We'll be attending the National Cyber Security Show at the end of April - come see us at stand 5/Q16!

SPRITE+ Expert Fellow Simon Parkinson will be giving a talk 'Your Walk Is Your Password: WiFi as an Invisible Biometric' at the Cyber Security Leaders Summit.

🔗 www.nationalcybersecurityshow.com

Expert Clinic Matchmaking | SPRITE+ Hub Meet the SPRITE+ Expert Fellows who have expressed interest in providing an Expert Clinic, and their different areas of expertise.

💡Speak to an expert about a TIPSS challenge!

Struggling with a Digital TIPSS challenge and need the right expert eyes on it? Our Expert Clinic Programme aims to connects your organisation with a subject matter expert.

➡️ Meet our experts here: www.spritehub.org/expert-clini...

#ExpertClinic

From “oops” to “ops”: spotting insider risk before it becomes an incident Join us for the next talk in our 'Lunch and Learn' series with Dr. Ismini Vasileiou.

⚠️ From "Oops" to "Ops": Spotting Insider Risk Before it Becomes an Incident

Join us for this month's 'Lunch and Learn' talk with Dr. Ismini Vasileiou to explore one of the most overlooked areas of cybersecurity, "insider threat".

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982977199...

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn Join us every third Wednesday of the month at 1:00pm (GMT) for a lightning 20 minute talk from an Industry or Academic expert followed by 10 minutes of Q&A.

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn is your chance to learn about the latest developments in the world of Trust, Identity, Privacy, Security and Safety (TIPSS).

▶️ Catch up on the most recent talks from our 2026 series "What is...? series:

Project Partner Challenge: TrustedTech Africa We invite applications to co-develop a framework with Freedom2hear, focused on analysing, building, and piloting resilience strategies to enhance online content moderation systems.

Introducing our latest Project Partner Challenge with Freedom2hear! 🤝

This grant aims to combine Freedom2hear’s expertise in LLM/NLP and image-based moderation with SPRITE+’s focus on digital trust and usable security.

⬇️Learn more on our website: www.spritehub.org/project-part...

#Freedom2hear

Communities of Interest | SPRITE+ Hub Joining a SPRITE+ Community of Interest is a fantastic way to get involved and stay up to date with the latest news, events and developments within a Digital TIPSS focal area.

Joining a Community of Interest (CoI) is a fantastic way to get involved and stay up to date with the latest news, events and developments within a Digital TIPSS (Trust, Identity, Privacy, Security and Safety) focal area.

🔗 Learn more on our website: www.spritehub.org/communities-...

#CoI

From “oops” to “ops”: spotting insider risk before it becomes an incident As part of our Lunch and Learn series, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Ismini Vasileiou for this talk on insider threats.

⚠️What are "insider threats" and how can we spot them before they become a major incident?

Dr. Ismini Vasileiou will join us for this month's 'Lunch and Learn' talk to explore one of the most overlooked areas of cybersecurity.

🔗Register to attend via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982977199...

Last week, we welcomed SPRITE+ members to our XRCET-TIPSS Community Mapping Day! 🗺️

The event included a thought-provoking talk on how science fiction & speculative fiction methods help us imagine the future, and a workshop on the implications & potential TIPSS risks of XR convergence.

#XR

Quantum Computing Demystified: Impacts, timelines, and how to get quantum-safe - Dr. Arnab Biswas YouTube video by SPRITEplus

What is quantum computing, really - and why does it matter now? ⚛️

Earlier this month, we welcomed Dr. Arnab Kumar Biswas for his talk 'Quantum Computing Demystified - Impacts, timelines, and how to get quantum-safe'.

▶️ Watch the talk here: youtu.be/oTJezhrOyTY?...

#QuantumComputing #PQC

From “oops” to “ops”: spotting insider risk before it becomes an incident SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Dr. Ismini Vasileiou

🎙️From “oops” to “ops”: spotting insider risk before it becomes an incident

Join us in two weeks' time as we welcome Dr Ismini Vasileiou to demystify what “insider threat” actually means.

