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March 22nd 2012 - March 23rd 2012
- Inmarsat Conference Centre, London
Technology Frontiers is the new flagship event for The Economist Group.
Over 250 business leaders from across Europe descended on the Inmarsat Conference Centre next to London’s ‘silicon roundabout’ for two days of thought provoking sessions and networking. Led by The Economist’s, Digital Editor, Tom Standage, the event explored how advances in technology will transform our work, our lives, our world.
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| It is critical for business leaders to appreciate how technology will transform the world around us. It underpins key dynamics such as demographics, globalisation, sustainability and innovation. |
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| Customer attitudes, employee behaviours and work-life balance are massively impacted by technology. As this process accelerates, what will this new world like? |
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| The most visionary companies of the last decade are the ones that anticipated how technology would change society and impelled them to do something completely different. Many of these technologies are already here, what impacts will they have for your business? |
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Delegates that joined us included academics, policy markers, journalists and senior business executives. Job titles represented included:
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| 09.00 | WELCOME Tom Standage, Online and Digital Editor, The Economist |
| 09.10 | WORK - BIG DATA, SMARTPHONES, THE CLOUD AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS...Which companies will thrive on big technology trends and which will be ruined by them?
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| 10.10 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10.30 | LIFE - USING TECHNOLOGY TO TURN CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR INTO A BUSINESS MODEL
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| 11.30 | OPEN MINDS: The New Era of Human 2.0 - New Minds, New Bodies, New Identities Hugh Herr, Director of Biomechatronics, MIT Media Lab |
| 11.50 | WORLD - ADAPTING TO MAJOR TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN MARKET FORCES
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| 12.45 | OPEN MINDS - THE FUTURE OF HOW WE LEARN Eric Rosenbaum, Doctoral Student, MIT Media Lab |
| 13.00 | LUNCH |
| Choose one of two concurrent sessions. In these sessions we will explore the most significant areas where technology is creating new business models and discuss strategies to make the most of them. |
| 14.15 | STREAMED SESSIONS I
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| 15.15 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 15.30 | STREAMED SESSIONS II
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| 16.30 | STREAMED SESSIONS III
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| 17.30 | CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS Tom Standage, Online and Digital Editor, The Economist |
| 18.00 | DRINKS RECEPTION: Sponsored by InvestKL All Technology Frontiers Summit guests are invited to join us for a drinks reception at the Honourable Artillery Company Prince Consort Rooms. |
| 19.00 | GALA DINNER All Technology Frontiers Summit guests are invited to our gala dinner. The dinner will include a keynote talk and visual presentation from Andrew Blake. After dinner there will be chance to ask Andrew your questions over coffee. Keynote speaker: Andrew Blake, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Cambridge, a part of the team that built Kinect – a controller for the Xbox which senses motion in the same way a person does. He will share his expertise in computers that see and think like we do, and discuss what they could be capable of in the future. He will be followed by Otmar Hilliges, a Researcher from Microsoft who will demonstrate some of Kinect's most impressive features. |
| 09.00 | WELCOME Tom Standage, Online and Digital Editor, The Economist |
| 09.05 | WORK - THE GAME IS CHANGING...HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE WAY COMPANIES COMPETE
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| 09.50 | OPEN MINDS – HOW TECHNOLOGY BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER IN NEW WAYS TO CREATE GREAT THINGS Eric Whitacre, Composer, Conductor, Lecturer |
| 10.10 | LIFE - TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DRIVEN BY SOCIAL CHALLENGES: WHAT LIES AHEAD?
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| 10.55 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11.15 | WORLD - THE POLITICS OF TECHNOLOGY
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| 12.10 | OPEN MINDS - THE INTERNET OF THINGS |
| 12.30 | TECH QUARTERLY LIVE: TOP 10 TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH |
| 13.00 | LUNCH |
| 14.00 | CLOSE OF EVENT |
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Esra'a Al Shafei
Esra'a Al Shafei is the founder of MideastYouth.com, a network that uses new media to facilitate the struggle against oppression in the Middle East and North Africa.
Adam Banks
As Chief Technology Officer at Visa Europe, Adam’s role ranges from research and development, architecture and engineering, and creating solutions for the benefit of the business.
