The Institute for Driverless Transport (IfDT) is launching to kickstart this conversation. They exist to ensure the UK can swiftly and confidently deploy this transformative technology while actively mitigating risks like large-scale job displacement and new security threats. Their mission is to work with policymakers, businesses, and communities to prepare them for what comes next.
Join us to hear from those who are already involved in shaping the rollout out, and to participate in four focused workshops on: Productivity, Social Impact, Job Displacement and Security. This event brings together those who are likely to be affected first, so they can meet, learn, connect and agree to work together to make the arrival of driverless vehicles a benefit to them, whoever they may be.
Too often, government and business haven’t had the chance to work out the implications of new and disruptive technologies until it's too late. Self-driving vehicles are one of these technologies. Join our expert speakers and meet others interested in the space, to begin shaping the future of driverless transport and its impact on the UK.
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Our Thursday Gatherings are for you to make serendipitous connections and make things happen!
There will be meaningful networking opportunities throughout the night, accompanied by a selection of refreshments and activities.
This lively interactive workshop kicks off the Institute for Driverless Transport launch event. Join our networking mixer event to get to know your fellow attendees, coming from all different sectors and backgrounds. We’ll use light activities to unwind after the working day and get us in a creative mindset to imagine new futures. The only requirement is an interest in chatting with others in small groups and a willingness to have fun.
The session is led by Stephen Lee, founder of Gist In Time, a leadership coaching and strategy consultancy. He brings an MIT and Stanford engineer’s mind to the media and live performance sectors. A former VP of Strategy and Innovation at Warner Bros. Discovery and avid improv comedian, Stephen uses techniques from both the boardroom and theatre stage to help leaders and teams navigate and embrace moments of transition, uncertainty and change.
Introduction from Venture Café London.
Introduction to The Institute for Driverless Transport.
This roundtable is about how autonomous vehicles may change work, both for people whose main job is driving and for people whose jobs currently include driving as one part of a wider role.
The clearest effects may be on taxi, private hire, delivery, bus, or HGV drivers. But the impact could be broader than that. Many jobs, including social work, community care, housing, maintenance, and field-based public services, involve a significant amount of time spent travelling between people and places. If that travel changes, the pattern of work may change too: how time is used, how many visits are possible, what can be done while travelling, and how services are organised around the working day.
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Where are the effects on jobs likely to be felt first?
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Which roles may be reshaped not because they are “driving jobs”, but because driving is an important part of how the work is currently done?
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How might AVs change the working day in services like social work, care, maintenance, or other field-based roles?
-
What would a fair and practical transition look like for workers whose roles may be reduced, reshaped, or supported by this shift?
This roundtable is about the productivity opportunities created by autonomous vehicles as they begin to move from policy and trials into scaled deployment on UK roads.
The most obvious gains are in sectors like logistics and the nighttime economy. But the opportunity may be broader than that: autonomous vehicles could also change who can access work, how travel time is used, and what new business models become possible.
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Where do participants see the biggest productivity gains from AVs in the near term?
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Which sectors or use cases are most likely to benefit first, and why?
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Could AVs expand access to work for people currently excluded by geography, disability, or who don’t have a licence?
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What new ways of working or new business models might become possible if travel time can be used differently?
This roundtable is about the security and geopolitical questions raised by autonomous vehicles as they begin to move from policy into deployment on UK roads.
These vehicles bring clear potential benefits, but they are also sensor-rich, connected systems that may in some cases be remotely accessed or operated, of particular concern when the operators are non-UK based. That raises a range of questions, from safe operation, to the appropriate security response when these systems exist in the wild, to the assurances and controls we may want over the operators running them.
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What are the most important security risks (beyond whether they can navigate roads and drive safely) in early AV deployment?
-
How should we think about remote access or control: as a safeguard, a vulnerability, or both?
-
What assurances or controls do we want around operators, especially where vehicles may be deployed at scale across public space?
This roundtable is about the wider social impact of autonomous vehicles as they begin to become part of everyday life.
Autonomous vehicles could change much more than how people get from A to B. They may affect how families organise daily life, how children and older people travel, and where people consider easy and reasonable to travel.
-
Where could AVs make the biggest difference to people’s day-to-day lives?
-
Which groups stand to benefit most, and are there groups who may be left out?
-
What would it take for these benefits to be realised fairly across different places and communities?
