Posted by s.hettrick on 16 June 2015 - 10:13am

As one of the challenge areas of the RCUK Digital Economy Programme, the IT as a Utility Network+ is celebrating another successful year with a two-day programme of talks, demonstrations and conversations covering some of the key aspects of the digital economy.

In addition to lightning talks and demonstrations from many of our funded projects and other related initiatives, we are very pleased to include the following speakers:

• Jeremy Frey, University of Southampton: from living labs to digital utilities and services
• Philip Godsiff, Surrey Business School: the role of crypto-currencies: money as a utility?
• Tracy Keys, RCUK: a research council’s perspective
• Anisah Osman Britton, The Bakery Accelerator Programme: women in innovation
• David Rew, University Hospital Southampton: the clinical informatics revolution
• Elena Simperl, University of Southampton: open data and social machines
• Amanda Smith, Open Data Institute: Open Data: creating partnerships, changing business, connecting cultures
• Andy Stanford-Clark, IBM: what next for the Internet of Things?
• Paul Watson, Newcastle University: healthcare in the Cloud
• Alana Wood, ustwo: holacracy, time and design agency culture

The conference takes place on the 6-7 July in Southampton at the Solent Conference Centre in the City Centre.

Full details of the programme and registration can be found on the website. Some bursaries are available - contact info@itutility.ac.uk for further information before you register.