[Turing-Southampton] Webinar Invite - FloraGuard - Socio-technical AI - Tackling the Illegal Trade in Endangered Plants

[Susan Davies]

***apologies if you receive this more than once***

If you are interested in socio-technical AI this webinar might interest you. Oct 30th 12:30 - 14:00. Details below, its free, all welcome.

Stuart Middleton will present his work on information extraction in a sociotechnical AI setting, along with others from the FloraGuard team. It will be 1.5 hours of short presentations and Q&A from across the disciplines (computer science, criminology, conservation science, law enforcement).

Advert from Kew gardens follows with registration link:



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Webinar | FloraGuard: Tackling the Illegal Trade in Endangered Plants



Date: Friday 30 October

Time: 12:30 - 14:00 UK Time

Registration: Free; reserve your spot<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kew.org%2Fscience%2Fengage%2Fget-involved%2Fconferences%2Ffloraguard-webinar&data=04%7C01%7C%7C173efe23f4ea4014c1e308d870ea1a38%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637383498050741228%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=AH45gXjyjl0yRiv3O7zI00tsrqoEd9QziUSm%2BA%2FucHA%3D&reserved=0>



Dear Colleague,



In recent years, the Internet has greatly expanded the possibilities for illegal plant trafficking, posing an increasing threat to biodiversity, and creating challenges in controlling and preventing this criminal activity.



Led by the University of Southampton, and partnered with UK Border Force and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the FloraGuard Project set out to develop a cross-disciplinary approach to tackling this complex branch of the illegal wildlife trade.



On 30th October, please join the FloraGuard team who will be presenting the key findings of their research in talks spanning the fields of Criminology, AI Technology, Law Enforcement and Conservation Science, as published in the FloraGuard Report<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kew.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2020-10%2FFloraGuard%2520Tackling%2520the%2520illegal%2520trade%2520in%2520endangered%2520plants.pdf&data=04%7C01%7C%7C173efe23f4ea4014c1e308d870ea1a38%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637383498050741228%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xCWKwXYz4g870ZKjs5H%2BhOSS%2BWH0FGavAwJrv%2F7IqVo%3D&reserved=0>.



The webinar will feature as speakers: Dr. Anita Lavorgna, Associate Professor in Criminology and Dr. Stuart E. Middleton, Lecturer in Computer Science, at the University of Southampton, Maurizio Sajeva, Professor of Plant Ecology at the University of Palermo, and Guy Clarke, Higher Officer, UK Border Force CITES Team. Dr Carly Cowell, Senior Policy Advisor (UK CITES Scientific Authority for Flora), at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, will serve as moderator and will also join the Q+A Panel at the end of the session.



Please see the registration page<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kew.org%2Fscience%2Fengage%2Fget-involved%2Fconferences%2Ffloraguard-webinar&data=04%7C01%7C%7C173efe23f4ea4014c1e308d870ea1a38%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637383498050751186%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=qP%2F7qhWxYqhMrZy3IErIxXyyCt%2BP9yTR0Qx5qVUv9xM%3D&reserved=0> for further details, and please feel free to share this invitation more widely. To contact the team, please email CITES at Kew.org<mailto:CITES at Kew.org>
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