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)

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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)