Cybernetics Conversation: Full Schedule

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9:00am BST

Thursday July 2, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

An introduction to the process for the day

Speakers

John Beckford

Thursday July 2, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

9:30am BST

The Unaccountability Machine

LIMITED

Thursday July 2, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

Limited Capacity seats available

Dan Davies' book, "The Unaccountability Machine," published in 2024, discusses how large systems in markets, institutions, and governments often make poor decisions due to a lack of accountability. He introduces the concept of "accountability sinks," which obscure responsibility and lead to negative outcomes that no one claims to want.

Speakers

Dan Davies

The Unaccountability Machine (2024) is a business book by Dan Davies, an investment bank analyst and author,[1] who also writes for The New Yorker.[2] It argues that responsibility for decision making has become diffused after World War II and represents a flaw in society.

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Thursday July 2, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

10:30am BST

Coffee Break

Thursday July 2, 2026 10:30am - 10:45am BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

Thursday July 2, 2026 10:30am - 10:45am BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

10:45am BST

Unaccountability Machine Conversation

LIMITED

Thursday July 2, 2026 10:45am - 12:15pm BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

Limited Capacity seats available

Thursday July 2, 2026 10:45am - 12:15pm BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

12:15pm BST

Lunch

Thursday July 2, 2026 12:15pm - 1:00pm BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

Thursday July 2, 2026 12:15pm - 1:00pm BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

1:00pm BST

Badlands 2026 – Welcome to a New Gamespace

Thursday July 2, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

Badlands 2025 explored the systems of technology used for malignant purposes through themes of crime, privacy intrusion and eudaemonia.
We now observe dynamic and dispersed global information circuits carrying increasingly complex human/machine data and informatic diseases. Data varieties have accelerated and proliferated, creating new mutations for systemic absorption. The phenomenon of truth variety is multifacetedly outpacing regulatory institutions and systems of law. The AI megatrend amplifies such entropy. The game of drones has unsettled the game of thrones. Space, our ultimate recursion, emerges. Let’s play!
Security Cybernetics: threats may be requisitely absorbed through efficacious, dynamic strategy.

Speakers

Richard Berry

Thursday July 2, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

1:00pm BST

Information Processing Effects and Consequences Introduction

Thursday July 2, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm BST

Room B, Centre for Information Management, University of Loughborough

Speakers

Daniel Jonas

Thursday July 2, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm BST
Room B, Centre for Information Management, University of Loughborough

3:00pm BST

Tea Break

Thursday July 2, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

Thursday July 2, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

3:00pm BST

Quantum Life Science

Thursday July 2, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

Speakers

Sally Ingram

Thursday July 2, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU

4:30pm BST

Reflections on the Day - Topics for Ethics and AI on Friday

Thursday July 2, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST

Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University

Reflections on the day and topics for day three

Speakers

Peter Tuddenham

Thursday July 2, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
Room A Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University Sir Richard Morris Loughborough University, University Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU