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Each programme is a run of talks, challenges or projects on one theme. Some are open to anyone who wants to learn. Some are for organisations, working with students on a real AI challenge. Most are free to take part in, and most start with an open event.

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Next dates

TUE

10

NOV

Business Challenge Dissertations

For everyone

AI Innovation Accelerator: Work with the next generation of AI engineers

17:00 to 17:45

Online

MON

16

NOV

Business Challenge Dissertations

For everyone

AI Innovation Accelerator: Work with the next generation of AI engineers

17:00 to 17:45

Online

MON

30

NOV

Business Challenge Dissertations

For everyone

AI Innovation Accelerator: Work with the next generation of AI engineers

13:00 to 13:45

Online

WED

2

DEC

Crackathon™

For everyone

AIIA AI Engineering Challenge: hackathon day

In person

MON

14

DEC

Business Challenge Dissertations

For everyone

AI Innovation Accelerator: Work with the next generation of AI engineers

08:30 to 09:15

Online

THU

17

DEC

Business Challenge Dissertations

For everyone

AI Innovation Accelerator: Work with the next generation of AI engineers

17:00 to 17:45

Online

WED

10

FEB

Future of the Professions

For everyone

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

17:00 to 18:00

Online

All events

Open now

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Open now

For everyone

Funded

AIIA Business Challenge Dissertations

Sponsor Cohort

2026-27

AIIA: MSc EEE Dissertations 2026-27

Briefings in November and December, dissertations from February

For businesses in London and the South East: a University of Surrey student takes on your challenge as their dissertation, supervised by the University. Free to take part.

Who takes part

Everyone

When

8 February to 24 September 2027

Opens

Date

Supported by

University of Surrey

Looking for supporters. Free to everyone taking part, backed by partners.

Partner on this run

WED

11

NOV

Next

Event

Time

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Register interest

Two people pulling a silver cracker at an office party, bursting with lightbulbs, gears and ideas

Open now

For everyone

Mixed

Crackathon™

Edition

2026

Santa's North Pole Productivity Challenge

A launch, an online hackathon and a show and tell

Short, social AI hackathons for team days, staff development and teaching, alongside any celebration, in person or online. Pull a cracker, open the prompt, crack it as a team.

Who takes part

Everyone

When

Christmas edition: December 2026, dates to confirm

Opens

Date

Supported by

Looking for supporters. Free to everyone taking part, backed by partners.

Partner on this run

WED

11

NOV

Next

Event

Time

Read about the programme

Join in

Open now

For everyone

Free

The Future of the Professions (and Professionals) in the AI Age

Season

2026-27

The Future of Engineering (and Engineers) in the AI Age

Six talks, a hackathon and a clinic

Free seasons of talks and sessions on how AI is changing one profession at a time.

Who takes part

Everyone

When

February to June 2027

Opens

Date

Supported by

Looking for supporters. Free to everyone taking part, backed by partners.

Partner on this run

WED

11

NOV

Next

Event

Time

Read about the programme

Register for the opener

Coming up

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Later runs of these programmes

AIIA: MSc AI in Engineering 2027-28

Sponsor Cohort

Dates to be confirmed

Part of

AIIA Business Challenge Dissertations

See the run

The Future of Engineering (and Engineers) in the AI Age

Season

February to June 2027

Part of

The Future of the Professions (and Professionals) in the AI Age

See the run

The Future of Architecture (and Architects) in the AI Age

Season

Launching spring 2027

Part of

The Future of the Professions (and Professionals) in the AI Age

See the run

AIIA: MSc EEE Dissertations 2027-28

Sponsor Cohort

February to October 2028

Part of

AIIA Business Challenge Dissertations

See the run

How programmes run

Four ways to take part. The mark on each programme tells you which.

Learner cohort

For people who want to learn. You apply, start together with a group and work through it over weeks or months, often alongside a university team.

Sponsor cohort

For organisations taking part. You bring a real AI challenge for students to work on, or meet the graduates you want to hire, and stay involved from the briefing to the end. Usually free or funded.

Season

An open run of sessions on one theme. Come to one or come to them all. The opening event is the easiest way in.

Edition

A public moment that comes round again, like the Christmas Crackathon. Short, open to everyone and the same shape each time.

Partner with us

Back a programme so others can take part, or build one with us

Partners are not participants. They fund, host or back a programme or a single run, so it can be free to everyone in it, and they are credited on it, at its events and in what it produces.

Back a run

Crackathon™

Edition

2026

Santa's North Pole Productivity Challenge

Fund prizes, give credits or API access, or meet the people taking part. Supporters who confirm before launch are thanked at the opening on Tuesday 1 December.

Sponsor a Crackathon

The Future of the Professions (and Professionals) in the AI Age

Season

Spring 2027

The Future of Architecture (and Architects) in the AI Age

This season is free for everyone who comes, so it runs with the backing of practices, technology vendors and institutions who want the profession ready. Supporters are named on this page and introduced at the opening session.

Build a programme with us

Universities, employers, technology vendors and educators bring a theme, an audience or a skills gap. We design the runs, the challenges and the events around it, and run them with you.

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