Our fourth year engaged with about 2,500 visitors over 6 days of events. We had 800 students participate in Next Generation Innovators Day, and over 100 more attend the Aston Martin presentation. We had record-breaking attendance at the Cyber Security & Big Data day and the Family Show.
This year our after-dinner guest speaker was David Wood, Chair of London Futurists who gave a fantastic talk about The Future of Innovation - Visions and Nightmares @dw2
David was one of the pioneers of the smartphone industry; he co-founding Symbian, the world’s first successful smartphone operating system, and serving on the leadership team of Psion Software. Later he was Technology Planning Lead (CTO) of Accenture Mobility and co-led Accenture’s “Mobility Health” business initiative. David now acts as independent futurist, consultant, and writer. He has provided innovation coaching to start-ups and established organisations around the globe. David also chairs London Futurists with membership of over 3,400.