What to expect
Taking place over two days, the Digital Accelerator sessions are designed to maximise the use of data and digitalisation in your organisation. Delivery is through a combination of workshops, expert speakers and case study reviews.
Spotlight speakers:
Nikki Constable
Head of Commercial IT, Bentley Motors
Session: ‘How digitalisation changed our business’
- Accountable for the systems landscape and IT projects for several business areas, including Sales, Marketing, Aftersales, Finance and HR. Nikki has 20 years’ experience in IT within an automotive setting, holding various roles, starting as a developer, moving into project management and then into today’s leadership position. Nikki said, “I enjoy bringing about change and I feel passionate about bringing people and processes together through technology in a safe and sustainable way.”
Tacis Gavoyannis
Director, M3MAS Ltd, IoT and Decarbonisation specialist
Session ‘Using digital data to green industry’
- M3MAS Limited is a specialist consultancy, with over 12 years’ experience of working with Cities and Municipalities on their smart cities agenda, renewable energy needs, decarbonisation targets, smart mobility, EV Charging and funding mechanisms to achieve their stated outcomes. The above outcomes are delivered through strong partnerships with technology leaders in communications, IoT, mobility, quantum, digital technologies and funding relationships to deliver new innovation.
Pete Rai
Principal Engineer, Cisco
Session: ‘Getting savvy with data sets’
- Pete Rai is a Principal Engineer in Cisco's Emerging Technologies and Incubation Office. He works on a variety of innovation projects and has a background in complex and large-scale data management solutions. He spends most of his day worrying about data: its form, shape, meaning and function. He is also part of a team helping to define Cisco’s internal processes around the ethical use of data and AI.
Stephen Smith
Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Session: ‘Modern data strategies’
- As a Senior Solutions Architect at AWS, Stephen’s role is to support customers from a technical perspective at all stages of their cloud adoption journey, working backwards from their unique business challenges and requirements, and helping them to apply technology where applicable and appropriate. Throughout his career, Stephen has experienced the importance and the positive impact that cloud technology can have in a wide variety of organisations.
| 08.30 - 09.30 | Breakfast networking and welcome session |
| 09.30 - 10.00 | Getting savvy with data sets - Pete Rai, CISCO |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | How digitalisation is changing our business - Nikki Constable, Bentley Motors |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Modern data strategies - Stephen Smith, Amazon Web Services |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Workshop: My business data; use it, exploit it – Raphael Hirschi, Keele University |
| 12.00 - 13:00 | Legislation and ethics essentials - Speakers include Charlie Houston-Brown, Rushkeep & Marco Ortalani, Keele University |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Cyber security – a short practical guide – Alex Goffe, Keele University |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Protecting your data, protect your business – Peter Ogrodnik, Keele University |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Workshop: Spot the risks, navigate the impact step by step – Raphael Hirschi, Keele University |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Spotlight on green IT – Simon George, Keele University |
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Q&A, final discussions |
| 08.30 - 09.30 | Breakfast networking and welcome |
| 09.30 - 11.00 | Real life business case studies – they did it, so can you! |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Workshop: Enhancing business efficiency – digital opportunities in my business? - Raphael Hirschi, Keele University |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Strategic decision making & overcoming your challenges – Samir Dani, Keele University |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 16.30 | Facilitated workstations and one-to-one chats with data and digitalisation specialists - Choose who you want to speak to progress your business. With coffee break |
| 16.45 - 17.00 | Wrap up discussion panel and close |
Innovation Centre 7 and its associated programmes are part-funded through a suite of funders including the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (as part of the England 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme), the Research England Development Fund, and UK Government funding through the Getting Building Fund.