: People, Productivity and Performance.
Participants will work together on one screen, rotate responsibility for driving the interaction, and collectively develop a credible first solution sketch. Each team will interrogate its industry problem to uncover the underlying challenge rather than simply responding to the presenting issue. AI forms part of the ensemble throughout the process, enabling participants to experience collaborative AI as part of the team rather than as a separate technology or domain.
Objectives
- Hands-on experience of Co-AI, where people, systems and AI operate as one coherent unit.
- Apply academic knowledge and industry insight to real challenges through collaborative problem framing and solution development.
- Explore the organisational conditions that influence whether AI creates value across People, Productivity and Performance.
Outcomes
- Industry will have a more clearly framed understanding of their problem and a credible first solution sketch developed collaboratively with researchers and practitioners.
- Academia will gain first-hand exposure to a live industry problem and its organisational context, potentially identifying opportunities for future research, cases or collaboration.
- Participants will gain insight into recurring challenges and patterns aGecting AI adoption and value creation across People, Productivity and Performance.
Workshop Information
Limited to 18 academics and researchers interested in the application of AI in business.
Limited to 18 industry professionals in leadership roles navigating the use of AI in the workplace. Industry participants will be asked to submit a real challenge in advance of the workshop.
Please bring your own laptop.