RepresentAI & BCS Pride Christmas Special — Talks, Tech & Mince Pies with London Ladies Hacking Society, Women Defining AI & OWL
Speakers
Larissa Meredith-Flister
Charles Lyndon
Sumathi Narayanan Menon
Agenda
18:30 Doors & welcome Registration, drinks & pizza
• 19:00 Talk 1: AI Ethics, Legal, Privacy & IP Speaker: Larissa Meredith-Flister, Solicitor, Charles Lyndon. What’s changed this year, what’s coming in 2026, and practical guardrails for responsible AI.
• 19:15 Talk 2: How to Build A Successful AI Product On Lovable Speaker:
Sumathi Narayanan Menon, Women Defining AI From problem framing to deployment: how to use lovable for product creation and demos of what Women Defining AI have done for their hackathons using lovable.
Example builds on Lovable on these themes:
🩺 Voice agent to help people fill GP appointment forms
🧠 Access to speech therapists for children with autism (could lead a solution for tackling NHS waiting lists)
👩👧 AI-powered learning companion for youth on finance
📦 Moving assistant to simplify address changes and utilities
• 19:30 – Networking break Grab a drink, say hi, meet the speakers
• 19:50 – AI ✕ Christmas: Games/Quiz with Prizes Light-hearted challenges and giveaways
• 20:20 – Open networking Keep chatting over drinks, pizza & mince pies
• 21:00 – Close
Synopsis
We have two speakers. Larissa Meredith-Flister, Solicitor, Charles Lyndon presenting on AI ethics, legal, privacy and IP, then a practical session by Sumathi Narayanan Menon on How to Build a Successful AI Product using Lovable.
About the speakers
Larissa Meredith-Flister bio to follow
Charles Lyndon bio to follow
Sumathi Menon, founder of Mave Social AI, makes AI accessible through workshops, strategy sessions, and automation consulting. As UK Lead for Women Defining AI and a founding member of the UKAI Women in AI Committee, she champions inclusive, responsible adoption and empowers women to build with AI. She’s also Vice Chair at Citizens Advice Wandsworth and a member of the Conscious Advertising Network.
What's Stopping You from Building with AI?
Sumathi Narayanan Menon, Regional Lead at Women Defining AI, shares lessons from the Women Defining AI × UKAI hackathon, where 16 women went from idea to working prototype using Lovable (the in-kind sponsor for the hackathon) in just 8 weeks.
She'll walk through what actually worked: spotting a real problem, shaping an AI solution, and going from idea to working demo. Expect the failures, the surprises, and why "I'm not technical enough" is exactly the lie tech wants you to believe.
You'll see the prototypes. You'll hear what broke. And you'll leave knowing how to start,no coding required.
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
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