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Read the report back on the event (PDF). Colloquium themes: THEME A: The Social Media in Open and Closed Societies. The impact of social media on governments, communities, education, protest movements, etc., in the UK and Israel – and in controlled societies such as in the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, China, North Korea, Myanmar, et al; […]
Continue ReadingOriginally published in Battle of Ideas. Zunftsaal, Blue Monkey, Zunfthaus zur Schneidern. Stüssihofstatt 3 – 8001 Zürich, Switzerland From Google and Facebook to government surveillance, our data is being mined behind our backs. But should we be surprised? When the product is free, we should realize we (in the form our data) are the product. […]
Continue ReadingOriginally published in Battle of Ideas. With HM Treasury having recently set up a new body to oversee £350bn of infrastructure investment, are we about to see an explosion of large projects around the UK? Or can we expect large-scale infrastructure projects to be used as political footballs and kicked into touch by a government […]
Continue ReadingSpeakersDr Mike Fitzpatrick, general practitioner, writer on healthKit Lewis, director, Space Around PeopleNathan Waterhouse, co-lead of OpenIDEOMartyn Perks, manifesto convenor, speaker and writer on designPeter Mills, Strategic planning director at The TeamChaired by Jason Mesut, head of user experience at RMA consulting
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First published in The Independent. Co-authored with Paul Reeves. A dearth of real engineering ambition is holding back the sector. Big, ambitious projects are needed to put us back on track. Last week the Royal Academy of Engineering published a report Jobs and growth: the importance of engineering skills to the UK economy that claimed […]
Continue ReadingThe symposium will feature two debates – both being central to the Manifesto themes – with a final plenary to gather overall feedback. Each debate will be introduced with a provocation made by a member of the Manifesto team. Two external speakers will challenge the points being made, with the remainder of the time given […]
Continue ReadingThe strand consists of five separate debates: Manufacturing: the great comeback?, Gas galore?, Fracking and the future of energy, Engineering design or design engineering?, Is water too cheap?, Commons people: music in a digital age
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