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Interactive Event Facilitator
Job Description
In collaboration with the Centre for Public Engagement we will hold a public event at BLOC on Saturday 9th November 2024 inviting local people to engage with the question ?Can we trust AI with our health??.
The main cinema will screen a series of films connected to the event theme which are free to attend, starting with family-friendly movies in the early afternoon and moving into more adult-appropriate ones later in the day.
The White Box will be an exploration space where visitors will be invited to learn more about how AI is or could be used at QM and our partners to improve health and wellbeing. They?ll be invited to tell us how they feel about the use of AI in health care on the way into the White Box and on the way out. We will have up to four simple interactive stands explaining different aspects of our work and their advantages and risks to the public.
We are looking for four stand facilitators to support visitors? engagement with the stands about our AI in health research and its uses.
They will also support the development of the four public engagement stands by the Centre for Public Engagement, Impact Engagement and key research and innovation staff. The aim is to produce simple but effective interactive materials which explore and explain current research to lay people.
The facilitators will be asked to attend a kick off workshop with the research teams, to contribute a set number of hours to the creation of the stands and to attend the 9th November event itself from 2pm to 8pm (6 hours) with breaks and refreshments included.
Qualifications
NONE
Skills
Excellent communications skills, verbal and/ or visual
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Experience of presenting complex information in an accessible, engaging way
Knowledge of either health, AI or both fields an advantage
Experience of working with the public in events, hospitality or similar contexts an advantage
Knowledge or experience of interaction design, exhibition design or AV production an advantage
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