Oliver Benzecry
Oliver is the Managing Director of Accenture’s UK and Ireland business. Oliver joined Accenture in 1992 into the Strategy practice and continues today to consult to clients in a variety of industries, including retail and consumer goods.
Andrew Blake
Andrew Blake is a Microsoft Distinguished Scientist and the Managing Director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, England. Prior to joining Microsoft Andrew trained in mathematics and electrical engineering in Cambridge England.
Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf is Vice-president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. Cerf co-invented the architecture and basic protocols of the Internet.
Y. Bhg. Dato’ Raja Nong Chik bin Dato’ Raja Zainal Abidin
YB Senator Dato’ Raja Nong Chik, serves the Malaysian public as Federal Territories Minister in the Malaysian Cabinet and as a senator in the Senate.
Cory Doctorow
Cory is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the weblog Boing Boing, and a contributor to The Guardian, the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Wired, and many other newspapers, magazines and websites.
Bran Ferren
Bran Ferren is Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds, which invents and prototypes high technology products and innovative concepts.
Richard Glynn
Richard Glynn was appointed Chief Executive of Ladbrokes in April 2010. He was Chairman of Sporting Index from November 2008 to April 2010, having been Chief Executive from 2001.
Lynda Gratton
Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and is the founder of the Hot Spots Movement.
David Greenberg
David Greenberg works at the C-Suite and board level on governance, culture and leadership as well as on issues and strategy on ethics and compliance, corporate social responsibility and public affairs.
Mike Harsh
Mike Harsh is Vice-president & Chief Technology Officer for GE Healthcare, that provide medical diagnostics and information technologies, drug discovery & biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, and performance improvement services.
Sir John Hegarty
As Worldwide Creative Director and Founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), Sir John Hegarty is one of the world's most famous creatives.
Hugh Herr
Hugh Herr is an athlete, scientist, innovator and futurist. As Director of the Biomechatronics research group at the MIT Media Lab where he developes wearable robotic systems that serve to augment human strength, endurance and agility.
Antonio Hidalgo
Antonio Hidalgo is Chief Innovation, Marketing and Strategy Officer at Philips Consumer Lifestyle. He joined Philips in 2009, taking up the position of Chief Technology Officer and Executive Member of the CL Management Team.
Andrew Hobsbawm
Andy Hobsbawm established the first international Internet agency in1994 and was listed among the 100 top digital influencers by WiredUK. He co-founded EVRYTHNG to realise a vision of dynamic digital services and experiences.
Nick Hughes
Nick Hughes is one of the founders Signal Point Partners, a company established in 2009 to focus on mobile commerce opportunities in emerging markets.
Aleks Krotoski
Aleks Krotoski writes about and studies technology and interactivity. She has also presented the BAFTA award winning series, Virtual Revolution, about the social history of the World Wide Web.
Charles Leadbeater
Charlie is an author, a leading authority on innovation, strategy and education, and one of the most influential creative people in the world. He is widely recognised as one of the world's leading innovative thinkers on the future of learning.
Françoise Le Bail
Françoise Le Bail is Director General of DG Justice. She holds a Doctorate in Law and a Degree in Political Science.
Denis McCauley
Denis McCauley manages the Economist Intelligence Unit’s technology-related projects and research in EMEA, Asia Pacific and the Americas.
Geoff McGrath
Geoff McGrath is the managing director of McLaren Applied Technologies (MAT). rained as a mechanical engineer, initially working in aeronautical, civil, chemical, petroleum and mechanical engineering.
Heidi Messer
Heidi Messer is the Chairman of Collective (i), an analytics company whose platform unifies a company’s existing data sources to give marketers a comprehensive view of performance across media channels in real-time.
Brian Millar
Brian Millar is Strategy Director at Sense Worldwide. He works with companies like Nike, SC Johnson and Barclays to transform their global businesses.
David Mills
David Mills is Executive Vice-president and member of the Ricoh Europe Board. David oversees the business operations across EMEA and is leading the company’s growth of new technologies for the future workplace.
