Inaugural Future Technology SIG

Brought to you by Cambridge Wireless

Attend this fast paced and entertaining trip into the future where ten speakers will look at technology trends in all areas of everyday life and how they are changing.

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About the event

Apps, gadgets, gizmos, devices and more! These are technologies of the future that shape the world we live in. We aim to give consumers an experience that will improve all areas of their lives. Work, entertainment, rest and play; everyone is a user on some level. And, as consumers change, so must technology.

This evening event will take a look at the developments in these areas and how they are changing for the future. The next generation of IT innovators are actively involved in the start-up scene, they are avid users of social media and they are more connected than ever before. The Future Technologies SIG is run by a cohort of young millennial technology enthusiasts and aims to unite new generation techies with existing tech aficionados.

Taking place at the start-up hub of London, Google Campus, the event will have a strong focus on networking, ending with beers and pizzas for the delegates to relax over conversation about the next generation technologies.

Speakers will be using the 'PechaKucha' style of presenting, where slides are shown for a maximum of 20 seconds each, leading to fast paced and interesting inputs. Speakers include:

Please help to spread the word about this new SIG by passing on the details of this launch event to young employees at your organisation.

The Future Technology SIG is championed by Sylvia Lu of u-blox AG, Rob Symes of The Outside View, Jessica Wakelin of Tribal and Natalie Waterworth of Talented Heads. We are also grateful to Google Campus for kindly hosting and Talented Heads for sponsoring this event.

You can follow @CambWireless on Twitter and tweet about this event using #CWFT.

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Agenda

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17:00

Registration and networking over drinks

17:30

Introduction to the Cambridge Wireless Future Technology SIG from Peter Whale of Qualcomm

17:40

Welcome from sponsor Natalie Waterworth of Talented Heads

17:45

Touchless Touch: How to Control your Gadgets from a Distance; Tom Carter – Ultrahaptics

17:55

The Transport Revolution; Steve Mayger – Pedal Power Transport

18:05

An Introduction to Raspberry Pi, Rob Bishop – Imperial College London

18:05

Deep Neural Networks: Learning Like Humans; Jurgen Van Gael – Rangespan Ltd

18:25

The Computer: from Servant to Assistant; Noel Welsh – Myna

18:35

The Future in Advance; Mark Longstaff – Spigit

18:45

Cognition Engineering; Jeremy Chatfield – Mantis Web Marketing

18:55

It’s What You Do With It That Counts (How Public APIs and The Cloud Are Redefining Corporate IT); Rob Cowell – Live Nation Entertainment

19:05

Smart Batteries; Zahid Ghadialy - eXplanoTech

19:15

Q&A chaired by SIG Champion Natalie Waterworth of Talented Heads

19:25

Networking over beer and pizza

20:00

Event closes

Speakers

Tom Carter - CTO and Founder, Ultrahaptics

Ultrahaptics’ breakthrough technology creates the sensation of touch in mid-air – shapes and textures that cannot be seen but can be felt. It enables customers to harness the extraordinary power of haptics, and expertly supports them to deliver immersive, intuitive, innovative and often magical experiences across a range of sectors. The company has raised £30m in funding, and employs around 100 people worldwide with offices in Bristol, Palo Alto, Munich and Seoul. Tom started exploring ultrasound technology during a study in the final year of his Master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Bristol. He further developed the initial concept to form the basis of his PhD studies, during which time he published numerous papers and filed various patents. Recognising the technology’s commercial viability, Tom founded Ultrahaptics in November 2013.

Jeremy Chatfield - Lead Consultant, Mantis Web Marketing

Zahid Ghadialy - Principal Analyst & Consultant, 3G4G

Zahid is a technologist with a deep understanding of architecting world-class mobile products and solutions. With over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry in various roles, he has been an evangelist for mobile and wireless technologies. Over the years he has accumulated a vast following on his blogs and social networks with simple explainer posts and videos.

His 3G4G blogs are widely read where he looks at different aspects of mobile technology and especially 5G and 6G nowadays, including the architecture, deployments, use cases, applications, etc. His YouTube channel is also very popular where he explains many new features expected as part of 5G in the future. While his style and content is unique, he also references many industry publications and provides slides that are very useful to view online.

He is also very active on Twitter under his @3G4GUK brand helping disseminate the benefits of 5G and why 5G will be needed in the long run. He covers a very wide portfolio of 5G related information that is hard to find otherwise.

Until recently, Zahid was a Senior Director looking at Technology & Innovation Strategy in Parallel Wireless. As a brand ambassador, he represented the company in various Open RAN discussions and also created tutorials on Open RAN and O-RAN which are being used as reference for new starters on the topic.

Noel Welsh - Myna

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Google Campus, 4-5 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4BX

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