Innovation Week 2022

Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Seyi Akiwowo

Author, How To Stay Safe Online

Julia Alexander

CEO, Trailblazers Mentoring Charity

Prof Alka S Ahuja

TEC Cymru, TEC Cymru

Elizabeth Anderson

COO, Digital Poverty Alliance

Ashiq Anjum

Professor of Distributed Systems and Director of Enterprise and Impact, University of Leicester

Martin Baxter

Director of Policy and External Affairs & Deputy CEO, IEMA

Julian Blake

External relations manager, Opencast

Louis Childs

Innovation Lead, Prostate Cancer UK

George Cook

Computers 4 Charity

Prof Sandra Esteves

Professor, University of South Wales

Sebastien Farnaud

Professor of Enterprise, and Innovation in Healthcare Technology, Coventry University

Chris Howes

Group Chief Digital and Information Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tim Hoyle

Account Executive, Intel

Ishan Jha

Uber for Visually Impaired People, VIP World Services Limited

Gemma Johns

TEC Cymru

James Johnson

NFU Mutual, CGI

Robin Knowles

Founder & CEO, Digital Leaders

Jonathan Ley

CEO, Make Time Count

Catherine Lunardi

Présidente, GENAIZ

Eliud Luutsa

Schools Leadership Development Program Lead, Africa Matters Initiative

Donna Lyndsay

Strategic Market Lead for Environment and Sustainability, Ordnance Survey

Fraser Macdonald

Head of Delivery and Innovation, Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF

Dylan McKee

CEO and Founder, Nebula Labs

Adam Munder

Intel Corporation

Bradley Quinn

Associate Director of Insight, Health Innovation Manchester

Niall Riddell

Paua Tech Limited, Paua Tech Limited

Susan Rodaway

Director, Vocaleyes Democracy CIC

Rada Sandic Spaho

PhD student, Nord University

Miaolung SHIH

Instructor, OLLI UTMB

Russell Southwood

CEO, Balancing Act

Hannah Thomson

Founder CEO, The Joy Club

Lucy Wakeford

Digital Leaders

Jim Walker

Flood Digital Manager, Environment Agency

Dr Wei Yang

CEO, Digital Task Force for Planning

Mattie Yeta

Chief Sustainability Officer UK and Australia, CGI

Talks

Innovation Week - Opening Event

14 November 2022, 09:30 AM

Creating bright futures for young prison leavers: how digital is changing lives

14 November 2022, 10:00 AM

Health and disability: how DWP and Opencast collaborated to build a user-centred service

14 November 2022, 12:00 PM

Regenerative agriculture and technological solutions

14 November 2022, 02:00 PM

Utilising linked data to accelerate research & innovation - Lessons from the Greater Manchester trusted research environment

14 November 2022, 02:00 PM

Building for retirees - why current social media platforms don’t work for this demographic and the opportunity to build something that does

14 November 2022, 04:00 PM

SEEDS: Research, innovation and technology

15 November 2022, 08:00 AM

Tech for Good - Developing Digital Solutions That Change Lives

15 November 2022, 10:30 AM

TERMS- Technology Enabled Remote Monitoring in Schools

15 November 2022, 10:30 AM

A Digital Future for Planning - Spatial Planning Reimagined

15 November 2022, 12:00 PM

Your no bullshit guide to creating an innovation strategy

15 November 2022, 12:00 PM

Digital and Sustainability – The role of technology in climate action.

15 November 2022, 12:30 PM

The £10bn Innovation Challenge - Enabling a community-led approach to reducing crime

15 November 2022, 12:30 PM

Electrifying your business vehicles

15 November 2022, 02:00 PM

How to Build a Data Collaborative

15 November 2022, 02:00 PM

Enabling Inclusive Communication between Deaf and Hearing users with OmniBridge AI Translation

15 November 2022, 03:00 PM

Wearable devices in palliative care for older people

16 November 2022, 11:00 AM

How To Stay Safe Online

16 November 2022, 11:00 AM

What can we learn from 35 years of closing the digital divide in Africa?

16 November 2022, 12:00 PM

Increasing participation and community action through digital innovation

16 November 2022, 05:00 PM

What if you could make money & improve society and wellbeing with your SMARTer Home?

17 November 2022, 10:00 AM

Travel Hands

17 November 2022, 11:30 AM

How to apply Environmental, Social and Governance policies to your ICT

17 November 2022, 12:00 PM

Rivercraft - the Minecraft game inspiring the next generation of flood and environmental champions

17 November 2022, 02:00 PM

When wastes could be resources

17 November 2022, 02:30 PM

Opening the Mind's Eye in Humanistic Buddhism Practice (HBP) App

18 November 2022, 09:00 AM

PROMOTING SOCIAL INNOVATION FOR THE YOUTH IN AFRICA

18 November 2022, 12:00 PM

Tech for Good

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