Alumni Insights: Shaping a Responsible Future with AI for Good

How can we ensure that artificial intelligence doesn’t just disrupt the world, but improves it?

Join this event chaired by Professor Alessandra Russo, Head of the Department of Computing and Co-Director (Convenor) of Imperial’s new School of Human and Artificial Intelligence, for a thought-provoking discussion that puts ethics, innovation, and impact at the heart of the AI conversation.

Engage with Imperial sector leaders about innovation and responsibility, expand your network, and be part of a timely global conversation at this evening panel event.

Tickets are £10 for alumni and their guests, £5 for students. Staff should get in touch with Alumni Events to register.

Highlights

• Panel discussion with expert alumni working across the AI landscape
• Insight into emerging trends, ethical challenges, and the role of leadership in responsible innovation
• Live Q&A session giving you the chance to pose your questions to the panel
• Startup pitches from Imperial entrepreneurs using AI to address real-world challenges
• Networking reception with drinks and light bites

In addition to the panel session, members of the Imperial community who have launched their own AI ventures will be showcasing their startups aimed at addressing real-world challenges with a pitch during the event.

Whether you’re deeply involved in AI or simply curious about its direction, this is your opportunity to connect, learn and be a part of the conversation shaping the future.

Speakers

• Sachin Jogia (Physics 2008) – Non-Executive Director at DEFRA, Sachin has spent his career championing technology as a force for good, harnessing the power of AI and digital innovation to benefit society. His extensive senior experience spans global organisations including Amazon, Sky, AOL and Ofcom, where he led transformative initiatives across AI, IoT, media and data, prioritising responsible and inclusive tech development. Amongst other roles, he established and Chaired the British Heart Foundation’s Technology Advisory Group, and served as a NED advising City Year UK on digital strategies for educational equity. Sachin also mentors emerging and senior tech leaders, fostering a culture of responsible, inclusive and purposeful technology development.
• Arjun Panesar (MEng Computing with Artificial Intelligence 2006) – Founding CEO and Head of AI and Ethics at DDM Health. DDM grew out of an online forum (diabetes.co.uk) that Arjun set up in 2003 – now one of the world’s largest and most active communities for people with diabetes. At DDM, Arjun is harnessing the power of AI to achieve clinically meaningful health outcomes and reduce health inequalities. He has also authored best-selling works on the topics of healthcare, machine learning and AI and was a winner of the Emerging Alumni Leader Award 2020.
• Dr Wareed Alenaini (MRes Chemistry 2014) – Founder of Twinn Health, a biotechnology company that uses AI to check for metabolic disease and hidden fatty deposits affecting vital organs. The company originated from Wareed’s interest in widening access to the use of non-invasive technologies in the early detection of diseases. The platform automates validated imaging biomarkers to improve both diagnosis and treatment decisions. In 2024, Wareed was a winner of the Emerging Alumni Leader Award 2024.
• Raj Bharat Patel (MSci Physics 2009) – VP of AI Transformation at Holistic AI, leading AI governance solutions, solutions engineering, and customer success. With a background spanning PwC, AWS, and global financial institutions, Raj has spent over a decade working at the intersection of AI, data strategy, and regulatory compliance. At Holistic AI, he helps enterprises deploy AI responsibly at scale, particularly in high-stakes sectors such as finance and healthcare. He previously led PwC’s AI model validation client engagements, designing frameworks that are now embedded across tier-1 banks.

Imperial founders showcasing 

• Aleta Index – as the first bias-aware intelligence and data provider, Aleta Index has a mission to enhance responsible, transparent decision-making by identifying and labelling bias in news, social media, and other data sources. They are empowering financial institutions and AI systems with credible, behaviour-analysed datasets, enabling smarter, fairer, and more accountable investment decisions. Their solution supports real-time misinformation and narrative manipulation risk mitigation, responsible AI training, and bias-aware ML intelligence. Founded by Anna Tsiganchuk and Xiaoqin Zhao (MSc Innovation Design Engineering 2024).
• DoQcheck – helping food manufacturers improve operational precision with AI, reducing costly errors and cutting down on food waste. At the same time, DoQcheck is unlocking job opportunities for non-native speakers by removing language barriers, and supporting a more sustainable food system by preventing avoidable production losses. Founded by Miguel Castillo (MSc Physics 2018).
• OptIX – using AI-driven optimisation to advance the unseen chemistry that shapes our world, making it easier to discover materials and chemicals. Using their proprietary algorithms, OptIX are revealing the governing scientific rules – yielding new scientific insights and inspiring future development. Founded by Austin Mroz (Imperial Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellow)

Please check back here closer to the event to view the full list of university spinouts that will be pitching.

About the Chair – Professor Alessandra Russo

Alessandra is Head of the Department of Computing within Imperial’s Faculty of Engineering and  Co-Director (Convener) of Imperial’s new Human and Artificial Intelligence School of Convergence Science. The new Schools are creating deeply integrated research and innovation communities to deliver societal impact in strategically identified areas, including human and artificial intelligence. Read more here.

Alessandra has led the Structured and Probabilistic Knowledge Engineering (SPIKE) research group and her research interests are in foundation AI and applications to real-world problems. She has also led on the pioneering of several state-of-the-art symbolic machine learning systems and widely applied them to the areas of intelligent adaptive systems, security, network management, distributed control systems for sensor networks, and healthcare.

Tickets must be purchased in advance here. For any queries please contact alumnievents@imperial.ac.uk.