Bristol Digital Futures Institute is delighted to announce our inaugural symposium. Join us in setting an ambitious agenda for digital futures research and practice.
We’ll showcase cutting-edge technology development, together with the latest thinking in sociotechnical and futures methodologies, and explore:
- How can we disrupt traditional patterns of innovation?
- How can we drive technology development for more inclusive, sustainable, and prosperous futures?
- And how could we deploy this thinking to realise our ambitions for 6G?
Hear from industry experts, academics, and policy makers; and learn more about our world-leading facilities – due to launch in 2022 as part of the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.
Register now
BDFI 2022 Symposium - Agenda and Speakers (PDF, 499kB)
BDFI 2022 Symposium - Remo Guide (PDF, 160kB)
BDFI 2022 Symposium - Exhibitor Information (PDF, 901kB)
Agenda
Platform opens (11:00)
Welcome (11:15)
- Prof Hugh Brady, Vice Chancellor, University of Bristol
Directors address (11:25)
- Prof Susan Halford and Prof Dimitra Simeonidou, Adademic Co-Directors of BDFI
Panel 1: Remaking Digital Futures (11:40)
- Susan Halford (Chair)
- John Manley, CCO, Asking Bristol
- Alex Taylor, Reader in Human Computer Interaction, City University London
- Charlie Warwick, Head of Futures Advice, Government Office for Science
- Eva Feukeu, Futures Literacy Project Officer / Africa Coordinator, UNESCO
Panel 2: The Future of Wireless Connectivity: A Human Need or a Human Right? (12:45)
- Dimitra Simeonidou (Chair)
- Peter Williamson, Professor of International Management and Director of Studies in Management Studies; Chair of the Global issues Dialogue Centre at Jesus College
- Howard Benn, VP Research Samsung
- Simon Saunders, Honorary Prof. University of Bristol
Closing remarks (13:35)
Symposium ends (13:45)