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SUMMARY:The Grid We Need Now – EPICS Centre Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In this seminar\, Lucy Yu will discuss her independen
 t review of AI Deployment in Electricity Networks\, published earlier this
  year.\n\nThe review explored where AI is already having an impact across 
 electricity networks\, where the most promising future opportunities lie\,
  and what stands between opportunity and real-world impact. Its findings d
 raw on engagement with hundreds of experts and practitioners across energy
 \, technology\, academia and consumer groups in the UK and internationally
 .\n\nAI is already being used to improve forecasting\, optimise energy use
  and support system planning. It can help system operators respond more ef
 fectively to increasingly complex conditions\, enabling decisions to be ma
 de with greater precision\, speed and confidence. It can also help househo
 lds and businesses capture a greater share of the value created by the fut
 ure energy system\, supporting wider social and economic objectives.\nBut 
 AI’s impact could — and must — go much further. Lucy will discuss ho
 w unlocking its full potential could deliver benefits to consumers and the
  wider economy worth billions of pounds.\nThe seminar will focus on four h
 igh-impact areas:\n\nchanging the rules underpinning grid operation to mak
 e fuller use of AI and run the system more effectively\;\nensuring AI appl
 ications deliver tangible benefits for households and businesses\;\nprepar
 ing the grid and wider energy system to make responsible use of AI’s fut
 ure potential for greater autonomy\; and\n\n\nstreamlining testing and dep
 loyment so that effective AI solutions can be adopted more quickly.\n\nBio
 : Lucy Yu is a trained scientist and award-winning technologist\, venture 
 builder and policymaker. She has more than twenty years’ experience buil
 ding\, scaling and leading venture-backed global deep tech and consumer-fa
 cing ventures in AI\, mobile\, energy\, and mobility\; and developing tech
 nology policy and regulation for the UK government\, European Commission\,
  and the UN.\nLucy is founding CEO at Centre for Net Zero\, Octopus Energy
  Group’s open research institute. Centre for Net Zero develops and uses 
 leading models and data to help every grid in the world understand\, trust
  and use intelligent demand side innovation to accelerate global clean ele
 ctrification. Lucy is the UK Government’s AI Champion for Clean Energy\;
  a member of the Government’s AI Energy Council\, created to address the
  growing power demands of AI and data centres\; and a member of the UK Gov
 ernment’s Smart Data Council.\nLucy holds several non-executive and advi
 sory roles including chair of the board of trustees at Wikimedia UK\; scie
 ntific adviser to the Alan Turing Institute\; adviser to the Russell Group
  of research-intensive universities\; co-founder of the Institute for Ethi
 cal AI Alignment & Safety\, a global membership community of over 100\,000
  machine learning professionals\; and adviser to Form Ventures\, a UK-base
 d fund investing in start-ups building in highly regulated markets. She si
 ts on the boards of E3G and Connected Places Catapult.\nLucy studied compu
 tational and physical chemistry at Imperial College London\, public leader
 ship at Harvard Kennedy School\, and venture finance at Saïd Business Sch
 ool.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/213398/the-grid-we-need-now/
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LOCATION:LT1 (ACEX 250)\, ACE Extension\, South Kensington Campus\, Imperia
 l College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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