Events
Find out more about our upcoming events, including our programme of seminars and workshops.
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Daniel Shiu
12:00 - 13:00 29 April 2026
The Internet is shifting to post?quantum security as current encryption weakens. This talk explores the risks &how we can protect our future This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Can we make the Internet quantum-resistant? The...
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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026
30 April - 26 November 2026
SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to:? Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience? Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics.? Get your questions answered with 10 mins of Q&A.? Join us on the last Thursday of the month at 12:00 pm (GMT) for a lightning 20-minute talk from an...
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SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinar
12:00 - 12:30 30 April 2026
SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinar launches 2026! We're excited to welcome experts to speak on a variety of security and resilience topics. Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience? Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related topics.? Get your questions answered with 10 mins of Q&A.? Join us on the...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Tao Wen
13:00 - 15:00 07 May 2026
Explore a series of interconnected studies that examine human behavior and decision-making processes within social networks This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Modeling and Analyzing User Behavior and Decision-Making in Social...
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Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Research Ethos: Speed-Networking
14:30 - 16:30 13 May 2026
Each research discipline has its own ethos—distinct ways of asking questions, applying methods, and communicating ideas. This diversity can sometimes feel like a barrier to collaboration, even within schools, let alone across the wider university. As interdisciplinary research becomes increasingly vital—driven by complex societal challenges...
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Remote Patient Monitoring in the NHS: From Promise to Practice
12:00 - 18:00 14 May 2026
Remote patient monitoring is a cornerstone of the government’s 10-year plan to get the NHS 'fit for the future'. It could support earlier detection of health problems, better assessment of treatment response, and more proactive self-management. While there have been promising examples of success, most initiatives to date have taken place as...
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Digital Economy Ethics of AI Workshop
14:30 - 16:30 24 June 2026
Join us for an engaging and timely workshop exploring the ethical challenges emerging from the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across research, industry and policy. Dr. Arash Hajikhani (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; LUT University) will deliver a thought-provoking talk on the ethics of artificial intelligence, focusing on...
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Creativity and AI: Free and Open-source AI Tools and Platforms
14:30 - 17:00 25 June 2026
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and April 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the North West, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries community. The third and final event...
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Regulating the Digital Society: UK and EU Perspectives
01 July 2026
Join us & explore how the UK and EU member states are approaching the regulation of the digital society in the the post-Brexit era! The increasing digitisation of daily life poses important questions for policy makers, service providers and academics about whether and how we can regulate these technologies to ensure they work for the benefit of...
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Centre for Digital Trust and Society Forum 2026
02 July 2026
Now in its 4th year, the Centre for Digital Trust and Society Annual Forum brings together leading voices from academia, government and civil society to explore the evolving challenges and opportunities shaping digital trust and security. The Centre for Digital Trust and Society (CDTS) brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across the...
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