Digital Transformation Conference - Recordings available

 

TFNetworkSpring22 on Digital Transformation was yet another virtual conference streamed from the Adastral Park Hybrid Studio. This time we teamed up with DIGIT Lab, a UKRI Next Stage Digital Economy Research Centre, and we had fantastic speakers lined up.

Day 1 was all about ‘Research Challenges and Opportunities’ in Digital Transformation and the speakers explored why research in the digital world is fundamentally different and what that means for the future of research. The session closed with a call for action, offering insights especially for early career researchers into their future challenges and opportunities and opening ways for joining the Digital Transformation community.

Day 2 focused on ‘Delivering Impact in Digital Transformation’. With incredible activities around digital transformation happening all over the world, the speakers tackled the questions: What are the big impact opportunities where we can really make a difference? What are the barriers for big companies to make progress? Where does Digit Lab come in? And again this session ended with an offer of opportunities especially for practitioners who deal with large amounts of data to join the Digital Transformation community.

Find out more about this conference and watch the recordings on the TFNetworkSpring22 conference website, or find a playlist on our YouTube Channel with many more recordings of previous conferences.

Regius Professor Rahim Tafazolli, University of Surrey on ' The role of 5G+ on future digital transformation strategies of large organisations'

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 

12:15 12:30

Rahim Tafazolli is Regius Professor of Electronic Engineering, a Professor of Mobile and Satellite Communications, the Director of Institute of Communication Systems (ICS) and Director and founder of 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) and 6GIC at the University of Surrey. He has been active in research for over 30 years and published more than 1000 technical articles and editor of two books and Chief editor of Wiley’s 5G Ref. book, Regius Tafazolli has been a technical and strategic advisor to many mobile companies and recently served as a member of UK Government DCMS Task Force on “Diversification of Telecom equipment providers ecosystem”. He is a Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Fellow of IET (FIET) and Fellow of WWRF (Wireless World Research Forum).

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The role of 5G+ on future digital transformation strategies of large organisations

Prof Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, Digit Lab: Call for Action on 'Research Challenges and Opportunities'

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 

12:15 12:30

Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, Prof Engineering Design and Innovation and Co-director INDEX Initiative of Digital Economy and Deputy Director of DIGITLab, bringing experience from Royal College of Art (Head of Design Products) and Imperial College London, Cambridge Engineering and Denmark. Saeema’s research focuses upon improvements of both products (including product service systems) and processes (creative, product development and innovation) through developing a scientific understanding of the processes, contributing to Design cognition, knowledge and data structuring, Data driven design, Quantifying User experiences. She has worked with diverse industries; aerospace (Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems); oil (AK MH); consumer (GN Netcom); medical (Novo Nordisk), and across psychology, computing and design. She works closely with a range of industries; complex product, aerospace (Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems); oil (AK MH); consumer (GN Netcom); medical (Novo Nordisk), and adopts a multidisciplinary approach including psychology, computing and design, for example leading to approaches to auto-index aerospace reports, through an ontology based on design cognition and Natural Language Processing. Her research was one of the first to use a human centred approach to structuring and automating indexing of knowledge, and; to develop approaches to quantify user experiences, leading to a data driven-approach to assess comfort in headsets (now embedded within GN Netcom Product development processes and leading to awards for comfort).

 

Esra Kasapoglu, UKRI on "Why is research in the digital world so different – the UKRI view"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 

10:05 - 10:15
11:30 - 12:15 Panel discussion "Research Challenges and Opportunities"

Esra Kasapoglu is Director of AI and Data Economy. Esra brings deep experience as an industrial leader, particularly focused on business transformation and innovation. She has a keen interest in the application of emerging technologies and hands on experience of digital transformation, most recently as Digital Strategy Advisor of Microsoft.

Her career, with grassroots in management consulting and technology, ranges from customer relationship management, developing new ways of working and business development to senior leadership. Esra has cross industry expertise and has worked across financial services, telecommunications, and transport and logistics industries for Big Four and multinationals across the globe.

