Prof. Brian Cox OBE, physicist

FUTURE DECODED 12th NOV 2014 - LONDON EXCEL

Future Decoded Tech Day will focus on the valuable work done by developers and IT Pros, providing useful information and critical insights needed for you to make a real difference in the businesses you work for, or own.

Think of the rise of tablets, convenience of flexible working and growth of big data analytics. We're already seeing them in the workplace – imagine the advances we will see in the years ahead.

SPEAKERS

Brian Cox, OBE, Physicist

Arguably the UK’s best known physicist, Professor Brian Cox’s books and TV programmes have been read and watched around the world and credited with making science engaging and accessible to millions. With his down-to-earth, likeable, enthusiasm, Brian is frequently labelled a ‘rock star scientist’. Once the keyboard player for D-Ream, he has come a long way to his position as Professor of Particle Physics at Manchester University and a key part of the ATLAS and the CERN Large Hadron Collider projects.

Brian’s blockbuster TV shows include Wonders of the Universe, Wonders of the Solar system and Wonders of Life, each looking at the fundamental science behind everything from the stars and planets to atoms and microbiology. He has also presented Stargazing, Space Hoppers, The Big Bang and numerous editions of Horizon. His books accompanying the Wonders of… series have become huge bestsellers, as did his co-authored title Why Does E=mc2?

Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Co-founder & Chairman, ODI Open Data Institute

Sir Nigel Shadbolt is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton, where he leads the Web and Internet Science Group. He is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of the Open Data Institute (ODI). Since 2009, Sir Nigel has acted as an Information Adviser to the UK Government, helping transform public access to Government information, including the widely acclaimed data.gov.uk site.

With over 400 publications he researches and publishes on open data, artificial intelligence, computer and web science. During his career, he has also worked in philosophy, psychology and linguistics. Since 2000 he has secured 17 projects as Principal Investigator with a value of over £20 million pounds. He is currently Principal Investigator on a £6.14M EPSRC funded Programme Grant researching the theory of social machines - Web scale problem solving systems comprising large numbers of humans and computers.

Michael Taylor, IT Director, Lotus F1 Team

Michael Taylor is the IT director at Lotus F1Team. He has been a part of the Lotus F1 Team setup for the past eleven years; joining the Enstone-based Formula 1 outfit in its former guise of Renault F1 Team in 2002. During that time, he has developed a detailed business based understanding of the Team's IT needs through experience across a number of facets of the team; from the race squad itself to manufacturing, supply chain and finance. Michael describes himself as a 'technological dreamer' and enjoys food, socialising and all sports, both playing and watching.

Dr David Braben FR Eng OBE

David has been a software engineer for more than 30 years, beginning in 1982 when he co-wrote the game "Elite" with Ian Bell while still at University. He founded Frontier Developments plc in January 1994, a ~275 person company based in the Science Park in Cambridge, and in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Frontier is famous for many games, most recently "RollerCoaster Tycoon 3", "LostWinds", "Kinectimals" with Microsoft, "Disneyland Adventures" with Microsoft and Disney, "Zoo Tycoon" and now "Scream Ride" with Microsoft and "Tales from Deep Space" with Amazon. It has recently announced a fourth game in the "Elite" series - "Elite: Dangerous" which has created a great deal of interest and is now in Beta and releases later this year. Frontier floated on the London Stock Exchange in July 2013 (AIM: FDEV). David is also a founding trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charity that makes small computers for only $25 for education, a member of BAFTA, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Dame Stella Rimington is known to billions of people worldwide as she was the role model for the character of “M” played by Dame Judi Dench in the James Bond 007 films. She was born in 1935 and educated at Nottingham High School for Girls and Edinburgh University. She gained a postgraduate diploma in the Study of Records and the Administration of Archives at Liverpool University, and then worked in the Worcester County Record Office and the India Office Library, London. In 1965 she accompanied her husband on a posting to the British High Commission in New Delhi. While in India, she worked part-time for the Security Service, which at that time had an office in New Delhi.

Returning to the UK in 1969, she joined the Security Service as a full-time employee. She worked in all the main fields of the Service's responsibilities - counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism - becoming successively Director of all three branches. She was appointed Director General of MI5 in 1992, the first woman to take the post and the first Director General to be publicly named. She retired in April 1996.

