The first AI for Net Zero Conference: Accelerating the Net Zero transition with AI was held successfully at the University of Exeter, on 16 – 19 December 2024.
On behalf of the UKRI AI for Net Zero Programme, the conference, which was hosted by the University of Exeter at the beautiful Streatham Campus brought together a community of researchers addressing the challenges of, and seeking ground breaking solutions to the delivery of UK NetZero by 2050. The conference was co-organised by the projects funded through the UKRI AI for NetZero Programme: Heriot-Watt University, Imperial College London, University of Surrey, University of Leicester, Durham University, Aberystwyth University, together with many more, including Universities of Edinburgh, Cambridge, Oxford, Lincoln, Southampton, UCL and Exeter.
Many of the project researchers participated with oral presentations and session chairing, including a congratulations to Dr Isabella Fumarola who was awarded a prize for the best presentation of ‘Reinforcement learning algorithm to improve aerodynamic efficiency of road vehicles’ in the ‘AI for Infrastructure’ thematic area.