ISAs and AAs Onboarding Workshop (14 March 2025)

[AlexandraAAJ]

As part of the onboarding plan, we’re organising a half-day workshop at the office on Friday, 14 March, from 10:00 to 13:00. All ISAs and AAs are invited, and the session will feature interactive activities designed to enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing.

When: Friday 14 March, from 10:00 - 13:00
Where: The Alan Turing Institute (Enigma - TBC; Cipher, Mae Jemison, Florence Nightingale rooms)

Purpose of the Workshop:

• Get to know each other, connect, be to be able to contact any ISA/AA confidently after the session
• Build trees of support and
• master classes suggestions

What needs to be done?

• Confirm the purpose
• Prepare the activities and agenda
• Ask non attendees to send their videos: Ale
• Prepare the slidedeck
• Print the materials: AI Adoption Framework (printed copies in each room), BridgeAI Opportunities (printed reference materials), batches
• Accessibility form

Who can help?

• Aida
• Arielle
• Sofia
• Dominica
• Punita
• Anastasia
• Clementina

Rooms booked

• Isaac Asimov (2nd floor): 4
• Mary Shelley (2nd floor) 12
• Cipher (1st floor): 7
• Florence Nightingale: 6
• Mae Jemison: 7

Attendees:

• Old ISAs (4): Keivan, Po, Tom and Spyros
• New ISAs (6): Alpay, Ogerta, Diwei, James, Matthew and Richard
• AAs (4): Yufeng, Liucheng, Nadin, Jennifer

ISAs unable to join

• Andy
• Hongkai

Request for ISAs unable to attend:

We will ask for a short video with the following:

• Who are you? What is your AI Superpower?
• A slide of your main support strategies tree/roadmap and 2–3 suggestions of what you consider could be impactful AI masterclasses for SMEs (either general or sector specific)
• Why is this programme relevant to the UK AI growth plan?

Confirmations

[AlexandraAAJ]

Ideas from RCM team:

• Bring a game
• Daisy brings legos to a lot of events! Good ice breaker too
• a puzzle
• Something where they can shout

[AlexandraAAJ]

Next actions:

• Agree on the activities and timings - [Draft plan](To be added__
• Talk to facilities to find out if we could use the main lobby for activity 1, conversation about AI superpower
• Circulate an agenda, the invitation is from 10 - 13
• Find out accessibility requirements and food preferences
• Order catering

[Anastasia-Shteyn]

I think the purpose is two-fold:

• Get to know each other, and empower the ISAs to utilise the network (and lean on each other)
• Get a picture of everyone's strengths (for us, as much as for them)

Consider:

• Getting the experienced ISAs to bring some high level scenarios into the session (to avoid starting from scratch)
• Getting the new ISAs to brainstorm how to combine everyone's superpowers into masterclasses / whether we can form teams of "superheros" 😄 (fresh eyes could be good here!)
• Asking the experienced ISAs to sort the ideas, as they would be the ones aware of BAI broader context and what SME needs are covered by other offerings

[AlexandraAAJ]

Slidedeck: https://thealanturininstitute.sharepoint.com/:p:/s/ISA/ET6NXv426otFqBobymN5iaMBwGZV0YJIoglBke1A_lG4tA?e=Yv2sS0