28/11/2025
Today the Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC), in partnership with AwakenHub, were delighted to welcome Kanishka Narayan MP, the UK’s Minister for AI and Online Safety from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, to Ulster University’s Belfast campus.
This visit provided a valuable opportunity to showcase how Northern Ireland’s diverse and dynamic tech ecosystem is helping drive the UK’s innovation, growth and inclusion ambitions, and to highlight the region’s leadership in responsible and inclusive AI adoption.
Following a welcome from Professor Cathy Gormley-Heenan and remarks from Clare McGee, CEO & Co-Founder at AwakenHub, the morning centred on a fireside discussion and Q&A session featuring Minister Narayan, Professor Helen McCarthy, Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser at the Office of Science and Technology and Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC) Director, David Crozier, CBE.
Together, they explored:
✨ the importance of diversity in tech
✨ regional innovation and leadership
✨ practical and responsible AI adoption
✨ ensuring the benefits of AI reach every founder and every community
Minister Narayan underscored the economic and ethical imperative of diversity, reflecting a shared commitment across industry, academia and government to ensure AI advances fairly, inclusively and responsibly.
https://syncni.com/article/14443/ai-collaboration-centre-hosts-uk-minister-for-ai-and-online-safety-for-a-conversation-on-innovation-inclusion-and-the-future-of-technology
