Dr. Annabel Latham

School of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University (Switzerland)

Speaker 4

Responsible AI and Participatory AI (tbc)

Dr. Annabel Latham is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the Faculty of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology of Manchester Metropolitan University, and serves as the Information Systems Course Leader for the faculty. Her research is affiliated with the Computational Intelligence Laboratory at Manchester Metropolitan University, and her interests include Conversational Agents, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Agent Intelligence, and Knowledge Engineering. In June 2026, she was invited to attend the 20th IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI 2026) held in Maastricht, Netherlands, and participated in the panel discussion "AI in Education: Today and Tomorrow". She has held positions including Chair of the IEEE UK and Ireland Women in Engineering Committee (2019), Active Member of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Education Committee (2017-2019), Chair of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Education Multimedia Subcommittee (2017-2018), and Vice-Chair of the IEEE UK and Ireland Women in Engineering Committee (2016-2018)