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This full day conference will largely focus on increasing awareness and understanding about the use of AI in social work.

It will consider how AI can be used in the service of social work and the people & communities we work with. What tools do the profession need to guide decision-making on when and how to use AI? Does the use of AI free social workers from admin work to spend in relationship-based, direct work? What are the experiences and outcomes arising from the use of AI tools for social workers and those they work with? How can we learn from other jurisdictions?

Speaker Biographies

Lara Groves is a Senior Researcher at the Ada Lovelace Institute, the London and Brussels-based research institute with a mission to make data & AI work for people and society. Lara has led research for Ada on AI ethics & accountability in practice, including research exploring impacts of generative AI transcription tools in social work & social care and how they might be meaningfully evaluated. Before joining Ada, she worked as a tech policy consultant, and has experience in research, public affairs and campaigns for think-tanks, political parties and advocacy groups. Lara has an MSc in Democracy from University College London.  

Deirdre Hyland is a Health Information Programme Manager at HIQA, leading work on the development of National Guidance for the Responsible and Safe Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health and Social Care and a wider programme of work focused on the development and implementation of health information standards to support the delivery of high quality, safe, integrated, person-centred care.