7th Int. Conference on Big Data, Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence

, a part of the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment (SCEBE) has been organising the Big Data conference for a decade now (with a gap during the COVID pandemic of course).

The event is now back in full force, in person, at our state-of-the-art facilities of The Business School at our Craiglockhart campus in Edinburgh.

We have decided to adapt the title each year, to reflect a focal point of interest. In 2023 it was called Big Data, Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure. This year, the event is called Big Data, Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reflect the enhanced interest in this tech that is changing things extremely fast.

With a focus on Artificial Intelligence, this conference will be a little different than usual. A variety of speakers will be talking about the different faces of AI, from business and academia to cybercrime and war.

This programme will be updated continuously, but so far the confirmed speakers are:

1. Prof Bill Buchanan, OBE. Professor of Cryptography & Cybersecurity, Serial Innovator
2. Steph Wright, Head of Scottish AI Alliance
3. Prof Leandros Maglaras, Edinburgh Napier University
4. Rory Alsop, TESCO Bank/CIISec
5. Jacob Duane, CEO Stellastra
6. Douglas McLachlan, Partner, Anderson Strathern
7. Basil Manoussos, Expert Witness (Cybercrime & Digital Evidence), Cyber Academy Manager

More speakers will be added soon.

Sustainability

We have decided to charge a nominal fee to ensure that people do not just register because the event is free, and then ignore their registration. Unfortunately, our previous events had resulted in numerous no-shows which not only added to the conference costs but they ended up in unacceptable food waste.

For our events to become as sustainable as possible, we use nominal ticketing as a means to control food waste.

Price of Admission

A nominal charge has been selected. Your ticket will entitle you to:

a. Full access to the event and presentations

b. Coffee & Tea breaks

c. Lunch

d. Networking

e. Car Parking on site

Host or Publisher The Cyber Academy