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09:00 – 10:00
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Registration & Networking | Exhibition Space
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Keynote | Francis Crick Auditorium
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10:00 – 10:10
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Welcome to the Conference
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| 10:10 – 10:40 |
Opening Keynote
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| 10:40 – 11:30 |
Converging our World
We will explore how technology is bringing the world closer by convergence - allowing communications networks to become more seamless from space to the earth to the deep ocean with intelligence and compute more tightly coupled. As this transformative journey starts, we’ll uncover what remarkable innovations emerge from this convergence and resulting new challenges.
Chair: Ruth Brown, Principal Analyst - Mobile Networks & 5G, Heavy Reading
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11:30 – 12:00
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Networking Break | Exhibition Space
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Stream 1 | Technology Landscape
Francis Crick Auditorium
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Stream 2 | Emerging Technology
Rosalind Franklin Pavilion
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12:00 – 13:00
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Stream 1, Session 1: At Altitude
Space & Airborne platforms and application
Global mobile comms will converge across terrestrial, and non-terrestrial networks. Will this world be a utopian dream of always connected roaming for everyone, rich and poor, urban, rural and remote? Will it be the key to realising the IoT dream of global m2m connectivity? Or a dystopic nightmare of full orbits, space junk, RF interference and light pollution?
Chair: Paul Febvre, CTO, Satellite Applications Catapult
Speakers include:
- Peter Kibutu, 5G NTN Market lead, TTP plc
- Walt Everetts, VP, Space & Ground Services, Iridium
- Yasrine Ibnyahya, Senior Director, Advanced Concepts & Technologies, VIASAT
- Dr Fionagh Thomson, Senior Research Fellow, Durham University
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Stream 2, Session 1: Moonshot Ideas
Innovative Technologies
What are the most ambitious innovation challenges for the coming decades? What are the bold, ambitious, and transformative ideas to solve these challenges? Where is the UK best placed to lead groundbreaking innovation that will have significant impact? This session will explore early-stage research and innovations which has the realistic potential to make a major breakthrough.
Chair: Olu Orugboh, CEO & Founder, Synergy Solutions
Speakers include:
- Paul Dupont, Director, Business Development – UK, Intralink
- Dr. Alastair McGibbon, Head of Business Development, Space Forge
- Richard Murray, Co-founder & CEO, ORCA Computing
- Neil Cooper, Head of Marketing, VividQ
- Yan Fen Lee, Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia
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13:00 – 14:00
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Lunch | Exhibition Space
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Stream 1 | Technology Landscape
Francis Crick Auditorium |
Stream 2 | Emerging Technology
Rosalind Franklin Pavilion
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| 14:00 – 15:00 |
Stream 1, Session 2: On the Ground
Terrestrial technologies and applications
Some proponents of 6G talk about the architecture being sufficiently flexible to enable the "easy integration of everything". But what's new in this? Is this the kind of hype that was so prevalent at the outset of 5G? In some respects, we are still waiting for the magic. The challenges and costs of such technology-led innovation are immense, but where is the genuine commercial and human value?
Chair: Nick Johnson, Head of UKTIN
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Stream 2, Session 2: Feet on the floor
The Reality of AI
What are the real-world capabilities of AI? Will AI match up to our grandest visions, or is it caught in a cycle of inflated expectations? Are we on the cusp of a revolution, or still grappling with fundamental challenges? We will hold a candid dialogue with leading experts in different industry sectors, on their experience and insights on exploiting and exploring AI.
Chair: Yue Wang, Head of 6G Research, Samsung Research UK & Chair UKTIN AI EWG
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15:00 – 15:30
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Networking Break | Exhibition Space
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Stream 1 | Technology landscape
Francis Crick Auditorium |
Stream 2 | Emerging Technology
Rosalind Franklin Pavilion
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| 15:30 – 16:30 |
Stream 1, Session 3: In the Deep
Maritime technologies and applications
Our Oceans and waterways are precious resources, a critical component in managing the climate and a key enabler for UK manufacturers and suppliers to reach out into international markets. We will hear from experts on leading disruptive and enabling technologies, including green propulsion, autonomy, future communications and explore barriers to success and the drivers that will help overcome them.
Chair: Andre Burgess, Strategic Partnerships, Security & Resilience, NPL
Speakers include:
- Richard Anthony, Senior Application Engineer - Northern Europe, Protolabs
- Dr Kimberly Tam, Associate Professor, University of Plymouth and DCE Marine & Maritime Theme Lead, Alan Turing Institute
- Osman Turan, Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde
- James Thomas, CEO & Founder, JET Connectivity
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Stream 2, Session 3: Deep Tech
Quantum Technologies
How will quantum technologies change the world? What are the latest advances in quantum technologies such as: computing and its applications, cryptography, sensing and metrology, communications and networking, simulation, and modelling.
Chair: Graham Peters, Managing Director Government Services, Arqit
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Plenary Session | Francis Crick Auditorium
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16:35 - 17:25
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Debate: Barbie vs Oppenheimer
This house believes that emerging technology will build a utopian Barbie world and not risk an Oppenheimer nuclear winter.
Chair: Dr Mike Short CBE, Former Chief Scientific Adviser, Dept for Business and Trade, & Chair, UKTIN Advisory Board
Debators include:
- Dr Eleanor Drage, Research Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge
- Harry Cronin, Lead Invention Engineer & Head of Standards, Iprova
- Dean Bubley, Director, Mobile Technology & Futurism Analyst / Consultant, Disruptive Analysis
- William Webb, CTO, Access Partnership
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17:25 – 17:30
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Closing Remarks
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17:30 – 18:30
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Drinks Reception | Exhibition Space
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