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Why is research in the digital world so different - The UKRI view

Kevin Lee, BT, on "Understanding BT’s digital transformation"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 5th May 2022
Time: 10:00 - 10:15

Kevin Lee, Chief Digital Officer, Consumer at BT, is responsible for the overall vision and strategy for all digital products and services across BT’s consumer brands, spanning BT, EE and Plusnet. In this role, Kevin oversees a team of product, digital strategy, design, research, and engineering creators to drive innovation and deliver great products to extend BT’s market leadership and surprise and delight millions of customers.

Kevin has a long track record of digital leadership, including roles at eBay, PayPal, Visa, Samsung, Whirlpool and GE Healthcare, in the UK, US, Italy, Korea and beyond. He’s passionate about tackling challenging business and customer problems, working with brilliant growth mindset teams, and driving impact for the customers whose lives are touched by the products and services he and his teams deliver.

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Understanding BT's digital transformation

Kevin Lee shares insights into the strategy, thinking, progress and programmes that make up the transformation BT’s Digital team is driving to accelerate the company on its journey from telecoms incumbent to technology leader. Spanning everything from a customer-obsessed approach to user experience to how data and AI and other platforms will help BT shift from purely being a seller of ‘stuff’ to a key connector between producers and consumers, Kevin shares a valuable glimpse behind the scenes at BT as it undergoes a period of incredible and accelerated change.

Prof Gerard Parr MBE, UEA, on "Setting the Scene and Vision for the EPSRC DIGIT Lab Project"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 

10:15 - 10:30
11:30 - 12:15 Panel discussion "Research Challenges and Opportunities"

Gerard Parr holds the Full Chair in Telecommunications Engineering and is Head of School of Computing Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA). He holds a PhD in Self-Stabilising Protocols from Ulster University, aspects of which were completed with UCL and one of the founding Fathers of the Internet (Professor Jon Postel) as a Visiting Research Scientist at the DARPA/University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in Marina Del Rey, Los Angeles. 

Within his academic career, areas of research include Wireless Sensor Clouds, Disaster Response Communications, ICT for the Rural Economy, delay-sensitive protocols and energy-aware autonomic networking and IoT-edge computing. 

He has attracted several £millions of external research and commercial funding and has advised governments on the allocation of funding to large-scale projects valued in total at approximately £3 billion. He was previously appointed as a Visiting Professor to the Science Foundation Ireland/CTVR at Trinity College Dublin and to the Emirates-BT Innovation Centre (EBTIC) at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi- UAE. 

Presently Professor Parr is working on the development of the East of England Smart Emerging Technologies Institute- SETI (one of the recommendations from the UK BEIS Science Innovation Audit) with colleagues from Essex, Cambridge, UEA and BT Adastral. SETI will look at innovations in 5G, IoT, AI-Big Data/Cloud Computing and Testbeds across a number of sectors, including Energy, Intelligent Manufacturing, AgriTech and Smart-Supply Chains. 

Gerard was awarded an MBE in Queens New Year Honours for 2018 for contributions to Telecommunications Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. During January 2020 Prof Parr was elected to the Strategic Advisory Team for the (EPSRC) ICT Programme to assist with strategic developments and identification of funding priorities. Most recently Gerard has been successful in attracting Co-I funding for a 5-year EPSRC Next Stage Digital Economy Hub called DIGIT (Digital-Innovation-Growth-Impact-Transformation) valued over £12 million which will explore methodologies and business impact of Digital Transformation in Large Organisations. During 2021 Gerard was also successful as PI to attract £1.4 million funding for the “EPSRC UK-India Future Networks Initiative” with IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, UCL, Surrey, Southampton and BT.

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Setting the Scene and Vision for the EPSRC DIGIT Lab Project 

Dr Sally Howes OBE, Chair of Council, UEA, on "The Importance of Digital Transformation in Government"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 

10:30 - 10:45
11:30 - 12:15 Panel discussion "Research Challenges and Opportunities"


Dr Howes has a PhD in hydrology, an early career in international satellite programmes and has worked in aerospace, digital, cyber, government and higher education sectors, most often at the boundaries between technology, research and commercial business.

