06 Dec 2018: Leeds NHS Digital Debating Matters Competition 2018
Three West Yorkshire schools will battle it out in a special debating event organised by the Leeds Salon in partnership with Leeds NHS Digital on Thursday 6 December at the Thackray Medical Museum.
The schools taking part are Woodkirk Academy from Wakefield, Notre Dame Sixth Form College from Leeds and Beckfoot School from Bradford. They will be pitted against each other in three debates on health monitoring, artificial intelligence and medical data sharing.
EVENT PROGRAMME
15:45 DEBATE 1
“THE CONSTANT MONITORING OF OUR HEALTH DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD”
FOR Woodkirk Academy
AGAINST Notre Dame Sixth-Form College
JUDGES
Teresa Aksamit-Hollingworth University of Law, Leeds
Paul Butterworth NHS Digital
Dan Clayton The Leeds Salon
16:45 DEBATE 2
“HUMANITY SHOULD FEAR ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”
FOR Beckfoot School
AGAINST Woodkirk Academy
JUDGES
Paul Butterworth NHS Digital
Dan Clayton The Leeds Salon
Nat Edwards Thackray Medical Museum
17.45 BREAK
18:00 DEBATE 3
“MEDICAL DATA SHARING IS A THREAT TO OUR PRIVACY”
FOR Notre Dame Sixth-Form College
AGAINST Beckfoot School
JUDGES
Nat Edwards Thackray Medical Museum
Clare Cooke NHS Digital
David Oxley security analyst
