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For the latest techUK podcast we have spoken to some of our most innovative members following COP26. We open with an interview with Elena Avesani from Oracle on their approach to net zero. We follow this with a discussion with Helen Grundy from Hitachi who talks through how digitising infrastructure can help deliver decarbonisation.

In the third section we talk to Veera Johnson and Will Wells, two clean tech start up founders to talk through the investment appetite for climate tech and how positioning a firm as clean tech can help drive interest.

Lastly we speak to Matt Houlihan from Cisco, on his reflections as a COP26 partner and the challenges of setting robust climate targets in a multinational business.

Visit our Climate action hub here: https://www.techuk.org/accelerating-innovation/climate-action-hub.html

Tech and Net Zero

In this month's podcast Programme Manager for Justice & Emergency Services, Jessica Russell, reflects on techUK's annual public sector conference, Building the Smarter State. 

Over 200 leaders from across the public sector and tech industry attended to unpack challenges and opportunities for tech to enable the future of public services. Speakers and attendees from all levels of government, including public safety, contributed to the conversation that focused on the twin themes of People and Places. 

During the conference, Jess sat down with two guests; Jenny Nelson, Programme Manager of Digital Newcastle, (interview starts at 00:40) and Wayne Parkes, Director of the National Enabling Programmes (interview starts at 10:12), to discuss how their work and their organisations are contributing to "building the smarter state".

Follow the conversation online by following #techUKSmarterState.

The techUK Podcast Episode 12 - Building the Smarter State

In this month’s podcast we talk all about the latest issues being discussed in the digital ethics debate. Our speakers discuss how organisations are operationalising ethical codes and principles (such as accountability and transparency), how to put ethics into action and how and where digital ethics is making a real difference to people’s lives.

Katherine Mayes, techUK’s Programme Manager for Cloud, Data Analytics and AI chats to Michael Philips, Assistant General Counsel and Phil Harvey, Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft (00:52), Riccardo Masucci, Global Director of Privacy Policy at Intel (07:26) and David Ellis, Managing Director at Station 10 (10:23)

the techUK Podcast Episode 15 - Digital ethics: Putting ethics into action

Tom Russell, Programme Manager for Health and Social Care at techUK, presents this month’s episode.

In the latest techUK podcast, we look at the latest developments in the UK’s healthtech space as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of stopping.

Tom Russell, Programme Manager for Health and Social Care at techUK, sits down (virtually!) with Nicola Haywood-Alexander, former Chief Information Officer of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Paul Bensley, CEO of X-on, and Garry McCord, Chief Strategy Officer at Servelec, to talk about a new initiative aiming to get the right healthtech to the right place, as well as the efforts of techUK members to support health and care professionals, organisations and citizens during this crisis.   

To find out more information about the topics raised in this podcast, please visit the techUK Coronavirus Information Hub (techUK.org) or get in touch with Health and Social Care Programme Managers Leontina Postelnicu and Tom Russell: Leontina.postelnicu@techuk.org; tom.russell@techuk.org.

The techUK Podcast Episode 16 - Healthtech during COVID-19

This month's techUK  podcast explores the UK quantum computing landscape and asks what are the key challenges we face now to secure a bright quantum future for the UK.

We caught up with Dr llana Wisby, CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) and Roger McKinlay, Challenge Director for Quantum Technologies at UK Research and Innovation (from 13.50 onwards).

Please visit www.techUK.org for more information.

The techUK Podcast Episode 17 - Quantum computing: challenges and opportunities

In the latest techUK podcast, our cyber team looks at the impact of COVID-19 on cyber security and developments within the industry more broadly.

Featuring interviews with Rebecca Lucas and Sneha Dawda from the Royal United Services Institute (from 1:01), Kat Sommer from the NCC Group (25.02), Budgie Dhanda from the UK Cyber Security Council ( 37:40) and Sam Menter from Mace and Menter (52:09), this podcast looks at campaigns including the CyberUP campaign which aims to reform the Computer Misuse Act and the Cyber Exchange which aims to bring together companies from across the Cyber industry.

Please visit www.techUK.org to learn more, and visit Cyber Exchange at https://cyberexchange.uk.net.

The techUK Podcast Episode 18 - Cyber security post-COVID

In the latest techUK podcast, we explore all things digital skills, looking at a reskilling and retraining revolution. 

We feature an interview with the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, Gillian Keegan and techUK President Jacqueline de Rojas (from 0:48), and explore our latest survey findings looking at the changing attitudes towards tech since lockdown (from 12:05). Sheila Flavell, Chief Operating Officer at FDM Group, talks about the impact of COVID-19 (from 19:55) and Anthony Harmer, Chief Executive at ELATT, (from 35:45) discusses the need for digital skills for the workforce of today and the future.

Please visit www.techUK.org to learn more.

The techUK Podcast Episode 19 - A reskilling and retraining revolution

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