Planning your Day at DigiFest: The Digital Technologies Edit
What might your day at DigiFest look like… if you’re interested in digital technologies?
We’ve put together a list of suggestions to help you out. More details on the sessions and speakers can be found here.
8.45 - 9.15 - Registration and breakfast patisseries
9.15 - 9.30 - Welcome
9.30 - 10.00 - How to Defeat Your Nemesis with AI (Tom Fielder - Switchplane)
10.10 - 10.40 - Navigating the Start-Up Journey (Panel with Greg Mccallum, Fiona Anderson, Samantha Harland, Ben Dawson, Mary Kemp)
10.40 - 11.10 - Break and explore exhibition
11.10 - 11.40 - Choose between:
Illustrating our Inner Worlds: How Virtual Reality Can Improve Mental Health (Sarah Ticho - Hatsumi)
You, but better! Addressing the digital skills gap (Brian Drinkwater - Kyle Partnership)
11.50 - 12.20 - Technical Storytelling: Driving Technology Adoption and Competitive Advantage through Stories (Russ Miles - Clear.Bank)
12.20 - 13.00 - The Power Of Inclusion: Why you need to work on this and practical strategies for progressing on the journey of inclusion in digital and tech (Fireside chat with Mo Kanjilal - Watch this Sp_ce and Ellie Hale - Reflect Digital)
13.00 - 13.20 - Lunch
13.20 - 13.50 - Choose between two lunchtime fringe sessions:
Breathe and Refresh Session (Gracie Da Silva - I am pausing)
Create Your Own Impactful Content: Video Workshop (Chloe Jenden - Future Youth Media)
14.00 - 14.30 - Fireside Chat: Rowena Bird, Lush Co-Founder & Product Inventor, speaks with Podpreneur Alex Chisnall
14.30 - 15.00 - From Bath Bombs to the Metaverse (Adam Goswell - Lush)
15.00 - 15.20 - Break and explore exhibition
15.20 - 15.50 - Choose between:
Human-Centred AI and Robotics for Business Intelligence (Dr. Sanaz Fallahkhair - University of Brighton)
Straight-taking SEO - Search Engine Optimisation Made Simple (Emma Pearce - Pearce Marketing)
Humanising the digital experience - Design for humans, not users (Joe Egan - Pacer)
16.00 - 16.30 - Choose between:
The Power of Full Fibre Broadband - creating a new, future-proofed (greener) infrastructure for Digital Britain (Stefan Stanislawski - Lightning Fibre)
Using Gamification to Influence Customer Behaviour and Loyalty (Ellie Hale - Reflect Digital)
16.40 - 17.10 - Choose between:
(A)I'm not scared: How AI could take your job (and what you can do about it) (John Haynes)
A fireside with the "real-life Ted Lasso": podcaster Alex Chisnall puts community builder Simon Leslie under the spotlight
17.10 - 17.15 - Close