JP Rangaswami
As Chief Scientist at salesforce.com, Rangaswami focusses on helping salesforce.com’s European customers think about innovative ways to use the real-time, mobile and social capabilities provided by Salesforce apps and the Force.com platform.
Carlo Ratti
An architect and engineer by training, in 2010 Blueprint Magazine selected him as one of the ‘25 People Who Will Change the World of Design’ and Forbes listed him as one of the ‘Names You Need To Know’ in 2011.
Neil Rimer
Neil Rimer is a Partner of Index Ventures. Neil’s current investment interests include Internet media, e-commerce, entertainment and education businesses as well as capital-efficient, information-oriented cleantech companies.
Eric Rosenbaum
Eric Rosenbaum is a Ph.D. student in the Lifelong Kindergarten group headed by Mitchel Resnick at MIT Media Lab.
Fabio Sergio
Fabio Sergio is Executive Creative Director at frog, where he leads tactical and strategic innovation programs for clients such as Vodafone, BBC, Swisscom, Telecom Italia, HP, LGE, Indesit, Technogym, J&J's Lifescan and Novartis.
Richard Seymour, Co-founder and Design Director, Seymourpowell
Richard Seymour’s career spans more than 30 years and a huge range of creative disciplines. During this period, he has become a global champion for design-led innovation, picking up numerous awards along the way.
Tom Standage, Digital Editor, The Economist
Tom's speciality is the use of historical analogy in science, technology and business writing. He is currently the editor of The Economist digital output (the website, mobile apps, etc) and also edits Technology Quarterly.
Mark Stevenson
Mark advises multinational organisations on how to understand and prepare for the future. His book "An Optimist’s Tour of the Future" builds a picture of what the future may look like by exploring the new technologies that could determine it.
Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre is a grammy award winning composer, conductor and lecturer. His first album Light & Gold, became the no. 1 classical album in the US and UK charts within a week of release.
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Founding sponsor:
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Ricoh is a leading global provider of technology and services that can help organisations worldwide to transform business transactions and processes. Its core offerings include Managed Document Services, Production Printing, Office Solutions and IT Services.
Gold sponsors:
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Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 236,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. With unparalleled experience, Accenture helps clients respond to the changing needs of their consumers to enable them to securely access, create, share and transact from wherever, whenever and with whomever they choose.
As one of Huawei’s four major and mission-critical business groups, Huawei Enterprise Business Group offers ICT solutions for the enterprise infrastructure, enterprise communications, data centers, and industry applications. To support the cloud computing era and innovative new business models, the Enterprise Business Group also provides cloud computing-based data center solutions and cloud computing-based enterprise applications. The Enterprise Business Group has set up departmental organizations in over 100 countries and regions. For more information please visit: http://www.huawei.com/enterprise |
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 | You overexceeded my (and potentially many delegates) expectations |  | The quality of speakers overall has been very high and inspirational. I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. |
 | Very high quality speakers, stretched the mind |  | Wide perspective of future technology developments |
 | Excellent structure of the event | | Inspirational speakers, very charismatic, fun |
 | @Glenn_Griggs: Sir John Hegarty of BBH gave an amazing speech at #TechFrontiers inspiring stuff |  | @Lakshmi203: I wish I was at #TechFrontiers; tweets coming through from people attending give impression it's awesome and very interesting #missingout |
 | @leadmetoit: Loving #TechFrontiers, its like being in an episode of Big Bang Theory :) |  | @brwildhaber: #TechFrontiers GREAT day at the conference. Lots of good connections and great people and sessions! |
| @FionaGraham: Great day at #TechFrontiers, amazing speakers, interesting chat with the amazing @hughherr, all good! |  | @ViiviPitkanen: Was very impressed by @doctorow yesterday in #TechFrontiers Thank you for the great keynote AND the sharp participation in the panel |
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After the success of the first sold out Technology Frontiers the event is back for 2013. Promising to continue to provoke thought, amaze and inspire, Technology Frontiers will once again be the must attend business event of the year.
To appreciate how technology will transform the world around us is critical for business leaders. This event will show how technology will change the way their company carries out its activities and understand how technology will revolutionise the world in which their company operates.
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