SPEAKERS

John Higgins CBE FBCS, President, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT – John was director general of TechUK’s predecessor Intellect and then DigitalEurope. He chairs the Global Digital Foundation, a think tank, and is a senior advisor to Burson, Cohn & Wolfe and the EU’s Intelligent Cities Challenge. He was appointed CBE in 2005 for services to the IT industry.

AGENDA

18:30 – Room opens

18:35 – Introduction to Chair and Panelists

18.45 – Presentation on the four themes and campaign goals

19:00 – Panel discussion and audience Q&A

19:25 – Summary

19:30 – Close

SYNOPSIS

The BCS President is working closely with the team at head office to streamline BCS activity under four themes & campaign goals agreed and signed off by the BCS Trustee Board and Council:

• Our digital lives should be in the hands of competent, ethical and accountable professionals.

• Greater diversity and inclusion in the IT profession benefits society

• The Digital Divide is a modern measure of inequality; it can be closed by access to skills as well as technology

• The world will achieve Net Zero more rapidly with support of digital and data technologies

This webinar series is an opportunity to hear from the BCS President about the four themes, how they will be taken forward across the BCS and ask questions.

Expert panels with be convened to provide context and identify how the key themes can intersect with the wider contexts across the UK and internationally.

THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

BCS Policy

https://www.bcs.org/policy-and-influence/

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.

For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.