July 27, 6:15 pm
In 2023, NHS England awarded a £330 million contract to Palantir to provide a new data platform. On 3 June 2026, the cross-party House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee warned about Palantir’s increasing presence in the UK public sector. The committee called for the government to terminate NHS England’s contract with Palantir, due to the company’s support of ‘highly controversial policies and activities.’
Join us at The Conduit for a timely discussion of surveillance, spy-tech, procurement and privacy. Our guest panellists, including Amnesty International’s Hajira Maryam and Andrew Feinstein, Executive Director at Shadow World Investigations, Donald Campbell, Director of Advocacy at Foxglove, will discuss the place of big tech in the UK public sector. They will consider the political, legal and social ramifications of Palantir’s involvement, particularly in the NHS, and the ways this is currently being challenged.
The discussion will be chaired by The Canary’s Abla Kandalaft and will include opportunities for the audience to share their questions and experiences.
Event Schedule
6:15pm: Pre-event socialising and networking
A cash bar will be available for refreshments.
6:30pm: Event begins
7:30pm: Event ends
Abla Kandalaft is a researcher, journalist and curator. She’s currently working with The Canary as a consultant, hosting live events and freelance and in-house at the Garden Cinema as a curator and programmer with a focus on the Arab world and Latin America. Kandalaft also the chair of the Independent Media Association.
Hajira Maryam is Lead Advisor on Strategic Communications and Artificial Intelligence for Amnesty International.
Andrew Feinstein is Executive Director at Shadow World Investigations.
Donald Campbell is Director of Advocacy at Foxglove, an independent non-profit that fights to make the use of technology fair for everyone. When Big Tech companies abuse their power, their workers or the planet – and when governments use technology to oppress, exclude or discriminate – Foxglove litigates and campaigns to fix it. Donald has nearly two decades’ experience in communications, politics, policy and journalism. For most of his career he has worked in communications and advocacy for NGOs, including Reprieve, Medecins Sans Frontieres and ClientEarth.
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