The techUK Podcast

In this podcast, Sam Genway, Principal Technologist, Capgemini, James Cruise, Associate Director Quantum Algorithms, Cambridge Consultants, and  Jasper Krauser, Quantum Technology Central Coordinator, Airbus, join Laura Foster, techUK's Associate Director for Technology and Innovation to talk about moving from concept to commercialisation in quantum computing.

As a follow-up to techUK's flagship Digital Ethics Summit, we are pleased to deliver a series of podcasts that dive deeper into the conversations started at the 2023 Digital Ethics Summit and will continue at the 2024 event.

In the latest podcast, Tess Buckley, the programme manager for digital ethics and AI safety at Tech UK, hosts a session with three distinguished experts from KPMG: Leanne Allen, Isabel Simpson, and Caroline Rivett.

In this podcast, the third episode in this Cyber Series in partnership with BlackBerry Paul Fryer, Senior Manager, Sales Engineering UK/I/MEA at BlackBerry joins Jill Broom, techUK's Programme Manager for Cyber Security, to talk about secure communications.

The second episode in this Cyber Series in partnership with BlackBerry explores whether AI is part of the solution when it comes to cyber attacks, the importance of AI regulation, and what to anticipate regarding AI in 2024.

In this podcast, Keiron Holyome, Vice President - UKI, Middle East & Africa at BlackBerry joins Katherine Holden, techUK's Associate Director, Data Analytics, AI and Digital ID to talk about AI and cyber.

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As we enter 2024, what next for tech jobs and investment?

Each year, Linklaters publishes its Tech Legal Outlook bringing together analysis and insights from their lawyers around the world to identify key themes and trends set to shape the upcoming year.

Listen to the brilliant discussion as Jake Wall, techUK's Policy Manager for Skills and Future of Work is joined by Sinead Casey, Employment Partner, Linklaters to discuss employment trends, and Derek Tong, Partner, Global Technology Sector Leader, Linklaters to look at the tech investment landscape.

Learn more about techUK’s Future of Work workstream here: www.techuk.org/shaping-policy/future-of-work.html.

International trade matters for the tech sector and as techUK's Local Digital Index has shown this is also an important factor in assessing the strength of local tech ecosystems. Hawksford's latest report "Doing Business in the UK" shows the importance of these global markets and helps companies plan and consider how they'll engage and do business across numerous different countries, with different regulatory systems, specialisms and tech priorities.

Read Hawksford's report here: https://www.hawksford.com/ebook-doing-business-in-the-uk?utm_campaign=UK-e-Book-Global-Phase-2&utm_source=techuk&utm_medium=podcast

And more about techUK here: https://www.techuk.org/

The first episode in this Cyber Series in partnership with BlackBerry explores the threat landscape, assessing what exactly we are up against in terms of building that resilience and exploring how the threats are evolving in light of both geopolitical conflict and technological advance.

In this podcast, Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence at BlackBerry join Dan Patefield, techUK's Head of Cyber and National Security, to talk about cyber threats.

You can download the Intelligent report by Blackberry here: www.blackberry.com/us/en/solutions/threat-intelligence/2023/threat-intelligence-report-jan

Lear more at www.techUK.org

techUK, in partnership with GfK, is delighted to release the seventh edition of our annual State of the Connected Home report, which surveys a nationally representative sample of 1,000 adults across the UK to ask about their awareness, interest, and ownership of a range of connected or ‘smart’ home products. The full report can be accessed at https://www.techuk.org/resource/state-of-the-connected-home-2023.html

In this episode, our Head of Market Access & Consumer Technology Lewis Walmesley-Browne talks through the findings of the 2023 edition of the report with Trevor Godman from GfK who led the research.

The 2023 edition of our report finds the UK connected home market to be performing robustly despite challenging macro-economic headwinds and low consumer confidence.

We include for the first time some specific questions around the current cost of living crisis and the increasing cost of energy bills to understand how consumers perceive connected home devices in relation to energy saving.

Learn more at www.techUK.org.

It’s been a big year for tech already, with the growing prominence of AI to the creation of DSIT. techUK though is also interested in what comes next, so to accompany our relaunch of Policy Pulse, and with a general election on the horizon, we’ve asked influential voices across the UK tech sector what they think will be the big trends and stories in the UK tech sector in the next year.

Sitting down with Neil Ross, our Associate Director for Policy, to give their insights on the ‘Look Ahead’ podcast for the year ahead were:

• Adam Hawksbee, Deputy Director of Onward, a centre-right think tank

• Felicity Burch, the Executive Director of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), a government expert body enabling the trustworthy use of Data and AI

• Henry Parker, Head of Government Affairs at AI startup Logically, which uses AI to combat misinformation online

• Kate Royse, the Director of the Hartree Centre, a research lab that is part of UKRI's Science and Technology Facilities Council investigating supercomputing, data science and AI applications

• Bojana Bellamy, President of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership, a GLOBAL PRIVACY AND DATA POLICY THINK TANK

• Leo Ringer, co-founder and partner at Form Ventures, an early stage VC focused on markets shaped by public policy and regulation

Make sure you subscribe to Policy Pulse to get our analysis of the latest tech policy news. Visit www.techUK.org for more details.