It is generally recognised that ICT and the innovation
it encourages plays an important contributory role to achieving strong
economic growth. The industry contributes directly as businesses in
their own right but more importantly by helping other businesses to use
technology to increase their own productivity.
As part of ResPublica's 'New Economies, Innovative Markets' workstream,
one of the three core workstreams of the ResPublica Trust, this event
has explored the potential for technology to enable, and indeed
transform, small and medium-sized businesses to be key players in UK
growth.
The following speakers opened the session with keynote presentations:
- The Rt
Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science
- Gordon Frazer, Managing Director, Microsoft UK
- Piers Linney, Joint CEO, Outsourcery
- Chris
Ingle, Consulting and Research Director, International Data Corporation
The event was then followed by a panel discussion, joined also by:
- Stian Westlake, Executive Director, Policy and Research,
NESTA (Chair)
- Liam Maxwell, ICT
Futures Programme Director, Cabinet Office
- Tim Cowen, ResPublica Fellow and Partner of Sidley
Austin
- Rajeeb Dey, Founder
of Enternships.com
The event took place on Wednesday 11th January 2012 and had valuable feedback from senior policy makers and industry professionals. For further details, please contact Annalisa Plachesi, Events and Partnerships Co-Ordinator at
annalisa.plachesi@respublica.org.uk