The cHeRries Conference

The cHeRries Conference

Thursday 13th June, 2024

P&J Live, Aberdeen

Conference, Networking and Exhibition for those in the fields of HR, Training, Recruitment and Organisational effectiveness in Scotland

The Press and Journal would like to thank all our guests, exhibitors, speakers and sponsors for a successful conference. Without you all, we could not create these engaging, interactive and inspiring events.

Our keynote speaker Professor Georgios Leontidis and our four sessions were first class; bringing ideas together and working collaboratively to embrace the future of AI in the workplace.

We all look forward to our cHeRries Conference in 2025.

Take a look at our 2024 conference highlights video below.

For all event enquiries please contact Sharon Methven (Senior Event Manager) on smethven@dcthomson.co.uk 

For all sponsorship and exhibition enquiries please contact Carole Bruce (Head of Commercial Partnerships) on carole.bruce@ajl.co.uk 

Keynote Speaker

  • Prof Georgios Leontidis

    Prof Georgios Leontidis is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Data and AI and holds a Personal Chair in Machine Learning at the University of Aberdeen. Georgios is a member of the leadership group with the Scottish AI Alliance, a Turing Academic Liaison, and the co-chair of a Specialist Advisory Group on applications of AI in Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture policy, commissioned by the Scottish Government. He leads several large projects, including co-directing the new £11M UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Agriculture (SUSTAIN), co-leading the AI in the Biosciences BBSRC Network (AIBIO-UK), and leading the EPSRC Enhancing Agri-Food Transparent Sustainability (EATS) project. He collaborates extensively with various companies on impact and innovation-related projects, such as Siemens Energy, Angus Growers, and previously Tesco.

    Georgios is a computer scientist and engineer by education with a strong interest in both foundations and applications of machine learning models. Before joining Aberdeen, he was an academic with the University of Lincoln, and before that a Senior Data Scientist with IBA Dosimetry GmbH in Germany.

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