She has performed a diverse range of roles including software engineer, programme manager, entrepreneur, strategy consultant, chief executive, member of the Senior Civil Service, business mentor and visiting professor. All of this experience is now applied to support those leading major programmes in the public sector, helping them to address complex digital transformation and governance challenges.

Non-executive roles have included the Chair of the UK Space Agency, Council Member of Surrey University and Chair of Surrey University Research Park. She is currently the Chair of Council at the University of East Anglia, an Independent Director of the Copyright and Licensing Agency and an external non-executive member of Parliaments Joint Investment Board.

She was awarded an OBE for services to the UK space industry in 2004 and an Honorary Fellowship for the Institute for Project Management in 2019.

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The Importance of Digital Transformation in Government

Dr Will Venters, LSE, on "How do we research digital transformation? Thoughts on qualitative research approaches. "

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 

11:00 - 11:15 

11:30 - 12:15 Panel discussion "How to create impact in Digital Transformation

Dr Will Venters is an Associate Professor in Information Systems and Digital Innovation within the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). 

He speaks regularly at practitioner conferences on various digital business issues, particularly around digital ecosystems, digital innovation and cloud computing; has briefed European government policy makers and various company executives; and undertakes wide ranging consultancy in IT strategy and digital transformation. 

His research interests include digital transformation, digital platforms and ecosystems, and Agile innovation approaches. He has a first-class degree in computer science and a PhD in information systems. His research work has been published in major refereed journals including MIS Quarterly, Journal of Information Technology, the Journal of Management Studies, Government Information Quarterly and the Information Systems Journal.

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How do we research digital transformation? Thoughts on qualitative research approaches

In this wide ranging talk I will introduce the challenges and opportunities of researching digital transformation. 

• How can researchers go beyond traditional research topics? 
• How can we research digital ecosystems? 
• How can we develop new theories of digital transformation? 
• What should we researchers be thinking about? 
• How can we engage with industry better to find new insight? 
• How do we ask the right questions? 
• How do we remain critical of assumptions made by industry?

Theo Kanellos, Zoetis, on "The Opportunities for Digital Transformation in Animal Health"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 5th May 2022
Time: 10:15 - 10:30 

Theo Kanellos qualified as a veterinarian from the Aristotle University of Thessalonica in Greece and has been awarded an MSc in microbiology and PhD in molecular medicine from the University of London. He also has a business diploma from the Ecole Supérieur de Commerce de Paris (ESCP). 

During his career he worked as a clinician, an academic, a governmental official and for the last seventeen years as part of the management within the Pharmaceutical Industry where he has held several strategic roles. He has managed research laboratories, business development and M&A transactions, scientific and multi-functional alliances teams and programmes in several organisations that have led to the spinoff of biotechnology companies, the award of significant scientific grants, the founding of major strategic partnerships and the registration and licensing of successful commercial products and services. 

In his current role in Zoetis, he establishes business transactions and entrepreneurial partnerships with companies, venture capitalist groups, universities, and governmental institutions, internationally and also is leading the Intergovernmental Tender and Grant Business. He holds a visiting professorship at the School of Health and Medicine at the University of Surrey, and he is a board member in several organisations including the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines in Africa, The Global Antimicrobial Research Innovation Fund, Action Group of the One Health Platform etc. He is ad hoc advisor in several EU and national scientific and veterinary organisations. He is the author of over 40 peered reviewed papers and his articles, presentations and interviews have also featured in many trade and public media.

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The Opportunities for Digital Transformation in Animal Health

The past few years have brought an unprecedented surge in pet adoption and an awareness of food security around the world. 

Both sectors depend heavily on healthy animals where aside from the increased demand of more traditional animal health products, we have experienced an increased momentum on Digital Health. 

But what does that mean exactly and what are buzzwords like telemedicine, wearable devices, precision livestock farming, and even smart health tools in the animal health-setting and how they can be of benefit to the vets, pet owners, farmers and of course to the health of animals? 

