This Is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech

Find out about how AI and data centres are affecting our lives, our jobs and our planet, and how people are organising to resist. This conference is co-hosted by the Greater Manchester Climate Justice Coalition and Campaign against Climate Change, with speaker from trade unions and campaigns.
Tickets just £5 - book yours now: https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/ai-conference/
There will be three sessions for all attendees, each with a speaker panel followed by group discussion, linking different issues.
Session 1: The uses of AI in war and surveillance
Speakers: Anne Alexander, a researcher and journalist covering the social, ecological and political impacts of AI systems, currently working on a forthcoming book on the AI Arms Race; Rory Gibson, No Palantir In Our NHS
Session 2: The climate and environmental impacts of data centres
Speakers: Mary Stevens, Friends of the Earth; Owen Espley, Global Action Plan
Session 3: How AI is affecting our jobs and wider society, and the action that trade unions are taking
Speakers: Simeon Gill, President of University of Manchester UCU; Laurence Bouvard, Equity, Screen and New Media Committee member; Mansoor Ahmed, Unite EC, Passenger Transport, United Tech and Allied Workers speaker (invited)
Venue: Mechanics Institute, Manchester. 10.30-16.30