Events

Find out more about our upcoming events, including our programme of seminars and workshops.

• SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026

  30 April - 26 November 2026

  SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to:? Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience? Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics.? Get your questions answered with 10 mins of Q&A.? Join us on the last Thursday of the month at 12:00 pm (GMT) for a lightning 20-minute talk from an...

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• Digital Economy Ethics of AI Workshop

  14:30 - 16:30 24 June 2026

  Join us for an engaging and timely workshop exploring the ethical challenges emerging from the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across research, industry and policy. Dr. Arash Hajikhani (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; LUT University) will deliver a thought-provoking talk on the ethics of artificial intelligence, focusing on...

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• Creativity and AI: Free and Open-source AI Tools and Platforms

  14:30 - 17:00 25 June 2026

  This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and April 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the North West, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries community. The third and final event...

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• Regulating the Digital Society: UK and EU Perspectives

  01 July 2026

  Join us & explore how the UK and EU member states are approaching the regulation of the digital society in the the post-Brexit era! The increasing digitisation of daily life poses important questions for policy makers, service providers and academics about whether and how we can regulate these technologies to ensure they work for the benefit of...

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• Centre for Digital Trust and Society Forum 2026

  02 July 2026

  Now in its 4th year, the Centre for Digital Trust and Society Annual Forum brings together leading voices from academia, government and civil society to explore the evolving challenges and opportunities shaping digital trust and security. The Centre for Digital Trust and Society (CDTS) brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across the...

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• Lane Lecture 2026: The Evolution of Evidence and the Changing Nature of Employment: What this means for the work of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council

  16:30 - 18:00 21 October 2026

  In collaboration with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, the Thomas Ashton Institute is delighted to announce that registration for this years Annual Lane Lecture is open. The lecture will take place on Wednesday 21 October 2026, in the Kanaris Lecture Theatre, The Manchester Museum Programme: . Main Lecture & Q&A 4:30pm...

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