Frugal AI workshop series – Scaling Sustainable and Impactful Innovation
21 Mar 2025
13:00 -18:00
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Open to: All
Seminar Room 1 (Simon Sainsbury Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School)
Trumpington Street
Cambridge
CB2 1AG
United Kingdom
Join the Frugal AI workshop
Building on the success of the Frugal AI Workshop (22 November 2024), this invite-only session continues the conversation on how Frugal AI can drive business impact, enable resource-efficient AI adoption, and redefine industries – from workplace transformation to sustainable AI infrastructure.
Organised by the Centre for India and Global Business at Cambridge Judge, InnoFrugal and Digital Forward, this session will bring together industry leaders, investors, and policymakers to discuss real-world applications of Frugal AI.
About the workshop
During this event, participants will explore:
- barriers and enablers of AI adoption in large organisations
- sustainable AI infrastructure – balancing innovation with environmental responsibility
- the Future of Work – AI’s role in shaping employment, automation, and governance
This event is designed for AI practitioners, corporate leaders, sustainability professionals, investors and academics committed to advancing sustainable and impactful AI solutions.
Frugal AI series
This event is part of the Frugal AI series, designed to explore scalable, sustainable and high-impact AI solutions across industries.
Building on insights from the first workshop, this session delves deeper into practical applications, AI adoption strategies and emerging trends in AI-driven workplace transformation and infrastructure development.
Agenda
13:00 – 13:15
Registration
13:15 – 13:45
Welcome and introduction
Speakers
13:45 – 14:45
New Ideas Adoption in the AI Ecosystem
Session introducer
Keynote speakers
- Saurav Chopra (5mins.ai, Perkbox)
- Anusha Dandapani (UNICC)
Panel discussion
- Saurav Chopra
- Anusha Dandapani
- Nandita Sahgal Tully
- Siddarth Kabra (Founder and CEO of VoltUp)
Topics
- Barriers to fast adoption of AI-driven innovation
- Lessons learned in scaling across an ecosystem
14:45 – 15:45
Frugal Data Centres: Sustainable AI Infrastructure
Session introducer
Keynote speaker
- Roelof Opperman (Cognovum)
- Dan Miodovnik (Orbital Materials)
Panel discussion
- Roelof Opperman (Cognovum)
- Leona Verdadero (UNESCO)
- Dan Miodovnik (Orbital Materials)
Topics
- The environmental impact of data centres in the AI era
- Government regulations and the geopolitical race for AI infrastructure
- How to build sustainable AI-driven data centres
15:45 – 16:15
Networking break
16:15 – 17:15
Radical Changes in the Workplace: AI and the Future of Work
Session introducer
Keynote speaker
Panellists
Topics
- AI-driven automation and job displacement – How will we manage potentially fast job displacement and job transformations and deal with the implication of work as a virtue?
- New models of work – AI-driven collaboration and co-working with digital agents. How will we interact with digital agents. Will they be another tool or will we anthropomorphise them?
- Legal and ethical challenges in AI-driven workplaces – How will we create value for humans through the act of production vs us becoming units of consumption?
17:15 – 18:00
Why attend?
- Learn from AI leaders about cutting-edge, sustainable AI solutions.
- Engage in discussions on workplace innovation, sustainability and investment.
- Connect with investors, startups and policymakers driving AI adoption.
If you are interested in attending, please reach out for more details.