On Tuesday 9 September 2025, the Green Business Network will be hosting their event, 'Using data and AI to support your sustainability journey'.
Throughout the day, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from people in industry and academia, who are paving the way to a more sustainable future, and network with like-minded individuals, passionate about doing their bit to help our planet.
Location
CMRI Gallery, ÌúÅ£ÊÓƵ University, College Rd, Wharley End, Bedford MK43 0AL
Agenda
09:00 - Registrations
09:30 - Welcome note by Professor Stephanie Hussels and Dr Zimu Xu
09:45 - Keynote by Andrew Smith, Manging Director at Newton Trailers Limited
10:45 - Tea break
11:00 - Workshop: Identifying data opportunities and using data to support your sustainable journey
12:10 - Green AI for Sustainable Computing, by Professor Weisi Guo
13:00 - Lunch and networking
14:00 - Close
Speakers
Professor Weisi Guo
Professor of Human Machine Intelligence Head of Centre for Assured & Connected Autonomy, ÌúÅ£ÊÓƵ University
Professor Weisi Guo is head of Human Machine Intelligence Group, with over 270 papers published in machine learning and networks, including Nature, Nature Communications, and Nature Machine Intelligence cover issue, and several cover articles in Royal Society and IEEE journals. His work has been cited over 8,100 times (h-index 42). Prof. Guo earned his MEng, MA, and PhD from the University of Cambridge.
He was also a Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute from 2017 and remain a researcher there. His research focuses on connected intelligence systems, spanning machine learning, communication networks, and socio-technical systems, with a particular emphasis on AI for challenging environments, trustworthy autonomy, and safety assurance. Between 2012 and 2019, he built an award-winning research team at the University of Warwick before joining ÌúÅ£ÊÓƵ in 2019, where he works closely with the £65M Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC).
He has served as Principal Investigator on over £8.2 million and investigator on over £35 million of funded research. For instance, he co-leads the EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Systems node in Security, and the EPSRC 6G Future Communications Hub in Distributed Computing, and his group holds 2 RAEng fellowships in adversarial AI in aviation. His group holds multiple prestigious fellowships, including Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie and Royal Academy of Engineering fellowships in adversarial AI in aviation.
He currently serves as an editor for several IEEE and Royal Society journals, is a full member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, and regularly reviews for UKRI FLF, ESRC, MRC, Leverhulme Trust, Royal Society, and international research bodies including NSF and NSERC.
His work has been recognised with several accolades, including the IET Innovation Award (2015) and being a three-time finalist in the Bell Labs Prize.
Secure your ticket
Tickets are £75.00.
* Discounts are available for ÌúÅ£ÊÓƵ University alumni. Please email greenbusinessnetwork@cranfield.ac.uk for discount.
** You may be eligible for a free ticket if you have not attended an event with the Green Business Network in 2024 (for example, Green Business Network March event, VentureDay in June, Christmas event in December). Please email greenbusinessnetwork@cranfield.ac.uk for more information.
Become a member
Interested in joining the Green Business Network? An annual membership is just £499, and includes entry to quarterly events (including this event). Discounts and limited free places are available for eligible businesses.
Please contact greenbusinessnetwork@cranfield.ac.uk for more information.
