Parallel sessions (workshop) - Data-driven innovation under regulation

Organisations in regulated environments face the same imperative: deploy data-driven and AI enabled systems that work in practice and stand up to scrutiny. Innovation under regulation means balancing progress with assurance, compliance and public value. This session surfaces common patterns and contrasts across sectors and provides a space to identify practical routes to responsible deployment across regulated contexts—for example, financial services, health and care, law enforcement and justice, and critical infrastructure—where data, digital and AI can deliver verifiable benefit without externalising risk.

The workshop consists of a few short thought-provocations from our experts, followed by facilitated breakout discussions with participants.

Moderator: Daniel Shorr

Contributors & title of talk(More details to be announced):

• Dr Kathrin Cresswell - The Innovation Paradox: Why We Research What We Don’t Use and Use What We Don’t Research

• Prof Lukasz Szpruch

With the workshop, we aim to:

• showcase University of Edinburgh's expertise in data, digital and AI

• surface cross-sector challenges and shared solution patterns in regulated environments that align innovation with assurance and compliance

• co-create opportunities for collaboration around new solutions or questions

We invite attendees to share their experiences, insights, and ideas to the workshops, bringing something to add or to ask to contribute to the breakout discussions.