Advances in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and biosensors have enabled a significant number of digital companies and start-ups to emerge. In addition, there are significant advances in genetics, image analytic technologies, biomarkers etcm, which could complement well some of these digital tools and contribute valuable data to help develop precision animal health solutions. The relatively quick development timelines and lack of clear regulatory guidelines have led to a number of these technologies reaching veterinarians, the carers of the animals. 

Digitalisation is therefore, helping to drive value growth in animal health products but still the adaption of some of these technologies has not reached their optimum. New business models are now being evaluated that could potentially accelerate the adaption of these novel technologies.

Yvonne Gallagher, NAO, on "Lessons from Digital Transformation in Large Government Organizations"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 5th May 2022
Time: 

10:30 - 10:45 Presentation

11:30 - 12:15 Panel discussion "How to create impact in Digital Transformation

Yvonne Gallagher, Director, Digital, National Audit Office has over 25 years’ experience in IT, business change, digital services and cyber and information assurance.

She has had senior roles in the private sector in large organisations such as the Prudential and Network Rail. Yvonne was CIO in two government departments, as well as Chief Digital Officer and CIO in the private sector prior to her move to the NAO. Yvonne is also a Fellow of the BCS and previous chair of their Organisation and Employer board. 

Yvonne’s role in the NAO over the past 7 years is to support the NAO’s work for Parliament evaluating how well Digital and associated business change programmes are implemented to deliver value for money.

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Lessons from Digital Transformation in Large Government Organizations

Last summer we published a major report on The challenges in implementing digital change, which looked into why digital business change programmes are very difficult to implement successfully. 

In this session we will look at the systemic areas that we said government needs to get right and how some of the more persistent challenges can be addressed, including approaches to legacy systems and data, choice of delivery method, engaging with commercial suppliers and addressing the digital skills gap.

Stephen Cassidy, BT, on "Digitisation Dynamics"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 

10:45 - 11:00 Presentation

11:30 - 12:15 Panel discussion "How to create impact in Digital Transformation

Stephen Cassidy MA MInstP CEng FIET leads research in Behavioural, Organisation and System Science at BT, with a particular interest in the relationship between people, information technology and organisational structure and how this determines enterprise culture and effectiveness. This multi-disciplinary programme combines research into AI, data-driven decision tools, self-learning systems, human behaviour and culture.

After graduating in physics, his initial research interests were in fibre optics, during which time he published over 60 journal and conference papers, and filed a similar number of patents. He then spent a number of years in different roles around the business, including intelligent networks, platform strategy, systems evolution, and high tech sales, before returning to research to run the networks research programme. His experiences in the range of business areas developed his current interest in how organisations function, and how they could improve.

He lectures on the MBA programme at Tsinghua University, Beijing, on Information Systems at LSE, and on the Executive Education programme of the Cambridge Judge Business School. He is a member of several advisory boards, a Member of the Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering Technology. He is a winner of the Queen’s Award for Industry.
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Digitisation Dynamics - maintaining the human and business connection through time: some critical research questions  

Digitalisation is the driving force behind modern life, ever-increasing in sophistication and ubiquity. It mediates our burgeoning access to information, products & services, and even each other – co-ordinating the complex and often ephemeral delivery chains behind each transaction. Telecoms is no exception, where it helps networks and their management achieve economic scale, managing the ever-growing complexity of the technology and provider relationships.

These capabilities have even more impact when the technology is equipped to learn from its own performance and adapt processes to improve outcomes. This allows human beings to add their value at higher levels of the business, devolving the repetitive minutiae to machines. This brings into scope a new raft of critical technological and human behavioural challenges, which need deep research to help us navigate.

The talk will describe some of these research challenges, referencing one or two examples and experiences from the work here at BT, and with academic partners.

Dr Paul Gosling, Thales UK on "A Thales Perspective on Future Digital Transformation Research Opportunities"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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Date: 5th May 2022
Time: 

10:45 - 11:00 Presentation

11:30 - 12:15 Panel discussion "How to create impact in Digital Transformation

Dr Paul Gosling achieved his Doctorate in physics from Oxford University in 1986. He worked for 4 years in communications and radar systems before joining Thales in 1990. Working for Thales for over 30 years Dr Gosling established himself as a leading expert in sonar and naval systems for which he received an IET achievement medal in 2018. In recent years his areas of interested have expanded to to wider senior engineering and technical roles applying his knowledge to a variety of defence, security and civil sectors.

