AI and Sustainability

AI and Sustainability: Innovation or Environmental Risk?

NORTH Link, in collaboration with the La Trobe Business School, brings a unique blend of industry engagement and academic insight to explore how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are shaping the future of sustainability.

Will AI accelerate our path to net-zero, or amplify environmental risks?

Join industry innovators, leading researchers, and policy experts for a lively and thought-provoking discussion on AI’s double-edged impact on sustainability.

We’ll dive into critical topics such as:

• The environmental footprint of energy-intensive data centres
• The role of AI in managing complex global supply chains
• Advancements in climate modelling and predictive analytics
• Boosting resource efficiency and system resilience

Walk away with:

• Fresh insights from cross-sector experts
• Practical case studies on AI in action
• A clearer sense of how to harness AI as an ally, and how to guard against its unintended consequences

Panel:

• Mahesh Krishnan, CTO, Fujitsu Oceania
• Prof. Damminda Alahakoon, Director, Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition (CDAC), La Trobe University
• Erika Hughes, Co-Owner and Commercial Director, Integra Systems
• Simon Colman – Director, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young (EY)

Moderator:

• A/Prof. Sophia Duan, Associate Dean (Research and Industry Engagement), La Trobe Business School

This event is ideal for professionals working in sustainability, tech, policy, logistics, research, and education or anyone curious about the future intersection of AI and our planet’s wellbeing.