Grand Seminar - AI for Biodiversity and Climate Research

The morning sessions will provide a broad introduction to AI, a historical perspective on its development, and concrete examples of AI tools and applications within ecology, conservation, and climate science. Poster presentations will highlight ongoing projects, offering opportunities for exchange and networking. 

In the afternoon, participants will engage in an interactive workshop where challenges and opportunities of using AI in their own research will be discussed. The day concludes with a panel debate on the potentials and pitfalls of AI for biodiversity and climate research. 

For those interested, the day will continue after 15 am with information from Research Service about the upcoming Horizon AI call.

Registration and poster contribution

Register by 8 January. Indicate if you are bringing a poster in the same form.

Link to registration: Grand seminar: AI for Biodiversity and Climate Research

Programme

09:00-09:15 Coffee and drop-in 

09:15-10:15: Welcome and introduction

• Data to Decisions: Trust as AI Evolves
  Alexandros Sopasakis, researcher, Computer Vision and Machine Learning at Lund University
• From neural networks to nature: Robust AI for climate action and biodiversity monitoring
  Olof Mogren, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

10:15-10:45: Coffee and poster session

10:45-12:15: Examples of AI tools and applications within ecology, conservation, and climate science

• Mapping nocturnal pollinators on a broad scale using AI
  Lars Pettersson, Associate Professor in Animal Ecology and Coordinator of the Swedish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, Lund University
• Sound analysis using AI for birds and bats
  Josef Carlson, Founder of BioSonic, a company that was awarded the Bert-Inge Hogsved Prize for Best Entrepreneurship by Chalmers University of Technology
• AI optimization of ecological restoration for climate and biodiversity
  Daniele Silvestro, researcher at Dep. of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich
• How generative AI is influencing our understanding of environmental and climate issues
  Jutta Haider, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås

12:15-13:15: Lunch and poster session

13:15-14:15: AI Workshop: What role can AI play for education, research and the green transition?

Erik Sterner, researcher, pedagogical developer, communicator and teacher (and AI experimenter). 

14:15-14:20: Short break

14:20-15:00: Panel discussion: Opportunities, development potential, challenges, and risks of AI for research on biodiversity and climate.

Panellists: 

• Olof Mogren, RISE and Climate AI Nordics
• Jutta Haider, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås
• Sonja Aits, Researcher Cell Death, Lysosomes and Artificial Intelligence, Lund university
• James White, Researcher at Dep. of Technology and Society, LTH, Lund University

Moderator: Alexandros Sopasakis, researcher, Computer Vision and Machine Learning at Lund university

15:00-15:15: Coffee and mingle

15:15-16:00 (optional): Information about the upcoming Horizon AI Call by Research Service.

This event is a collaboration between:

The strategic research area Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate (BECC): BECC | Start

The strategic research area Modelling the Regional and Global Earth system (MERGE): MERGE  | Start

The Profile Area Nature based future solutions: Nature-based future solutions | Lund University

AI Lund: AI Lund | Start