In his current role as CTO of Thales UK Dr Gosling directs the research and innovation activities required for future systems. Dr Gosling is in charge of the Thales UK Research Technology and Innovation group and works with a network of around 50 sponsored PhDs across a range of subjects including AI, Autonomy, Security and Complex Systems. Dr Gosling is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, member of the EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network SAN and supports a number of university advisory committees including the trustworthy autonomous systems hub.

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A Thales Perspective on Future Digital Transformation Research Opportunities  

Managing and securing data is a growing challenge for everyone. Thales is a designer of large systems gathering and processing data both in defence and civil systems from land, sea air and space. Over the last few decades our sensors have become far more capable, some gathering several peta-bytes of data per day. . Processing and storage capacity of modern systems combined with advanced algorithms allow us to do far more to extract very weak signals from data and help find objects of interest, detect changes or to predict when something is about to fail. This presentation gives an industrial perspective on the importance of data driven decision making and how systems we produce in Thales help our customers to make those decisions in a timely and accurate way.

Marc Geall, SAP on "Helping Businesses become intelligent Enterprises in an ever changing world"

Conference TFNetworkSpring22

Digital Transformation
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➣ YouTube TFNetworkSummer21 Conference Playlist 

Date: 5th May 2022
Time: 

11:00 - 11:15 Presentation

11:30 - 12:15 Panel discussion "How to create impact in Digital Transformation

Marc Geall is a senior executive at SAP with the current responsibility as COO of SAP’s Data & Analytics development organisation. He is also on the Advisory and Supervisory Board of SEDNA and InMind Coud. Marc has split his career between the software industry and financial services. In software he has been Chief Strategy Officer at SAP and Autonomy, and held other leadership roles across sales, development, and corporate functions. In financial services, Marc led the Technology and TMT research practices for Citigroup and Deutsche Bank respectively, where he was the top ranked sell-side financial analyst for a number of years. Marc has a Master’s degree in Engineering from Cambridge University.

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Helping Businesses become intelligent Enterprises in an ever changing world 

Businesses have gone through unprecedented change over the last decade: business disruption has come from internal and external factors and requires business models and business systems to be flexible, adaptive, and cloud based. SAP is helping its global customer digitally transform to take advantage of this dynamic environment. In this session Marc will discuss the challenges and opportunities when having to manage change from within to support change in the market.

Prof Tim Whitley, BT MD Applied Research and Adastral Park

Opening  the TFNetworkSpring22 "Digital Transformation" conference

Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 10:00

Prof Tim Whitley is a BT Distinguished Engineer and serves as MD Applied Research for BT and MD of BT’s Technology Campus ‘Adastral Park’ in Suffolk, England. He is accountable for all aspects of BT’s Global Research activities, which includes applied research, technology and partnerships with world leading universities.

From 2007 to 2011 he was BT Group Strategy Director. Tim holds a BSc in Physics and a PhD in Optical Fibre Systems. Tim is a Board member for the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership and a BT visiting Professor with the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex.

In December 2016, Professor Whitley was appointed as a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) by the UK Government.

In February 2018 Tim was admitted as BT's William Pitt Fellow at Pembroke College Cambridge.

Tim joined BT in 1981 as a Telephone Engineering apprentice in North Wales and has held roles in Research, Technical Architecture, Strategic Analysis and Corporate Strategy.