🔗 Register to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982977199...

#InsiderRisk #TEDtalk #InsiderThreat

Early Career Professional AI Event Join us for an exciting early career event designed for students, recent graduates, and emerging professionals interested in AI

📢 Calling Early Career professionals interested in AI ethics!

This SPRITE+ funded event introduces the ECR Network and the AI Ethics Project by Fractal AI, bringing together like-minded individuals passionate about responsible innovation.

🧷 Register to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/early-care...

The SPRITE+ team had a fantastic three days exhibiting and speaking at Security & Policing 2026, the UK Government’s flagship national security event.🛡️

🔗 Read our latest blog post to learn more: www.spritehub.org/sprite-at-th...

#SP26 #SecurityandPolicing

Immersive Technologies in Journalism: Risks, Trust and Ethical Challenges A SPRITE+ and JournoTECH workshop examining how immersive technologies reshape journalism, trust, ethics and misinformation.

Together with JournoTECH, we're pleased to announce an online workshop examining how immersive technologies reshape journalism, trust, ethics and misinformation. 🤳

⚙️ This workshop will explore the impact of XRCET for journalism.

🔗 Register to attend here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/immersive-...

SPRITE+ Lunch and Learn with Dr Arnab Kumar Biswas Quantum Computing Demystified: Impacts, timelines, and how to get quantum-safe.

Join us on Wednesday to learn all about quantum computing from Dr. Arnab Kumar Biswas!

In this fast-paced, TED-style talk, he will introduce the core ideas and explains what quantum computers can and can't do.

🔗 Register to attend for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sprite-lun...

#QuantumComputing

Expert Clinic Matchmaking | SPRITE+ Hub Meet the SPRITE+ Expert Fellows who have expressed interest in providing an Expert Clinic, and their different areas of expertise.

🌟 Opportunity to meet with a SPRITE+ Expert Fellow about a TIPSS challenge!

Through our Expert Clinic initiative, we aim to make their expertise accessible to organisations addressing practical challenges and seeking a specific expert input.

🔗 Meet our Expert Fellows here: buff.ly/M0H3ybH

AI and TIPSS Resources | SPRITE+ Hub Our AI and TIPSS resources include a series of AI Explainers, co-written by the SPRITE+ AI Community of Interest, and a live organic FAQ on the responsible use of AI in research.

Introducing our 'AI and TIPSS Resources' page 🚀

Current resources include:
- A series of AI Explainers
- A live, organic FAQ on the responsible use of AI in research

🔗 Take a look here: www.spritehub.org/ai-and-tipss...

#DigitalTIPS #AI #AIExplainers

📢 Applications close on Monday for our 2026 AIM (Academic-Industry Meeting) Day!

Previous SPRITE+ AIM Days have led to funded secondment projects with supporting partners that included BT Group, NVIDIA and Crypto Quantique.

🔗Apply to attend here: www.spritehub.org/aim-day-2026

#AIMDay #XR #VR

We are excited to share that SPRITE+ will be exhibiting at Security & Policing 2026! 🛡️

Visit us at stand #A999 to chat about our overall work and RISE, our new Safer Streets project tackling violence against women and girls.

🔗 Apply to attend the event here: bit.ly/3LK6aFr

#SP26

📣PhD opportunity

Expert Clinic Matchmaking | SPRITE+ Hub View the list of SPRITE+ Expert Fellows who have expressed interest in providing an Expert Clinic, and their different areas of expertise.

🤝 Meet our Expert Fellows!

Through our Expert Clinic initiative, we aim to make the SPRITE+ network's body of expertise accessible to organisations addressing practical challenges and seeking a specific expert input.

🔗 Meet our Experts here: www.spritehub.org/expert-clini...

#ExpertClinic

AI Explainers | SPRITE+ Hub This series of AI Explainers focuses on AI Governance, Information Disorder, Identity Erosion, Alignment

Introducing our series of AI explainers! 🤖

Co-written by the AI Community of Interest, this series of AI Explainers explores a variety of topics around the sociotechnical application implications and impacts of AI.

