TECH TALK RADIO

As tomorrow’s deadline for companies with 250 or more employees to file their gender pay gap report looms, EG looks back through the Tech Talk Radio archives to an episode that addressed the gender imbalance in tech.

When Metaprop’s Aaron Block and Zak Schwarzman joined Emily Wright and Sam McClary in the studio back in January this year, talk turned to what happens when the male dominated worlds of property and technology collide in terms of maintaining an equal sector.

In this episode of TechTalk Radio Samantha McClary and Emily Wright bring you not one but two interviews in the run up to Mipim week. First they talk to David Twohig, the former chief development officer of Battersea Power Station who created new consultancy Wordsearch Place in January to help developers deliver successful projects. He discusses how the real estate sector can work with the likes of Google as its urban innovation arm sets its sights on building cities “ from the internet up” but warns that in 10 years’ time the property industry will not be able to get away with “racking and stacking” projects. In this episode we also speak to EG Rising Star Etienne Cadestin of Longevity Partners about Shrove Tuesday, sustainability and a rather long cycle ride.

While many braved the snow to attend the first TECHTALK Live event of the year, brought to you in partnership with KPMG, LGIM Real Assets, CBRE, Wiredscore and Metaprop NYC, not everyone was able to make it.

Those of you that couldn't make it missed one of the best events in real estate, with practical advice on how to properly futureproof your business. That advice came from experts across the real estate sector, from those who have done the hard work to get it right and from leaders outside of our industry.

A note to listeners that quality of sound may not be as high as EG's studio recorded podcasts, but the content is just as good.

Listen in to hear from: 

Dr Rick Robinson, Leader of Digital Property and Cities, Arup

Emma Long, Head of Corporate Strategy, LGIM Real Assets

Anton Ruddenklau, Partner & Head of Digital & Innovation, Financial Services, KPMG

Charlie Wade, UK managing director, TVS

Alex Price, chief executive, Palmer Capital

Darryll Colthrust, head of innovation, Palmer Capital

Alice Newton-Rex, vice president of product, WorldRemit

William Newton and Tom McClellan of WiredScore feature in this special extra episode of TECHTALK RADIO to talk about the company's expansion into Scotland, its rapid growth journey, plans to expand outside of the offices sector and, oddly, how sewers and sewage have had a role in its growth.

Listen in to find out more.

In this week’s episode of TechTalk Radio, co-hosts Emily Wright and Samantha McClary give you one last chance to attend the first TechTalk Live event of the year (register for your free place at www.egi.co.uk/eg-techtalk-live-2018/), talk to Caleb Parker, the founder of uber-cool, flexible meeting space provider Bold, and discover they are the least zen of all the Xennials.

In this week’s episode of TECHTALK RADIO find out about an exciting new tech magazine being launched by EG at next month’s MIPIM conference and meet the man and the money behind AI-powered property management platform Askporter. Co-founder Tom Shive and Spire Ventures and Pi Labs founder Faisal Butt talk about the journey from idea to capturing £500,000 of investment, how AI has the opportunity to turn big data into something useful and what makes for an interesting investment. And, of course, the usual chat between co-hosts Emily Wright and Samantha McClary.

In this episode of TechTalk Radio, Samantha McClary and Emily Wright talk to Laura Acklandiene and Bronny Wilson of building services platform Equiem about their ambitious global expansion plans and the roll out of their platform at International Quarter London. They also touch on issues including the power of women in tech.

In this episode of TechTalk Radio, Samantha McClary and Emily Wright talk to Alex Hill and Joe Warren of energy management system ZTP about the power real time data, the challenges of hiring a team and building a business and much,much more. And they ask you the listener to send in your questions for our future guests.

In this week’s Tech Talk Radio hosted by EG’s Emily Wright and Samantha McClary, leasing platform VTS’s co-founder Ryan Masiello braves the rain to discuss why it takes a certain type of person to make it in the tech sector. The chief revenue officer of the New York-based company left a role in corporate real estate at JLL to set up VTS in 2013. He explains how difficult the transition can be given how many tech businesses are “just not set up for success” and delves into the growing importance of the role of chief technology officers (CTOs) in major property firms.

In this week’s Tech Talk Radio hosted by EG’s Emily Wright and Samantha McClary, the man behind the new offices at Sky reveals why clean lines and “grown up design” should be the future of successful workplaces. Neil Usher also reveals his pet hates when it comes to office interiors  (spoiler alert, filament lightbulbs do not fare well in his estimations) but concedes that the table tennis table has its place in the evolution of workplace design. For more on where he thinks workplace trends are heading next, tune in to this week’s episode.