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See below for recent publications, presentations, conferences, workshops, media and other output from the AI4URBAN-HEALTH project.

Activities

Conferences and events

The AI4URBAN-HEALTH Network has been presented at various conferences and events:

  • Prof Christopher Pain delivered a talk entitled ‘AI4URBAN-HEALTH: A Network that applies AI to the Urban Environment and Health Issues’ to the (ICEC 2025) at the University of Southampton, 16-18 July 2025.
  • Prof Christopher Pain delivered a keynote speech to the (13th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Building and Environment) which took place from July 28–31, 2025, hosted at the University of Cambridge.
  • Prof Christopher Pain delivered a keynote speech to the held on 6th and 7th November 2025.
  • Prof Christopher Pain delivered a keynote speech on Neural Physics to the held at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on 15th and 16th December 2025.
  • Members of the AI4URBAN-HEALTH team (Prof Christopher Pain, Dr Claire Heaney and Philip Challinor) served on the advisory board for the to help select the winners. They were announced at the held at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on 15th and 16th December 2025.
  • A session on AI4URBAN-HEALTH was presented by Dr Nicole Cowell to the held at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on 15th and 16th December 2025.
  • Dr Fangxin Fang delivered a session on the Healthy People Healthy Planet initiative at the held at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on 15th and 16th December 2025.
  • Prof Christopher Pain visited a new government funded AI centre in Brazil which he was asked to review and provide feedback on. He also delivered a speech on Neural physics and foundational surrogates for fluids, solids and radiation modelling tailored to environmental applications.
  • Talk entitled ‘’ given by Prof Christopher Pain to which went live in March 2026 followed by an online Q&A, part of GTC San Jose 2026 conference.
  • Poster entitled ‘Stakeholder perceptions of actions and barriers for urban health promotion: ​Co-creating AI solutions through the AI4Urban-Health network’ presented by Dr Nicole Cowell to Grantham Institute Climate Research Showcase 2026 held at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on Wednesday 4 March 2026.
  • Dr Nicole Cowell was an invited speaker and presented ‘A systems lens: adapting structured decision-making to co-create solutions to wicked problems’ and hosted an exemplar SDM mini workshop at the EU funded   Workshop: “How to Make Impact: From Science to Practice in Barcelona on June 10th and 11th, 2026.