Hello Backstagers
I'd like to get the Wealth of Networks event on your radar, coming up this week Thursday at Imperial College. It's rather short notice to be getting the word out, so I'd love any help you can give me in passing this info on to others who might be interested. There will be a number of interesting panel discussions on topics which I know are near and dear to many of you (such as the Mobile Economy, E-Healthcare, and E-Gov), and Gareth Mitchell of BBC Digital Planet will be moderating the main panel session. Please feel free to come out for any part of the day that you can make it - and I hope to see many of you there!! Cheers, Margaret Wealth of Networks: Digital Economies and the Next-generation Internet Bringing together researchers, industry and the UK community to explore the future of the Digital Economy in the UK. You are cordially invited to help shape the future of the Internet, and the UK Digital Economy Thursday, July 24th, 2008 - Imperial College, Tanaka Business School The EPSRC-funded Digital Economies Research Cluster, "Opportunities and Challenges in the Digital Economy: an Agenda for the Next-Generation Internet" announces an open forum to shape the direction of research into the digital economy in the UK. This will be a national event which will bring together experts from across the UK in conversation with the general public. We welcome a broad range of views from everyone interested in the future of the Internet and the digital economy. The forum will feature an open panel discussion with cluster researchers and industry leaders, moderated by Gareth Mitchell (Digital Planet-BBC World Service). These discussions will contribute to setting the national funding council priorities for future research. Topics will include: * Next-generation Healthcare * e-Government * Digital Entrepreneurship * The Mobile Economy * Trust, Data and Security * e-Society and the future of social networks Attendance is free, but pre-registration is required. To register to attend, please <http://wealthofnetworks.eventbrite.com/> head on over to Eventbrite. To find out more of the details, please <http://wealthofnetworks.wordpress.com/> visit our blog. (You can also find us at <http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/904358/?ps=6> Upcoming , on <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=20601581374> Facebook , or follow us on <http://twitter.com/wealthofnetwork> Twitter ) AGENDA 9.00 Registration 9.30 Honorary Welcome - Sir Roy Anderson, Rector of Imperial College 9.45 Introduction - Prof. John Darlington, Imperial College Internet Centre 10.00 Keynote Address - John Varney, founder and CEO of Maximum Clarity and former CTO of the BBC 10.45 Coffee break 11.00 The Wealth of Networks Panel Discussion - Moderated by Gareth Mitchell, BBC Digital Planet Panellists include Professor John Darlington of Imperial College, Dr. Gary Graham of Manchester Business School, Dan Appelquist of Vodafone, John Barr of The 451 Group, and John Hand of the EPSRC. 12.30 Lunch Interval 14.00 Breakout Discussion Sessions * A time and a place: How can the Digital Economy provide Services for Intelligent Mobility Management * Using digital technology to improve people's health and the delivery of healthcare * Internet economics & markets * Innovation and entrepreneurship 15.00 Coffee 15.15 Breakout Discussion Sessions * Self-evolving Internet * Service infrastructure enabling the Digital Economy * Trust, data and security * Identity management in the Next-generation Internet 16.15 Concluding remarks 17.00 Reception Gold Mobile Innovation Ltd (e) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (m) 0798 563 2237 (s) margaretgold
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