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Expert
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Talk

There is wide agreement that data can provide insight and in somecase intent, but can data also understand you as a human, what you do to add signals to data and how new UI/ UX will pick up even more of your human actions and reactions.

Questions answered :
where UI/UX goes next
Where data goes next
How we get more value from digital interactions

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Expert
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Talk

An exploration of emerging technologies and their impact on consumer behaviour. We’ll present the latest trends and forecasts, aiming to build an understanding of how consumers are interacting with the newest technologies, how different sectors are being impacted and what we might expect for the future.

Questions answered :
- Which trends and drivers are shaking up the world of 2013?
- How are consumers being impacted by technological change? And how can brands keep up?
- What trends can we expect to see over the coming years?

Speaker Bio: Richard joined the Future Foundation in July 2007 and currently serves as the Account Director for Media, Technology and Telecoms. He is responsible for managing relationships with major nVision clients within the sector, developing new relationships with key industry players & delivering bespoke analysis & consultancy. Richard is also the Future Foundation’s Economics Editor, responsible for nVision’s economic content such as the monthly Economic Snapshot and speaking about the UK, European and
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Novice
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Workshops

Create video interviews and reports straight away with your smartphone or tablet. Using simple templates, this workshop will provide you with easily-acquired skills for reporting events and actions, and distributing them effectively.
The videos will be available online instantly and be part of the social media conversation during the event. With this newly learned skill, each participant will be able to go on reporting on Digital Shoreditch events.

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Where next for mobile journalism and reporting? This session will reboot your ideas about citizen media and will show you how to use the tools in your pocket to produce quality media instantly.

Speaker Bio: Marc Barto is producer and training director at visionOntv. He runs the Open Source group "Spring of Code" and a few other tech communities in London. In a previous life Marc has been a scriptwriter for French TV travel documentaries and won the Kieslowski scenario prize in 2002. His video training experience began in the schools of Bordeaux and continued with media analysis workshops in Paris Universities and now London. For visionOntv this year, Marc has organised media workshops for the Tra
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Expert
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Talk

BIG Data Vs. Data Communication.
Making data approachable, visible and actionable.

Questions answered :
How to make data approachable.
How to communicate data to improve decision making.

Speaker Bio: Paul Joyce, previously freelanced for blue chip organisations designing and building data warehouses for BI and MI reporting Started working on Geckoboard in March 2010, bootstrapped the startup cost until December 2010 when the seed round closed. Geckboard is a fast growing tech startup backed by 500 Startups, Dave McClure and Index Ventures. Geckoboard is a real-time business dashboard, which helps data-driven organisations visualise their KPIs and data. Geckoboard was voted one of London
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Intermediate
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Workshops

d3.js is a popular JavaScript data visualisation library. The main difference from other charting library is its focus on interactivity. Makoto created a series of screencast called “The Joy of d3.js”, a commit-by-commit guide to building Hans Rosling’s “GapMinder” data visualisation in d3.js. The more detail is at http://blog.new-bamboo.co.uk/2013/01/07/the-joy-of-d3-js

Questions answered :
How to use d3.js

Speaker Bio: Makoto Inoue is a developer at New Bamboo, based in London. Makoto is an organiser of london d3.js meetup(http://lanyrd.com/series/london-d3-js/) and made a series of screencast called "The Joy of d3.js(http://blog.new-bamboo.co.uk/2013/01/07/the-joy-of-d3-js)" a commit-by-commit guide to building Hans Rosling's "GapMinder" data visualisation in d3.js.
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Expert
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Showcase

Introduction to Sooqini.com: the platform for entrepreneurs to get anything they need to accelerate their business at a super-low cost. Get services from trusted product testers, researchers to designers at your budget.

Sooqini was featured on BBC News as a solution to the employment problem.

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- Provide tools to get personal and business services more efficiently and cheaply

- Discussion on collaboration consumption and how its helping Londoners save and make money

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Expert
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Talk

Introduction to the concept of collaborative consumption and the evolution of peer to peer marketplaces.

Discussion on how its helping Londoners conserve resources across useful everyday scenarios:
- time / services
- car sharing
- storage
- employment
- parking
and more

We advise to have a panel of evangelists from the space to make it a very interesting and inspiring discussion.

Questions answered :
- How we can save and make money and be better citizens to help the UK economy get back on its feet

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Novice
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Showcase

This session will showcase a number of defence and security applications of technology in support of training and education. It will address route to market issues and look to future opportunities.

Questions answered :
How the latest training technologies are being exploited in defence and security? How best to exploit capabilities of Tech City in the defence and security sectors?

Speaker Bio: Andy Fawkes is a chartered engineer and recently retired Civil Servant with 20 years of Whitehall experience. In recent years he specialized in the field of defence training and was the the MoD policy lead for simulation. Now an independent consultant, he is particularly interested in the role of technology in transforming organisations.
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Novice
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Talk

Having interviewed 18 mobile entrepreneurs from across the globe for Mad Men of Mobile, we will look at what traits the entrepreneurs share and what advice they offered for those starting out in the industry.

Questions answered :
What does it take to be successful in mobile?

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Novice
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Talk

All about responsive design, from a UX perspective.

Questions answered :
What is it about?
Which are its 3 core components?
Which UX principles we should keep in mind?
Which are some useful responsive design patterns?

Speaker Bio: User Experience designer generating enjoyable and accessible cross-channel customer experiences, from concept stage to delivery phase. Has a strong creative design background, and a deep understanding of frontend technologies –especially on mobile. Energetic team player, with experience working within big multidisciplinary teams, and on agile projects.
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