The 5th Wave of Computing – do we have the skills to deliver?
Departmental Seminar
- When?
- Wednesday 31 October 2012, 14:00 to 15:00
- Where?
- 39 BB 02
- Open to:
- Alumni, Public, Staff, Students
- Speaker:
- Mr David CLARKE, MBE, FBCS, CITP, MACM Chief Executive, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
The latest wave of technology development is being matched by equally significant changes in the way businesses, and organisations of all kinds, are doing business. Could these changes make the UK a third world economy?
- This combination of change is totally unprecedented
- Application of technology is everything
- But who has the combination of skills and knowledge to take full advantage of these changes?
One thing is for certain, those who have the skills and see the opportunities will be the winners.
Biography
David Clarke is Chief Executive of BCS, the professional body for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industries in the UK, representing over 62,000 highly qualified ICT professionals. The BCS represents the profession in many environments from industry to Government on a whole raft of IT-related issues. David has spent nearly thirty years involved with IT systems, firstly in the supply side and then from 1995 to 2002 as Chief Executive in the Virgin group of companies, and then Trinity Mirror plc. Prior to joining Virgin, David spent the previous eighteen years in senior UK, European and Global roles with three global technology companies, Hewlett Packard, Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq Computers.