Overview
Since the Industrial Revolution, innovative technology has played a unique role in powering growth and transforming economies. Catalysed by the possibilities of digital, the pace of technological change and scientific progress is accelerating, creating the new industries of the future.
We are sponsoring Codex’s conference which sees scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and visionaries take to the stage to discuss how they are building these ‘Industries of the Future’.
The event will consist of a series of Codex Talks, each relating to a specific industry or technology area. We’d like to invite you to join us on a day of your choice.
Why is innovation a necessity in this digital day and age?
Disruption is happening quickly. The World Economic Forum recently showed that the first Industrial Revolution lasted 86 years, the second 99 years, but the third lasted barely 50 years. In a world where so much of our life and work depends on technology, not harnessing that potential may be the difference between being left behind or getting ahead.
Agenda
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Timings
- Registration from 8am, with Chairman's welcome at 8.50am
- Closing remarks at 5.15pm, followed by a drinks reception
Detailed agenda
A number of topics will be discussed across the three days, with speakers also making a bold prediction about the future of their industry:
Wednesday 27 September
- Robotics and AI - including speakers from Rolls Royce, Intel, Imperial College London and BT
- Big Data and Analytics - including speakers from McLaren, BT and Oxford University
- 3D and 4D printing
Thursday 28 September
- Genomics and Digital Health
- Blockchain technologies and Digital Money
- Cybersecurity - including speakers from F-Secure and Darktrace
Friday 29 September
- New Energy technologies
- Space technologies - including speakers from NASA
- Virtual and Augmented Reality
You can also find a full list of speakers here.
Please register your interest in attending, and we’ll be in touch once tickets have been allocated.
Venue
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The BT Centre Auditorium is located at:
BT Centre
81 Newgate Street
London
EC1A 7AJ
Traveling by Rail: Cannon Street and City Thameslink are within walking distance
By Underground: central line to St Paul's
Featured speakers
Back to topVidhya Karthikeyan: Principal Research Scientist, BT
Vidhya’s research looks at how artificial intelligence can improve data network management. Her interest is in automating data insights that drive faster detection and diagnosis of faults in networks, and delivering services like TV with excellent quality of experience. She is also interested in the importance of data scientists in large corporates like BT.
She holds 25 patents or patent applications in autonomous network management, addressing the need for future networks to be intelligent, predictive and ready for the next generation of high-bandwidth applications. Vidhya was also awarded Young IT Professional of the Year in 2015 at the BCS UK IT Industry Awards and she won the CBI First Women Award (Engineering) in 2014 for achievements as a senior level business woman in the sector and inspiring women to enter the profession.
Dr Simon Thompson: Head of Big Data and Customer Experience Practice, BT
Simon Thompson leads the Big Data and Customer Experience Practice at BT Research. Simon and his team have led the development of big data and machine learning infrastructures in BT and have delivered a number of commercially successful applications over the last ten years.
Simon is a member of the advisory board of the Systems That Learn consortium at MIT, previously he was a member of the Big Data@CSAIL board. He is a member of the EPSRC college, has published more than 50 refereed papers and more than 30 patent applications. He will be a visiting researcher at The Alan Turing Institute in summer 2017 and in 1997 received a Ph.D from the University of Portsmouth. Simon has delivered presentations about machine learning & data science at University of Cambridge, MIT and The Royal Society.
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