The Future of the Professions (and Professionals) in the AI Age
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Season
2026-27
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The Future of Engineering (and Engineers) in the AI Age

Six subject talks, a hackathon and an employability clinic, open to everyone and free to join.

When
February to June 2027
Cost
Free
Places
Open, no cap
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About this run

A season of open sessions run with the University of Surrey: six subject talks from practitioners, a hackathon in two parts, and an employability clinic. Free, open to everyone, and no application needed.

Applied AI moves faster than any one group can follow alone, so students, businesses and practitioners learn it together. Practitioners talk about how it is actually done now, teams build on real draft challenges at the hackathon, and the conversation carries on in the community between sessions.

Key dates

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How it works

Step by step

Each season follows one profession through a run of talks and sessions. Come to all of it, or just the parts you need.

Pick a season

Choose the profession that matters to you. Each season has its own page with dates and sessions.

Register for sessions

Every session is free and you register on Luma. There is no application, and no need to come to them all.

Join the conversation

Between sessions, carry on in our community. Share what you are seeing and ask what others are trying.

Then take it into your work

Use what you learnt in your course, your team or your teaching, and come back when the next season starts.

Events

What happens and when

WED
2
DEC
Hackathon

AIIA AI Engineering Challenge: hackathon day

Teams form and go to work on businesses' draft challenges, so the feedback sharpens the briefs before they reach the University.

In person

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WED
10
FEB
17:00 to 18:00
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Talk

Horizon Scan: The Future of Engineering (& Engineers) in the age of AI

A free online talk on how AI is changing the way engineers think through problems, design solutions and bring them to life.

Online

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University of Surrey