As Satya Nadella becomes the third CEO of Microsoft, he brings a relentless drive for innovation and a spirit of collaboration to his new role. He joined Microsoft 22 years ago because he saw how clearly Microsoft empowers people to do magical things and ultimately make the world a better place. He is quoted as saying: " Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance. "

Jeremy Paxman is an award-winning journalist, author and television presenter. He has worked for the BBC since 1977 and has been the presenter of Newsnight, University Challenge and many BBC documentaries on various subjects including Victorian art, the Empire, Wilfred Owen and most recently the four-part series Britain’s Great War. He anchored Newsnight for 25 years from 1989.

Jeremy was born in Yorkshire in 1950, educated at Malvern College in Worcestershire and received his degree (in English) from St Catharine's College, Cambridge. For three years in the mid-seventies, Jeremy Paxman was based in Northern Ireland, where he covered the Troubles for the BBC. In 1977, he joined the Tonight programme, for which he was a roving reporter. This was followed by five years as a reporter on Panorama, where assignments took him frequently to Africa, the Americas and the Middle East.

Sir Bob Geldof started his work in Africa with the Band Aid single in 1984 and the subsequent Live Aid Concerts in 1985 which represented the ‘charity’ aspect of overcoming the immediate problems of 35 million people starving from the drought and famine in Ethiopia.

Currently Sir Bob is working on the third and final leg of the tripod of support for Africa, Economic Development. He has launched the 8 Mile equity fund which has recently achieved its final close at USD 500,000,000 and is now investing in African business development.

Outside of Band Aid and the 8 Mile Fund Bob, as an entrepreneurial businessman, is involved in six very successful businesses ranging from political activism to digital technology in the education sector with its parental communication systems (Groupcall).

Ronan Dunne was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Telefónica UK (O2) and member of Telefonica Europe’s Executive Committee on 1 January 2008. Ronan became a member of the Telefónica SA Executive Committee in March 2014. Ronan was previously Chief Financial Officer in the UK, a position held since February 2005. He served as Head of Finance and deputy to the Group Chief Financial Officer of O2 plc. from 2001 to 2005.

Prior to joining O2 in 2001, he held senior positions in Banking with Banque Nationale de Paris and in the Corporate sector with Exel plc. and Waste Management International plc. Ronan is a non-executive director of Tesco Mobile, Telefónica's highly successful mobile joint venture with Tesco plc. He is also a non-executive director of the Guardian Media Group (GMG) and AVG Technologies. Ronan serves as a trustee of Step Up to Serve, the UK national youth social action campaign.

Sir Martin Sorrell is the entrepreneurial founder and CEO of WPP, the world’s largest marketing communications group. He is one of the most respected global industry leaders whose views on business and the world economy are widely sought.

WPP employs over 179,000 people (including associates and investments) in over 3,000 offices in 110 countries. The Group’s worldwide companies include JWT, Ogilvy & Mather, Y&R, Grey, Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom, Kantar (including Millward Brown and TNS), OgilvyOne Worldwide, Wunderman, Burson-Marsteller, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Landor, Brand Union, AKQA and WPP Digital.

Sir Martin has degrees from Cambridge University and Harvard Business School. He actively supports the advancement of international business schools, advising Harvard, IESE and Indian School of Business, among others. Recent recognitions for Group: In 2014 Holding Company of the Year at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (fourth year running) and Most Effective Holding Company in Effie Global Effectiveness Index (third year running).

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Asus - ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and manufacturer of the world’s best-selling, award-winning motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that meet the needs of today’s digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes notebooks, netbooks, servers, tablets, smartphones, desktop and all-in-one PCs, wireless solutions, networking devices, motherboards, graphics cards, displays and multimedia devices. Driven by innovation and committed to quality as proven by the 4,256 awards ASUS won in 2013.

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O2 - O2 is the commercial brand of Telefónica UK Limited and is a leading digital communications company with the highest customer satisfaction for any mobile provider according to Ofcom. With over 23 million customers, O2 runs 2G, 3G and 4G networks across the UK, as well as operating O2 Wifi and owning half of Tesco Mobile. O2 has over 450 retail stores and sponsors The O2, O2 Academy venues and the England rugby team.

Ricoh UK Ltd - Ricoh IT Services is a division of Ricoh UK organisation, part of one of the largest IT service providers globally. With a stated goal to grow IT annuity and managed services business with our clients, the ITS business has successfully grown both in terms of revenues and client retention. The value proposition focuses on delivering robust and scalable solutions and services that improve worker productivity and IT operations efficiency. Our consulting practices – Device & Application, Networking & Collaboration and Service & Performance Management – underpin a 24 x 7 Managed Service that leverages cloud services from Microsoft – Microsoft Azure and Office 365.

