10th June 2024
One Birdcage Walk, London
Showcasing the impact of Socio-technical Research for the Digital Economy
Showcasing the impact of Socio-technical Research for the Digital Economy
For over a decade, UKRI’s Digital Economy (DE) Theme has invested in a programme of funding to support research in the UK to rapidly realise the transformational impact of digital technologies on community life, cultural experiences, future society and an innovative economy.
The Digital Economy Next Stage Symposium will showcase outputs and impacts of socio-technical research in the UK from six Next Stage DE centres; who have been looking at ways to harness digital technologies for our economy, our communities, our cultural lives, and our health and wellbeing.
This public, free-to-attend symposium will highlight the programmes’ research. Bringing together researchers with businesses, government bodies, charities and public organisations, where attendees will discover the real-world impacts and direct, practical applications of DE research.
What to expect
What is the future of the Digital Economy?
How can content be created equitably and sustainably?
Can you trust what you see on the internet?
A defining feature of the Digital Economy Theme has been the way that it brings researchers together to explore these questions, across a wide range of disciplines; connecting engineering, computing and mathematical sciences with the social sciences, the arts and humanities and beyond.
Keynote speaker
Yvonne Rogers is a Professor of Interaction Design, the director of UCL Interaction Centre and a deputy head of the Computer Science department at University College London. Her research interests are in the areas of ubiquitous computing, interaction design and human-computer interaction. A central theme of her work is how to design interactive technologies that can enhance life by augmenting and extending everyday, learning and work activities.
Professor
Yvonne Rogers
Director
UCL Interaction Centre
Lord Holmes
Chris Holmes passionately advocates for technology diversity and inclusion, focusing on digital tech for public good, particularly in AI and blockchain, including areas like Fintech and Trade. In Parliament, he specializes in tech legislation, introducing a bill for AI regulation and contributing to the groundbreaking electronic trade documents Bill.
Chris co-authored House of Lords Select Committee Reports on democracy and digital technologies [2020], AI [2018], and digital skills [2015]. He published a report on government testing blockchain solutions for policy delivery [2017] and advises several Tech and Fintech companies.
In the realm of inclusion, Chris authored reports on accessibility, support for disabled students, and Lords reports on financial exclusion [2017], social mobility [2016], and the Lord Holmes review on public appointments for disabled people.
As an ex-Paralympic swimmer, Chris won 19 gold, five silvers, and one bronze medal, including a record six golds at Barcelona 1992. He continues to advise the government on diversity and inclusion.
Lord
Chris Holmes
of Richmond MBE
UK Parliament
Panelists
The Digital Economy Next Stage Centres focus on 5 themes across their research and the panels will discuss the findings and the direction of the research as we move into a future.
Beyond the Data Driven Economy
Equitable and Sustainable
Digital Society
Trust Identity Privacy
Security (TIPS)
Professor Saeema
ahmed-kristensen
Content Creation
and Consumption
Professor
John Collomosse
Principal Investigator
DECaDE
University of Surrey
Principal Investigator
DIGIT Lab
University of Exeter
Professor
Richard Harper
Principal Investigator
Future Places
University of Lancaster
Professor
Boriana koleva
Principal Investigator
Horizon
University of Nottingham
Programme
9:00
Arrival and tea and coffee
9:30
Welcome with Lord Chris Holmes
9:50
Keynote Speaker - Professor Yvonne Rogers
10:30
Digital Economy Next stage Centres
Camera
| Centre for Digital Citizens (CDC)
Break
11:30
Digital Economy Next stage Centres
Horizon
DECaDE |
| DIGIT Lab
| Future Places
Lunch -
Opportunity to network, see demos and posters
14:00
Panels
- Beyond the Data Driven Economy
- Equitable and Sustainable Digital Society
15:00
Panels
- Content Creation and Consumption
- Trust Identity Privacy Security
Break
16:10
The Future of the Internet - UKRI
16:30
Plenary discussion
17:15
Closing comments
Digital Economy Next Stage Symposium
10th June 2024 - 09:00-17:30
One Birdcage Walk, London
Digital Economy Theme
UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) invest in research and innovation to enrich lives, drive economic growth, and create jobs and high-quality public services across the UK.
The digital economy (DE) theme was led by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research (EPSRC), part of UKRI, and focused on supporting research to rapidly realise the transformational impact of digital technologies on aspects of community life, cultural experiences, future society and the economy.
The themes also addressed the challenge of how the novel design and use of digital technologies can contribute to an innovative, healthy economy and inclusive society.
The five priority areas and are at the heart of digital economy research:
Trust, identity, privacy and security
Content Creation and consumption
Beyond a data driven economy
Sustainable Digital Society
Equitable Digital Society
EPSRC themes will continue to take the digital economy approach to user involvement, actively incentivising interdisciplinary working and true co-creation with potential users of research, where appropriate. Digital economy will actively be promoted through recent investments, including the 6 next stage centres, 5 Network Plus grants and 7 Equitable Digital Society grants.
Digital Economy Centres
The 6 Digital Economy Centres across the UK have focused their research across the 5 themes and are excited to share their research and the impact that it has had on society.
The Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA) performs world-leading research in Intelligent Visual and Interactive Technology, underpinned by academic and partner expertise across both core EPSRC research disciplines – Computer Vision, Graphics, Human Computer Interaction and AI – as well expertise in healthcare, rehabilitation, biomechanics, musculoskeletal modelling, sports performance, and psychology.
The Future Places Centre builds on Lancaster University’s pioneering projects on pervasive computing, the Internet of Things and the natural environment, on ‘futures thinking’ and data science. This creates a portfolio of applied research endeavours that help the University and the communities it serves to better understand the places in which they exist.
With insights provided by everyday and state of the art computing, the FPC helps to make future places healthier spaces.
The Centre for Digital Citizens (CDC) takes an inclusive, participatory approach to the design and evaluation of new technologies and services that support smart, data-rich living, within and across urban, rural and coastal communities.
Working with citizens and key stakeholders they co-design sustainable ‘Digital Social Innovations’, bringing the benefits of the digital economy equitably to diverse communities, seeking long-lasting societal value and impact.
Digital Economy Next Stage Symposium
10th June 2024 - 09:00-17:30
One Birdcage Walk, London
