HUM(AI)N: Power, Policy, Artificial Intelligence…

HUM(AI)N: Power, Policy, and Artificial Intelligence

14th March 2026 | London School of Economics

Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, legal systems, and global power structures at unprecedented speed — yet the conversations defining its future remain largely closed to those who will be most affected by it. HUM(AI)N changes that.

Bringing together students from leading UK universities alongside policymakers, industry leaders, and civil society experts, HUM(AI)N is a flagship intercollegiate conference designed to place young people at the centre of AI governance — not as passive observers, but as active participants in the debates that will shape their futures.

PROGRAMME

Opening Plenary Debate — Setting the intellectual tone for the day with a live debate on one of the defining tensions in AI governance.

Lessons from the Frontier: Industry Reflections on Governing AI — Senior voices from across the AI industry examine governance challenges in practice: from ethics and product development to labour market disruption and international deployment.

Fireside Chat with Professor Martin Bauer— An intimate, unscripted mid-day conversation with a leading academic on socio-cultural technologies and its accompanying narratives.

AI Governance in a Multipolar World: Power, Authority, and Legitimacy — Researchers, international institutions, and civil society experts examine how AI governance is being theorised and contested across law, political economy, and global policy — asking not just how AI should be governed, but by whom, and in whose interests.

Breakout Sessions & Student Research Presentations — Choose from three specialist workshops (law clinic, startup & frontier governance, or research & policy), each capped at 40 participants. Running in parallel, fifteen students will present original research in a dedicated space for undergraduate voices that are too often excluded from mainstream academic conferences.