Special Sessions

Early career training session IOPP

The IOP Publishing will offer a series of ‘how to get published’ workshops for early career researchers.

Town Hall for IOP’s new AI & Machine Learning Special Interest Group

Purpose / Objective of the “town hall”

To co-design and formally establish the remit and leadership committee of IOP’s new AI & Machine Learning Special Interest Group (AI & ML SIG), ensuring broad, cross-sector ownership and alignment with IOP’s strategy.

Topic	Recommendation on who (all TBC)
Welcome & why we are here	VP for Science & Innovation Keith Butler Associate Director for Science, Business and Data Insights
Sharing of videos of support from across the community
Presentation on what this the AI/ML group will do Vision and purpose Areas of activity (research, events, policy, links with IOPP journals, careers) Defining success and measuring outcomes and impact What the original supporters of the proposal see as objectives / remit	Joint between supporters and pathfinder project team… possibly including Iulia Georgescu
Exercise to engage the community: Do you agree with these objectives? Vote on top 3 objectives. Are there any missing? (If so, please add them to the board) Why are the objectives important? What does achieving them look like?	All
Presentation on committee roles, the structure and processes (e.g. Chair, Secretary, Treasure), eligibility, time commitment. Call to action for those to get involved.	Paul
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