Edinburgh AI & No-Code Meetup: Build Apps & Automations

Talk on energy-efficient photonic AI processors by Dr Giulia Marcucci (LumiAIres). Explores the environmental impact of AI and how optical chips can cut AI energy use by up to 90%. Open to those interested in sustainability and Greentech, with networking opportunities.

For the first meetup of 2026 we’ll discuss psychological trade-offs of the AI era—how outsourcing cognitive tasks to LLMs affects our brains. Topics include cognitive debt, erosion of critical thinking, and the shift from creators to verifiers. Casual discussion; no neuroscience expertise required.

In-person meetup for data science and AI professionals and enthusiasts. Networking with pizza/drinks followed by two talks: “An Introduction to Causal Cognition” (Stephanie Droop) and “10x Broken: Why AI Experiments Fail & How to Build an AI-Native Delivery Engine” (Dan Llewellyn). Hosted by CreateFuture at the Old Stamp Office.

A week-long interdisciplinary residency exploring how AI (neuro-symbolic systems, graph neural networks, transformers) can support mathematical discovery, including conjecture generation, auto-formalisation, and automated theorem proving. Open to mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists.

A conference focused on building AI-powered apps with no-code tools in Edinburgh, featuring hands-on demos, case studies and startup showcases.

Two-day hybrid summit (in-person in Edinburgh + virtual) on March 18-19, 2026 covering Conversational AI, Generative AI, AI agents, voice AI, LLMs, EU AI Act compliance, and data-driven strategies for business.