In this episode of our Emerging Tech Talks podcast, Donavan shares the mic with Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate Finance. Innovate Finance is an independent membership association that represents the UK’s global FinTech community. He talks to Charlotte about how Innovate Finance is helping to accelerate the UK’s position as a leading financial services sector and supporting the next generation of technology-led financial services innovators. And how she continues to be an advocate for diversity in tech.

Link to the full episode description:

https://www.mad4digital.com/episode-13-charlotte-crosswell

In this episode of our Emerging Tech Talks podcast, we talk with Lee Hemmings, managing director of Player Lens. Player Lens is an electronic platform that allows football clubs to easily source and execute player transfers. Clubs can advertise the players they want to sell and also find promising talent on the platform “Think of Player Lens as the Right Move for the football market”.

We talked with Lee about the Asia football market, how Player Lens opens up opportunities for young players (male and female) being released from UK academies, and how using technology like AI alongside big data can help profile players better than ever. And as for women's football, "I think a liquid transfer market for women is just around the corner" Lee Hemmings.

Link to the full episode script:

https://www.mad4digital.com/episode-12-lee-hemmings

In this episode of our Emerging Tech Talks podcast we spoke to Robert Garbett, Chief Executive at Drone Major Group. The Drone Major Group is a consultancy which operates on a global scale, linking stakeholders in the drone industry with interested parties such as governments and other organisations keen to unlock the potential of drone technology. During the podcast Robert covers all aspects of drone technology, from the multiple uses to which drones are already being put to the possibilities for the future and the latest exciting developments in hybrid technology. He also tackles the difficult topic of how to deal with public skepticism around drones, and paints a vision of a future in which these devices will help to improve the lives of ordinary people everywhere, whether operating on land, sea or air.

Link to the full script episode:

https://www.mad4digital.com/episode-11-robert-garbett

In this episode of our Emerging Tech Talks podcast we spoke with Dr Joshua Ellul. He is a lot of things: Chairman of the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, Director of the Centre for Distributed Ledger Technologies and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Malta. His research is focused on efficient virtual machine, operating system and compiler design for Smart Contract, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), the Internet of Things (IoT), and the Blockchain of Things (BoT).

We caught up with him and his big brain at the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit in Malta last week (which you can hear happening in the background) and had an excellent chat. Happy listening!

Link to the full episode description:

https://www.mad4digital.com/episode-10-joshua-ellul

In this episode of our Emerging Tech Talks podcast we spoke with Francesca Gomez, Co-Founder of Smarter Human. Smarter Human translates data from financial services firms into meaningful insights in real-time, enabling quick and informed decisions to be made around risk and compliance. We talked with Francesca about graph databases, the Panama Papers, the reason diversity is so important in tech and we also got some advice to share with young women who are interested in tech but maybe put off, unnecessarily, by ‘Computer Science’

“When you’re creating technology you can actually… you’re creating the future because technology now it underpins so many fields – having the knowledge and the ability to understand how computers work and how you create applications helps you actually influence the future and I think when you don’t have a good gender diversity you start seeing things like algorithms which are biased because you just don’t have the designers there.” Francesca Gomez

Link to the full episode script:

https://www.mad4digital.com/episode-9-francesca-gomez

In this episode of our Emerging Tech Talks podcast we spoke with Lora Haddock, founder and CEO of Lora DiCarlo - creators of the Osé personal massager and first-ever handsfree micro-robotics sextech product. Haddock came to the idea of creating the Osé after her first blended orgasm which ‘literally threw her off the bed’. The Osé is a serious bit of tech which won the CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Robotics and Drone product category. An award which was then rescinded for reasons covered in this interview.

The Osé “uses advanced micro-robotics to mimic all of the sensations of a human mouth, tongue & fingers, for an experience that feels just like a real partner, no need for vibration. It even adapts to your body for a personal fit that hits all the right spots.”

Being a product that is unapologetically focused on the pleasure of people with vaginas and members of LGBTQ communities, it’s been a complicated road for Lora DiCarlo. We chat with Lora about stigma, inequality, blended orgasms, the urgent need for diversity at the top levels of business, her time in the navy and her aim to create products that help everyone feel comfortable in the skin they’re in right now...Enjoy!

Link to the full episode script:

https://www.mad4digital.com/episode-8-lora-haddock

In this episode of our Emerging Tech Talks podcast we talk with Nicole Anderson, managing partner and CEO of Redsand. Redsand Lab is a venture building practice that helps design, build and run token based business models.

“We’re almost entirely focussed on helping large to mid-size companies rethink their future using blockchain and tokenisation. Anyone who is anyone knows that blockchain - when deployed with bravery and enthusiasm - gives you license to change the game.”

Nicole draws from a wealth of experience and knowledge to talk about blockchain, crypto, the tokenisation of real-estate, the future of digital assets and why Asia is ahead in the adoption of innovative tech… and so much more!

Link to full episode description:

https://www.mad4digital.com/episode-7-nicole-anderson

With a STO launch coming up on May 1st, we spoke with Jonathan DeCarteret of INDX Capital about the state of crypto, reasons to invest and why with a degree in AI and psychology he picked masternodes.

“Masternodes can be viewed as just the next generation of mining. Unlike Bitcoin mining - which requires huge computers, electricity costs - masternodes just run on everyday servers...The great thing about masternodes is that once you’ve got them up and running they just pump out revenue 24/7 for you.”

Guests: Jonathan DeCarteret

Requested drinks: green tea, please!

Link to full episode description:

https://www.mad4digital.com/episode-6-jonathan-decarteret