The Institute for Driverless Transport (IfDT) is launching to kickstart this conversation. They exist to ensure the UK can swiftly and confidently deploy this transformative technology while actively mitigating risks like large-scale job displacement and new security threats. Their mission is to work with policymakers, businesses, and communities to prepare them for what comes next.
Join us to hear from those who are already involved in shaping the rollout out, and to participate in four focused workshops on: Productivity, Social Impact, Job Displacement and Security. This event brings together those who are likely to be affected first, so they can meet, learn, connect and agree to work together to make the arrival of driverless vehicles a benefit to them, whoever they may be.
Too often, government and business haven’t had the chance to work out the implications of new and disruptive technologies until it's too late. Self-driving vehicles are one of these technologies. Join our expert speakers and meet others interested in the space, to begin shaping the future of driverless transport and its impact on the UK.
Powered by Advanced Research + Invention Agency
Our Thursday Gatherings are for you to make serendipitous connections and make things happen!
There will be meaningful networking opportunities throughout the night, accompanied by a selection of refreshments and activities.
This lively interactive workshop kicks off the Institute for Driverless Transport launch event. Join our networking mixer event to get to know your fellow attendees, coming from all different sectors and backgrounds. We’ll use light activities to unwind after the working day and get us in a creative mindset to imagine new futures. The only requirement is an interest in chatting with others in small groups and a willingness to have fun.
The session is led by Stephen Lee, founder of Gist In Time, a leadership coaching and strategy consultancy. He brings an MIT and Stanford engineer’s mind to the media and live performance sectors. A former VP of Strategy and Innovation at Warner Bros. Discovery and avid improv comedian, Stephen uses techniques from both the boardroom and theatre stage to help leaders and teams navigate and embrace moments of transition, uncertainty and change.
Introduction from Venture Café London.
Introduction to The Institute for Driverless Transport.
This roundtable is about how autonomous vehicles may change work, both for people whose main job is driving and for people whose jobs currently include driving as one part of a wider role.
The clearest effects may be on taxi, private hire, delivery, bus, or HGV drivers. But the impact could be broader than that. Many jobs, including social work, community care, housing, maintenance, and field-based public services, involve a significant amount of time spent travelling between people and places. If that travel changes, the pattern of work may change too: how time is used, how many visits are possible, what can be done while travelling, and how services are organised around the working day.
-
Where are the effects on jobs likely to be felt first?
-
Which roles may be reshaped not because they are “driving jobs”, but because driving is an important part of how the work is currently done?
-
How might AVs change the working day in services like social work, care, maintenance, or other field-based roles?
-
What would a fair and practical transition look like for workers whose roles may be reduced, reshaped, or supported by this shift?
This roundtable is about the productivity opportunities created by autonomous vehicles as they begin to move from policy and trials into scaled deployment on UK roads.
The most obvious gains are in sectors like logistics and the nighttime economy. But the opportunity may be broader than that: autonomous vehicles could also change who can access work, how travel time is used, and what new business models become possible.
-
Where do participants see the biggest productivity gains from AVs in the near term?
-
Which sectors or use cases are most likely to benefit first, and why?
-
Could AVs expand access to work for people currently excluded by geography, disability, or who don’t have a licence?
-
What new ways of working or new business models might become possible if travel time can be used differently?
This roundtable is about the security and geopolitical questions raised by autonomous vehicles as they begin to move from policy into deployment on UK roads.
These vehicles bring clear potential benefits, but they are also sensor-rich, connected systems that may in some cases be remotely accessed or operated, of particular concern when the operators are non-UK based. That raises a range of questions, from safe operation, to the appropriate security response when these systems exist in the wild, to the assurances and controls we may want over the operators running them.
-
What are the most important security risks (beyond whether they can navigate roads and drive safely) in early AV deployment?
-
How should we think about remote access or control: as a safeguard, a vulnerability, or both?
-
What assurances or controls do we want around operators, especially where vehicles may be deployed at scale across public space?
This roundtable is about the wider social impact of autonomous vehicles as they begin to become part of everyday life.
Autonomous vehicles could change much more than how people get from A to B. They may affect how families organise daily life, how children and older people travel, and where people consider easy and reasonable to travel.
-
Where could AVs make the biggest difference to people’s day-to-day lives?
-
Which groups stand to benefit most, and are there groups who may be left out?
-
What would it take for these benefits to be realised fairly across different places and communities?