Expert Perspective: The Cusp Of The Matrix

on 30 Aug 2017, 09:30:00 By | Adam Stead | 0 Comments | Case Studies & Interviews
Catherine Allen is an immersive media specialist, having led the production of two of the BBC’s first VR experiences and contributed on VR to WIRED. I wanted to ask her what the future holds for VR, and to find out, we all be living in virtual spaces in the future?
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DATA AND THE LAW

on 24 Aug 2017, 17:59:05 By | Adam Stead | 0 Comments | Thought Leadership
‘General Data Protection Regulation’ is arriving in early 2018. I take a look at what it could mean for businesses.
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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE: THE COMING OF AI

on 22 Aug 2017, 16:16:25 By | Adam Stead | 0 Comments | Case Studies & Interviews
Presenter, technologist, gadget-user… Spencer Kelly has spent years on the technological vanguard, examining potential advances, from the life-saving to the inane. Today, as AI capabilities move forward, Kelly tells me what he thinks the future holds.
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Burst your industry bubble at IGNITE

on 28 Jul 2017, 15:32:14 By | Jess Thorpe | 0 Comments | Activities & Updates IGNITE Summits
With 6 weeks to go until IGNITE opens its doors, an array of sectors are registering to explore the impact of The Connected Society. AI is making waves through different industries at different paces, with some organisations getting their data in order and taking advantage of these technologies much faster than their peers.
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Expert Perspective: Stay Sane, says your robot.

on 26 Jul 2017, 15:25:37 By | Adam Stead | 0 Comments | Case Studies & Interviews Thought Leadership
Nick Taylor, of the mental health app ‘Unmind’, talks about new technology, cultural shift, and mental health. The topic “mental health” has reached a critical milestone of relevance: politicians have begun to posture around it. Both major parties in the UK have referred to it in their most recent manifesto, and the Conservatives called current treatment provision a ‘burning injustice’.
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Customer Experience Dinner

on 21 Jul 2017, 14:31:06 By | Adam Stead | 0 Comments | Activities & Updates Case Studies & Interviews
This interactive dinner took place at the Covent Garden Hotel on the 29th June. It was a dinner for industry leaders from backgrounds as diverse as letting agencies, the public sector, and digital marketing experts. The dinner was held in association with DocuSign.
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Expert Perspective: Digital Cities

on 14 Jul 2017, 16:44:04 By | Jess Thorpe | 0 Comments | Case Studies & Interviews
Connecting citizens and automating urban environments has been a fascinating area for technology development over the last few years. I caught up with Simon Giles, Accenture’s leading expert on Digital Cities, to discuss the latest on ‘smart cities’ and get his opinion on the disruptive potential of autonomous transport.
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How is technology altering our experience of the world?

on 14 Jul 2017, 15:58:21 By | Jess Thorpe | 0 Comments | Activities & Updates IGNITE Summits
What makes us human? What is the nature of work? How is technology altering our experience of the world? It’s rare that an IGNITE event would make us consider life’s deeper questions. But in September, that’s exactly what we’ll be encouraging - as the community convenes at IGNITE to put automation and AI under the microscope.
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The Future of Work

on 23 Jun 2017, 17:42:00 By | Adam Stead | 0 Comments | Research & Reports Activities & Updates Thought Leadership
This interactive dinner took place at the Covent Garden Hotel on the 22nd June. It was a dinner for industry leaders from backgrounds as diverse as broadcasters, accountancy firms, architect bodies, and the public sector. The dinner was kindly sponsored by Box and Okta; two companies uniquely well placed to profit from the digital revolution.
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How digital matching platforms can transform refugee resettlement

on 26 May 2017, 17:53:02 By | Angus Barry | 0 Comments | Guest Blogs Thought Leadership
Note: This is guest post, by Angus Barry, Digital Service Manager, Refugees’ Say Decisions about where refugees are resettled are often little better than random; refugees are unable to express their preferences over where they initially settle and local governments have no real way to convey which refugees will thrive in their communities.
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