# Event Details

- **Event Name**: This Is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 10:30 am – Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Find out about how AI and data centres are affecting our lives, our jobs and our planet, and how people are organising to resist. This conference is co-hosted by  the Greater Manchester Climate Justice Coalition and Campaign against Climate Change, with speaker from trade unions and campaigns.

Tickets just £5 - book yours now: https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/ai-conference/

There will be three sessions for all attendees, each with a speaker panel followed by group discussion, linking different issues.

Session 1: The uses of AI in war and surveillance

Speakers: Anne Alexander, a researcher and journalist covering the social, ecological and political impacts of AI systems, currently working on a forthcoming book on the AI Arms Race; Rory Gibson, No Palantir In Our NHS

Session 2: The climate and environmental impacts of data centres

Speakers: Mary Stevens, Friends of the Earth; Owen Espley, Global Action Plan

Session 3: How AI is affecting our jobs and wider society, and the action that trade unions are taking

Speakers: Simeon Gill, President of University of Manchester UCU; Laurence Bouvard, Equity, Screen and New Media Committee member; Mansoor Ahmed, Unite EC, Passenger Transport, United Tech and Allied Workers speaker (invited)

Venue: Mechanics Institute, Manchester. 10.30-16.30
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/manchester/this-is-not-inevitable-standing-up-to-ai-and-big-tech/200030172395453
- **Event Categories**: business, sports, conferences, artificial-intelligence
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Manchester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Mechanics Institute
- **lat**: 53.476945
- **long**: -2.2392732
- **full address**: Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street,Manchester, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is This Is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech being held?
  - **A:** This Is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech takes place on Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 10:30 am to Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 04:30 pm at Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street,Manchester, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing This Is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech?
  - **A:** This Is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech is organized by Campaign against Climate Change.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** This Is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Manchester, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If This Is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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