Summit To Spark Digital Debate
500 experts are meeting to shape Britain's digital future.
Nearly 500 top decision-makers from business and public life are to meet to shape the UK’s digital future and to examine how the way people live and work will soon be changing.
The Broadband Britain Summit will be held at London’s QEII Conference Centre on Monday, November 21 with key presentations made by The Rt Hon Alun Michael MP, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions, Sir Digby Jones, director general of the CBI and Ed Richards, chief operating officer of Ofcom.
It will be hosted by InterForum, the not-for-profit, independent organisation which promotes the acceleration of information and communication technology to improve the business performance of the UK. This year the summit will look at how achieving digital excellence can improve the cohesion of UK society, the wealth of its economy and the quality of life of its citizens.
A key element of the summit will be a debate, chaired by Declan Curry, business presenter for the BBC Breakfast programme, where an invited audience of 470 decision-makers from forward-thinking businesses, Government (central, regional, local), regional development agencies, professional and trade associations and Members of Parliament will discuss digital Britain.
The Government says it is committed to ensuring that the whole of society can reap the benefits from advances in technology. Internet connectivity is increasing in the UK with currently over 55.7 per cent (13 million households) having access according to August 2005 statistics, of which 55 per cent are broadband connections. Nationally, broadband is available to 97 per cent of homes and businesses [BT].
The Rt Hon. Alun Michael MP, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions will detail the Government’s digital strategy, whereas Sir Digby Jones, director general of the CBI, will explain how the UK’s GDP and global competitiveness will increase with the implementation of new technologies such as broadband.
Ed Richards, chief operating officer at Ofcom, will outline how content will deliver extensive opportunities for a successful UK knowledge economy, with Karen Price, chief executive of E-Skills UK, introducing the education and skills agenda - embedding technology into people's lives - how processes and people fit together.
Technology will change the way we work and live. Peter Thomson, director of the Future Work Forum at Henley Management Centre will look at the flexible working agenda, which will include the Work Wise Week initiative taking place throughout the UK from the 19th – 27th February 2006.
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