🔗 View these explainers on our website: www.spritehub.org/ai-explainers

📢 Application close soon for our 2026 AIM Day!

The SPRITE+ 2026 AIM (Academic-Industry Meeting) Day will connect industry innovators and academic experts to explore how emerging Extended and Virtual Reality technologies intersect with TIPS. 🤝

🔗Apply here: www.spritehub.org/aim-day-2026

#XR #VR

What is self-sovereign identity? And how does it empower individuals to control their personal digital credentials? 🫆

▶️ Watch our most recent Lunch and Learn talk here: www.spritehub.org/lunch-and-le...

#LunchAndLearn #SelfSovereignIdentity #VerifiableCredentials

⏰️ Applications close for our 2026 blended sandpit on Friday!

Up to £224K of combined SPRITE+ and CRANE funding will be made available to fund interdisciplinary projects arising from this sandpit.

🔗 Learn more and apply: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#ResearchFunding #AI #DigitalTIPSS

ResChain: Cognitive-Responsive Risk Communication and Representation for Resilient Energy Supply Chains | SPRITE+ Hub This project aims to explore tensions and better identify core risks and threats in the energy ecosystem, considering diverse views from the energy sector’s stakeholders.

💡SPRITE+ funded sandpit project spotlight: ResChain

This research project aims to explore tensions and better identify core risks and threats in the energy ecosystem, considering diverse views from the sector’s stakeholders.⚡

🔗Learn more: www.spritehub.org/sandpit-5/co...

#ResearchProject

📢 Applications now open - RISE: Addressing Violence Against Woman and Girls

SPRITE+, in collaboration with @salient-hub.bsky.social and NSEC, is offering grant funding for short projects running between April and August 2026.

🔗 Learn more & apply here: www.spritehub.org/call-for-pro...

#VAWG

Expert Clinic Matchmaking | SPRITE+ Hub View the list of SPRITE+ Expert Fellows who have expressed interest in providing an Expert Clinic, and their different areas of expertise.

📢 Is your organisation facing a Digital TIPS (Trust, Identity, Privacy or Security) challenge? If so, our Expert Clinic is an opportunity to have a free-of-charge meeting with a subject matter expert.

🔎 Browse our list of experts here: buff.ly/N8lznzl

#ExpertClinic #DigitalTIPS #network

SPRITE+ | CRANE 2026 Sandpit: AI and TIPSS | SPRITE+ Hub SPRITE+ and CRANE are pleased to invite Members and Expert Fellows to apply to attend a blended sandpit on AI and TIPSS. Up to a total of £224k of combined SPRITE+ and CRANE funding will be made…

📢 Applications close soon for our 2026 Sandpit!

Up to a total of £224k of combined SPRITE+ and CRANE funding will be made available to fund up to four interdisciplinary projects arising from this sandpit.

🔗 Learn more and apply here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...  

#ProjectFunding #sandpit

Opening our eyes to the Panopticon | SPRITE+ Hub This project helps 18–21-year-olds spot the hidden risks of interacting with smart devices by putting them in the driver's seat of a digital story, where their choices expose the tradeoffs between…

💡SPRITE+ funded sandpit project spotlight: Opening our eyes to the Panopticon

This project helps 18–21-year-olds spot the hidden risks of interacting with smart devices by putting them in the driver's seat of a digital story 📱

🔗Learn more: www.spritehub.org/sandpit-5/op...

#SandpitProject

2026 AIM Day | SPRITE+ Hub Applications are now open to attend our 2026 AIM Day in London! This is your opportunity to shape the next wave of secure and trusted immersive technologies, find academic partners to solve your R&D…

📢 Join us in May for our 2026 AIM Day!

This is your opportunity to shape the next wave of secure and trusted immersive technologies, find academic partners to solve your R&D challenges, and access dedicated SPRITE+ collaboration funding 🤝

🔗Apply HERE: www.spritehub.org/aim-day-2026

#AIMDay #XR