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Thought Leadership Event: Prof Alan Brown on "Delivering Digital Transformation - Facing 5 dilemmas for a sustainable future"

Thought Leadership Event

Speaker: Prof Alan Brown, Digital Economy, Exeter University
Title: Delivering Digital Transformation - Facing 5 dilemmas for a sustainable future

Date: 5th April 2022

Time: 11:00 - 11:40

Alan is an experienced business leader, academic, and advisor having spent over 3 decades in the UK, USA, and Europe in largescale software-driven programmes with commercial high-tech companies leading R&D teams, building state-of-the-art solutions, and driving innovation in software product delivery. More recently Alan co-founded the Surrey Centre for the Digital Economy (CoDE) at the University of Surrey where he led research initiatives in 4 EPSRC-funded research projects and transitioned this work to his role as Professor in Digital Economy at the University of Exeter. 

In March 2021, Alan was appointed as Director of an £11M UK National Research Centre exploring digital transformation in Large Established Organizations (LEOs). The DIGIT Lab works with several universities and business partners to deliver an ambitious research agenda providing new insights into how to accelerate digital innovation in LEOs. In March 2019 Alan received a Fellowship from the Alan Turing Institute, the UK national institute for AI and data science.

He has published 5 books and numerous papers on software engineering, systems design, and digital business transformation. Alan’s latest books include “Delivering Digital Transformation: A manager’s guide to the digital revolution” and “Digital Economy Dispatches: Critical reflections on how to succeed with digital transformation in turbulent times”.

This Thought Leadership event is a warm up for the  virtual TFNetwork conference on "Digital Transformation" which took place on 4th - 5th May 2020 as a collaboration with DIGIT Lab. 

Please find:

• Recording of the Conference 'Call for Action' - Delivering Impact in Digital Transformation
• Recording of the Thought Leadership Event - Delivering Digital Transformation: Facing 5 dilemmas for a sustainable future

Please find further recordings on the Conference Website

Conference call for Action - Delivering Impact in Digital Transformation

Delivering Digital Transformation - Facing 5 dilemmas for a sustainable future

As more and more organizations adopt digital first strategies, they must overcome a number of challenges to accelerate change and build sustainable business value. Based on the experience in the DIGIT Lab, a UK national research centre exploring digital transformation in Large Established Organizations (LEOs), a good starting point to gain a perspective on the issues is to focus on the areas of concern where tensions and questions are being raised. At the heart of these concerns lie 5 fundamental dilemmas being faced today.

1. The Productivity Dilemma
2. The Value Dilemma
3. The Ethical Dilemma
4. The Leadership Dilemma
5. The Human Dilemma

In this session we reviewed each of these dilemmas to surface key questions that will dominate future digital strategies.

Thought Leadership University Essex Series: Dr Zilong Liu

6G for Future V2X Communication 

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Among many emerging vertical industries, connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) with the aid of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and networking are deemed to transform our travel experience with numerous far-reaching societal and economic benefits. With 5G communication networks rapidly rolling out globally, it is time to ask how 6G will help revolutionize our future V2X communications.

In this talk, I will share our vision to 6G V2X communications by emphasizing enabling technologies, major challenges and significant opportunities. In particular, I will introduce our new results on codedomain non-orthogonal multiple access and joint sensing and communication, two promising wireless techniques for ubiquitous and highly efficient V2X data exchanges.

This talk will be based on our recent preprint “6G for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communications: Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Opportunities”.

Dr Zilong Liu, University of Essex, School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (CSEE)

 Recording: 6G for Future V2X Communications

Thought Leadership University of Essex Series: Prof. Stuart Walker & Dave Townend

 

Building dense urban mobile networks and the journey beyond 100GHz

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In this talk we explore the challenges with densifying mobile networks and the role wireless backhaul has to play in building future mobile network architectures. Radio frequencies above 100GHz have traditionally been confined to non-terrestrial applications such radio astronomy and satellite. Here we present some of our research looking at the deployment feasibility of high frequency radio systems and their potential as an alternative to fibre backhaul in a world of dense new street level cell sites.

Professor Stuart Walker, University of Essex, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)

Dave Townend, Postgraduate Research Student, University of Essex, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) and currently working within BT's Wireless Research Group based at Adastral Park in Ipswich

Recording: Building dense urban mobile networks and the journey beyond 100GHz

Virtual Conference: Digital Transformation

 

 

Digital Transformation

4th-5th May 2022

#TFNetworkSpring22

Another great virtual conference for industry and academia in collaboration with DIGIT Lab a UKRI Next Stage Digital Economy Research Centre !

