UKAI’s Working Groups form the practical backbone of our mission to guide responsible AI adoption across the UK. They unite practitioners from diverse sectors to collaborate on real-world challenges, co-develop tools, and inform policy, ensuring that AI is both innovative and accountable.
As AI becomes embedded across industries, its impact stretches into legal, life‑science, and equity domains. UKAI Working Groups were created to:
The UKAI Legal Working Group brings together senior in-house counsel and legal leaders to address the real-world legal implications of AI adoption. From procurement and contracting to IP, explainability, and regulation, this group exists to support those on the frontline of legal risk and innovation.
The UKAI Life Science Working Group brings together senior leaders across pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices industry coupled with a digital innovation to tackle the practical challenges of AI adoption in this particular sector.
The UKAI Women in AI Working Group champions inclusive AI by bringing in voices and experiences often excluded – ensuring representation, accountability, and equity are embedded in AI deployment
The UKAI Agentic AI Working Group helps senior leaders navigate the opportunities and risks of autonomous systems, focusing on practical deployment, resilience, and responsible adoption.
The UKAI Future Talent & AI Working Group explores how AI is reshaping skills, careers, and the workforce—helping leaders prepare for the future of work.
The UKAI Future Talent & AI Working Group helps senior talent leaders navigate AI’s impact on recruitment, career design, and workforce strategy—turning disruption into smarter, fairer approaches and tools.
Working groups forming now:
Future working groups:
Roundtables
Regular member-led roundtables, deep dives, and strategy sessions
Fireside Conversations
Private, invitation-only fireside conversations with sector leaders to explore frontier issues confidentially
Collaborative Outputs
Co-development of practical tools: checklists, frameworks, templates, and guidance documents
Policy and Regulator Engagement
Active engagement in policy, ensuring real-world insights shape UKAI’s advocacy and external work
Outcome-focus
Activities designed to be efficient and outcome-focused, grounded in what practitioners need and do