AIMday Data, Digital and AI

Welcome to AIMday Data, Digital and AI

Are you faced with a technical challenge relating to AI, data or digital technologies with no off-the-shelf solution? The University of Edinburgh will host AIMday Data, Digital and AI as a hybrid event on 10 September 2026 at the Bayes Centre, the University’s Innovation Hub for Data Science and AI, to tackle real-world problems across sectors with input from our leading experts.

What is AIMday?

AIMday® (Academic Industry Meeting day) are made up of purpose-built focused workshops where companies and organisations bring real-world challenges and discuss them with academics from across University, enabling exploration of new solutions, de-risking of innovation, and identification of potential partners for future collaboration.

One question, one hour, a group of academic experts: that is the AIMday format! Read more about the AIMday Concept.

AIMday Data, Digital and AI

Technology is currently progressing at an unprecedented rate. Expectations on long-term business benefit from Generative AI remain high while concerns are raised about a potentially imminent AI bubble. Questions abound about AI opportunities and risks alike.

Join this AIMday to explore your challenges, identify new and alternative approaches, and build relationships to develop novel data, digital, and AI solutions.

What do we offer?

Expertise at the University of Edinburgh is comprehensive, spanning from AI to digital communications, from supercomputing to quantum software. The University of Edinburgh was the first place to conduct AI research in Europe in the early 1960s, and today hosts one of the largest computing departments in Europe, where over 500 researchers deliver world-leading research.

We are a world leading institution in AI and data science research with comprehensive expertise across data, digital and AI technologies across sectors. The University also hosts the UK’s leading supercomputing centre.

Read more about key areas of expertise here.

After the event, you can work with our researchers who can apply for funding from an exclusive funding call, to work with you on your challenge.

What challenges can you bring?

To participate in AIMday, you need to submit at least one challenge phrased as a question, which you wish to discuss in a small workshop setting.

Would you like help with coming up with or phrasing a question? Please see the guide on Creating your questions(s).

Register your attendance at AIMday Data, Digital and AI by submitting your question(s) on the registration page for organisations by Friday 10 July 2026.

Read more about participating in AIMday as an academic in the Introduction for researchers and academics.