Acer - Established in 1976, Acer is a hardware + software + services company dedicated to the research, design, marketing, sale and support of innovative products that enhance people's lives. Acer's product offering includes PCs, displays, projectors, servers, tablets and smartphones — tools our customers need to explore beyond limits and experience more. Acer employs 7,400 people and ranks No. 4 for total PCs globally (IDC 2013).

Plantronics - Plantronics, a global leader in audio communications for business and consumers, pioneered new trends in audio technology, creating innovative products that allow people to simply communicate. From unified communications to Bluetooth® headsets, we deliver uncompromising quality and extraordinary service. Plantronics products are used by every company in the Fortune 100™, as well as by emergency call operators and consumers around the world.

QA Ltd - With 30 years at the forefront of IT and Technology skills training and over 1,500 course titles, QA provides a broad range of high quality learning solutions to all organisations and across all industry verticals. As Microsoft’s largest UK Gold Learning Partner, we specialise in leading edge Microsoft technology training as well as young/career entrant programmes via our award winning Apprenticeships and the newly launched Gateway Programme.

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Bing - Bing is the Microsoft search engine that finds and organises the answers you need so you can make faster, more informed decisions. For advertisers, Bing offers a growing quality audience. Bing partnered with Yahoo to create the Yahoo Bing Network, which is home to 117 million unique searchers* in Europe who represent 1.6 billion monthly searches – that’s a lot of opportunities for your business to be seen. *comScore qSearch (custom), June 2014.

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Microsoft Payment Solutions - Microsoft Payment Solutions provides a range of flexible payment options that enable customers to structure payments for their Microsoft solutions to meet specific business and financial requirements.

Sitecore - Sitecore is the global leader in customer experience management software. The company delivers highly relevant content and personalized digital experiences that delight audiences, build loyalty and drive revenue. With Sitecore’s experience platform, marketers can own the experience of every customer and prospect that engages with their brand, across every channel.

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Ultima Business Solutions - Ultima Business Solutions is a leading end to end IT Infrastructure partner. Our mission is quite simple: make technology an asset for your business, not a problem. We believe that there is no substitute for understanding. Uncovering client needs and having the experience and ability to deliver robust and suitable IT Infrastructure solutions is embedded within the Ultima DNA.

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VENUE & CONTACTS

The exhibition was held on the 12th November 2015 at the ExCeL London.

ExCeL London
One Western Gateway
Royal Victoria Dock
London, E16 1XL

General enquiries and event Information

T: +44 (0)20 7069 5000
E: info@excel-london.co.uk

ExCeL London, the international exhibition and convention centre, is the host venue for a variety of events from award winning exhibitions and conferences to international association meetings, product launches, banquets, award ceremonies, sporting events and more. ExCeL London is the UK capital's largest exhibition centre.

London is the natural meeting point for the world’s business networks. It is a leading city in the world’s economy and a centre of international trade and finance. Located in the London Borough of Newham, this exhibitions and conference centre is an excellent venue in England. 

Lying adjacent to Canary Wharf, ExCeL London is the latest cultural quarter which possesses every facility that an event demands. Accommodating thousands of visitors in its huge event halls, state of the art conference suites and 45 meeting rooms, this multifaceted event venue is often preferred for flexible selection of space.

ExCeL London is owned by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC). Its portfolio also includes the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and the Al Ain Convention Centre.

ADNEC Group's portfolio currently includes the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, the Gulf's largest exhibition centre; the Al Ain Convention Centre, a brand new development in the historic city of Al Ain, Capital Gate, the UAE capital's iconic, gravity defying tower and a number of hotel projects.

HOW TO GET TO EXCEL

The Jubilee Line is recommended as the quickest route to ExCeL London and the ICC. Alight at Canning Town and change onto a Beckton-bound DLR train, for the quick 2-stop journey to Custom House for ExCeL (West) or Prince Regent for ExCeL (East) and ICC London.

When driving to ExCeL London follow signs for Royal Docks, City Airport and ExCeL. There is easy access from the M25, M11, A406 and A13. Contact the AA for information on planning your journey and 24-hour live traffic reports, by calling on +44 (0) 906 888 4322.

For a map of ExCeL London's location visit www.streetmap.co.uk and search for ExCeL London by postcode - E16 1XL. For Sat Nav purposes, we recommend using postcode - E16 1DR.

ExCeL London offers on-site car parking for 3,700 cars, which is pay and display at around £15 for 24 hours.

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