Andy Miah

Chair of Science Communication & Future Media

University of Salford, Manchester

Speaker Biography

Professor Andy Miah, PhD, is Chair of Science Communication & Future Media at the University of Salford, Manchester, where he is also the Academic Champion for the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. His research investigates the ethical, legal, social and cultural questions concerning technological change and his publications draw on ideas from science, technology, art, and media culture.

Author of 10 books and over 250 academic articles, Professor Miah has been at the forefront of debates about how humanity is moving beyond conventional evolutionary processes and towards evolution by technology. He holds advisory roles for the UK Government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the World Technology Games, the Global Esports Federation, and the British Esports Federation. He regularly interviews for a range of major media companies and has appeared in over 300 outlets, including TIME, Audible, Fortune, Vogue, BBC, and The Conversation.

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