Epoch & Hothouse

Beyond the ipad: what IT and telecoms could do for innovation, productivity and the economy

Speakers:

• Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor, Daily Telegraph
• JP Rangaswami, Chief Scientist, BT
• Alan Patrick, Broadsight (and BIG POTATOES co-author)
• Peter Cochrane, Cochrane Associates

After the indecisive UK election, and an absent Coalition vision, can we be decisive about setting an agenda for IT and telecoms? Today IT and telecoms are two of society's greatest tools for advancement out of the recession, but more importantly in getting back to creating the future.

How can IT and telecoms promote efficiency, productivity, quality and innovation beyond beyond their own domains -- from medicine and health to manufacturing and transport -- to qualitatively transform society? And what new (and old) models of innovation do we need within IT and telecoms to further develop their value?

Please join Epoch, BIG POTATOES and spiked for this agenda-setting debate.

For more information, or to attend the event, please contact Ania Oleksak at Epoch.

Lunch with Paul Mason, economics editor, Newsnight

Epoch hosts a lunch with Paul Mason, who will talk about the economic landscape under a coalition government, the business impact of the European sovereign debt crisis and prospects for recovery or double-dip.

This event is invitation-only.

Big Potatoes: Innovation, Science, R&D and the General Election

Despite its importance to our economic future, innovation has been largely overlooked since the credit crunch and only receives cursory consideration in the party manifestos for the UK General Election.

Big Potatoes: The London Manifesto for Innovation challenges the UK’s lethargy towards innovation, and outlines 14 guiding principles that will help foster a culture capable of producing new and transformative industries. The manifesto argues science, innovation and wealth creation are inextricably linked and now is the time for our political leaders to invest in long-term, high-quality research and development, that will help overcome the economic and climate challenges we face.

Speakers

• Munira Mirza, advisor for arts and culture to London Mayor
• James Wilsdon, Director of the Science Policy Centre, The Royal Society
• Dr Norman Lewis, Chief Innovation Officer, Open-Knowledge (former Director of Technology research, Orange)
• Stefan Stern, management columnist, Financial Times
• Eliot Forster, CEO Solace Pharmaceuticals
  

To register for a place, please contact Katherine Doyle or Nick Ward at Epoch.

Launch of 2010 Epoch Hothouse global trends research

Speakers for the event:

• Paul Mason, Economics Editor, BBC Newsnight
• Bronwen Maddox, Chief Foreign Commentator, The Times
• James Woudhuysen, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation
• Adam Boulton, Political Editor, Sky News

40 years of the internet – where next?

Lunch with David Rowan, editor of Wired (UK edition), and Nico MacDonald, spy.co.uk
Invitation only

Breakfast briefing on future of risk and innovation post recession

Speakers include:

• David Smith, economics editor, Sunday Times
• Stefan Stern, management columnist, Financial Times
• Alan Roux, executive director, Blackstone Group

Panel debate on What Future for Business?

Speakers include:

• Dan Atkinson, economics editor, Mail on Sunday
• Rob Killick, Chief Executive, cScape
• Pippa Goodman, Retail & Property specialist, The Future Foundation
• Nick Kochan, journalist and author

What next post-G20 and UK budget

Lunch with Gary Duncan, economics editor, The Times
Invitation only

Technology and investment trends in 2009

Lunch with Peter Whitehead, editor, Financial Times Digital Business and Mike Reid, Partner, Foursome Investments
Invitation only

Are we on the brink of a global economic collapse?

Lunch with Paul Mason, economics editor, BBC Newsnight
Invitation only