BCS Insights 2021 - Thursday 24 June
Take part in a day of inspirational and challenging debate with distinguished industry experts to explore what ‘good’ really looks like in IT.
Back for a third year, BCS Insights 2021 brings you our most stellar line-up yet. Join key speakers including internet legend Vint Cerf, and eminent computer scientist Dame Wendy Hall, as we take a planet-wide view of tech: how it can help the climate emergency; how it hinders; the role of professionalism; what we should expect from the tech giants… and what we can do.
In the morning session we’ll aim to define what good looks like in IT for our profession and our planet, while the afternoon’s focus is on doing good and what that means for our people and our principles.
What should we expect from IT and its providers, and how do we pursue these goals as an industry, for the benefit of society? We’ll examine the role of the big tech companies, what good innovation really means, and how and when we should press reset as a profession.
Have your say on the answers to these questions and so much more
Understand how you and your business can make a difference as an enabler of positive tech
Connect and engage with influential industry figures in live online polls, discussion and Q&A
‘Take home’ our Insights 2021 report and be first to preview the Chartered Institute for IT’s latest research
Programme | Speakers | Report | Event summary
Speakers include:
Vinton Cerf DistFBCS
Internet pioneer
Dame Wendy Hall DistFBCS
UK AI Skills Champion
John Higgins CBE FBCS
BCS President
Chris Adams
Director, Green Web Foundation
Amanda Brock
CEO OpenUK
Liz Ashall-Payne
Co-founder and CEO, ORCHA
Gary Spracklen
Headteacher, The Prince of Wales School, Dorchester
Cat Scutt
Director of Education and Research, Chartered College of Teaching
Dr Saima Rana
CEO/Principal, GEMS World Academy
Dr Chen Mao Davies
Founder and CEO, LatchAid
Rashik Parmar MBE FBCS
IBM Fellow and Vice President Technology - Europe
Jim Knight
The Rt Hon Lord Knight of Weymouth