Applied AI Leeds

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Join us for another Applied AI and explore the real-world impact of AI, without the jargon.

Applied AI is an evening of thought-provoking talks, live examples, and down-to-earth discussion focused on how AI is being applied today—in teams, in products, and in the everyday decisions we make at work.
Applied AI is for anyone who's curious about how AI is changing the way we work, build, and think. No technical background needed, just bring your curiosity and an open mind. We’re all about keeping things inclusive and welcoming, and we believe the future of AI should be shaped by a diverse mix of voices. So, whether you’re deep into AI or just starting to explore it, come along to learn something new, meet interesting people, and see what’s possible.

At this Applied AI, you’ll hear from leading thinkers, tinkerers and makers who are applying AI in meaningful, often surprising ways:

🎤 Feature Talk: Making AI Agents Work For You (and Your Team)
Speaker: Hannah Foxwell, Independent Consultant at the Intersection of Platform Engineering, Security, and AI, Founder of AI For the Rest of Us
AI agents are evolving fast—but how do we make them truly useful in our teams and organisations?

In this keynote session, Hannah Foxwell challenges the hype and gets to the heart of how AI agents can enhance productivity—not by doing more work, but by helping us focus on the right work. She’ll explore how teams of specialised agents can deliver meaningful outcomes, what we need to rethink about traditional org design, and how to build in safe, effective collaboration between agents and humans.

Expect insight, healthy skepticism, and practical thinking on using AI to boost both business performance and human creativity.

🛠️ Tech Talk: Purr-mission Granted – Machine Vision in the Real World
Speaker: Jakub Szamuk, Software Engineer at Parallax
From idea to prototype in a single day, this is the story of a catflap with facial recognition—and everything it taught us about building AI-powered products in the real world.

Jakub takes us behind the scenes of Purr-mission Granted, a side project that pushed machine vision out of the lab and into hardware. You’ll hear about the challenges of training models with real-world data, why iteration beats perfection, and how even a small project can unlock big lessons about bringing AI into production.

Whether you're a developer, a hobbyist, or just an animal lover with a sense of humour, this session is a brilliant example of how fast (and fun) AI product development can be.

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