"The UK must build on its innovative foundations and focus on leading the way to a future underpinned by the next generation of responsible technologies."

Esra Kasapoglu

Director of AI and Data Economy, Innovate UK

TEDx style virtual pre-conference Thought Leadership event

Prof Alan Brown, Digital Economy, University of Exeter

 Delivering Digital Transformation - Facing 5 dilemmas for a sustainable future

The Conference Days!

We explored why research in the digital world is fundamentally different and what that means for the future of research. This session offered insights especially for early career researchers into their future challenges and opportunities and showed ways in which they can join the Digital Transformation community.

Please click on the speaker names to find their profiles, synopsis and recordings

10:00 - 10:05    Prof Tim Whitley, MD Applied Research and Adastral Park will be opening the conference. 

10:05 - 10:15    Esra Kasapoglu, UKRI Director,  AI & Data Economy, "Why is research in the digital world so different – the UKRI view". 

10:15 - 10:30   Prof Gerard Parr MBE, UEA, "Setting the Scene and Vision for the EPSRC DIGIT Lab Project". 

10:30 - 10:45    Dr Sally Howes OBE,  of the University of East Anglia (UEA) Council, Advisory Board of DIGIT Lab, and many more speaking on "The importance of digital transformation in government".

10:45 - 11:00    Stephen Cassidy MA MInstP CEng FIET, BT, Behaviours, Organisations & Systems Research on "Digitisation Dynamics – maintaining the human and business connection through time: some critical research questions".

11:00 - 11:15    Dr Will Venters, LSE, on "How do we research digital transformation? Thoughts on qualitative research approaches".

11:15 - 11:30    Rahim Tafazolli, of  the Institute for Communications Systems (ICS), University of Surrey on "The role of 5G+ on future digital transformation strategies of large organisations". 

11:30 - 12:15    Panel Discussion: Research Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Transformation. 

• Esra Kasapoglu
• Dr Sally Howes OBE
• Prof Gerard Parr MBE
• Dr Will Venters
• Rahim Tafazolli    

12:15 - 12:30    Prof Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen: Call for Action! Including opportunities of engagement for Early Career Researchers.  

With incredible activities around digital transformation happening all over the world, we asked the questions: What are the big impact opportunities where we can really make a difference? What are the barriers for big companies to make progress? Where does Digit Lab come in? And again this session offered opportunities especially for practitioners who deal with large amounts of data to join the Digital Transformation community.

Please click on the speaker names to find their profiles, synopsis and recordings

10:00 - 10:15    Kevin Lee, BT Chief Digital Officer, opening Day2. 

10:15 - 10:30    Theo Kanellos, Director Business Development and  Commercial Alliances, Zoetis on "The Opportunities for Digital Transformation in Animal Health". 

10:30 - 10:45    Yvonne Gallagher, Director, Digital, National Audit Office on "Lessons from Digital Transformation in Large Government Organizations". 

10:45 - 11:00    Dr Paul Gosling, CTO Thales UK on "A Thales perspective on Future Digital Transformation Research Opportunities". 

11:00 - 11:15    Marc Geall, COO HANA Data & Analytics, T&I at SAP on "Helping Businesses become Intelligent Enterprise the sustained Digital Transformation". 

Joining us at the Hybrid Studio live: 

11:15 - 11:30     Prof Ben Azvine , Global head of security research and innovation at BT. Ben was our host for the "Security and Trust - How to empower and protect all users" conference in 2017. 5 years on he is catching us up on how Digital Transformation has impacted Cyber Security and Cyber Security Research. 

11:30 - 12:15    Panel Discussion: How to deliver impact in Digital transformation
Recording coming soon

• Yvonne Gallagher
• Dr Paul Gosling
• Marc Geall
• Prof Ben Azvine

12:15 - 12:30    Prof Alan Brown, University of Exeter, Call for Action! Including opportunities of engagement for people dealing with large amounts of data.