The Powerscourt Friday Fix The Powerscourt Friday Fix

Ahead of next week’s DSEI conference at London’s Excel, one of the largest exhibitions of military and security equipment in the world, the latest Friday Fix episode sees Powerscourt’s James White talk to Kevin Craven, CEO of ADS Group, the trade organisation representing the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space industries.
 
Together, they explore some of the big themes that we’re likely to see at next week’s show, what is next for the UK defence industry and how we might expect warfare to change in the next 20 years.

The Founder & CEO of AI firm Eigen Technologies, Dr Lewis Z. Liu has concerns about the direction of generative AI. As this technology becomes more and more powerful, how do we answer the questions it poses around intellectual property and creation? What lessons can policymakers learn from the struggle to regulate social media? What manner of threat could machine learning pose to society?
Join Dr Liu alongside Jane Glover, from Powerscourt’s Technology practice, for an urgent, timely discussion on this week’s Friday Fix.

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The aviation industry is gaining altitude in its quest for a sustainable future. What steps are being taken towards change? When will we see hydrogen and electric planes? And could the government be doing more to support this agenda?
Russ Lynch, Director at Powerscourt and former Economics Editor at The Daily Telegraph, interviews Oliver Gill, the paper’s Chief Business Correspondent, on the challenges aviation faces on its sustainability journey. Tune in for exclusive insight into an industry that faces scrutiny and pressure to do better.    

Recent months have seen naysayers in the markets and media call London’s position in the global capital markets into question. But what’s the truth behind the headlines: are fears of transatlantic migration overblown? 
Justin Griffiths, Partner at Powerscourt, interviews Bod Buckby, Head of Primary Markets North at the London Stock Exchange to hear how London stacks up against the international competition. Can we expect a rebound in IPOs? And will radical reforms proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority make London more competitive than ever?

Chris Blackhurst, distinguished business journalist, spent decades in the engine room of the British media. In this week’s episode with Victoria Palmer-Moore, Chris conjures the changes wrought on Fleet Street by the death of the 9-to-5 - and the dawn of the information age. 
From journalists to business leaders, corporate affairs directors to newspaper proprietors, Chris describes the seismic influences which shaped an industry previously known for typewriters and long lunches into today’s press powerhouses, battling to make money in an era of free content.

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This week’s Friday Fix delves into the complex world of AI, courtesy of Carolyn Esser from cyber security company Darktrace. Powerscourt’s Elly Williamson, Partner and Head of TMT, quizzes Carolyn on what separates large language models like ChatGPT from Darktrace’s self-learning AI, and how we can build trust in emerging technologies.

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