List of hackathons in Luton, United Kingdom in 2018

Ethical tech panel:  How can we design tech to help us be better humans? Tech "hacking" our brains has become a hot topic. Last year, two former Facebook executives publicly accused the social network in manipulating and destroying our society. Designers are responsible for how millions of people will behave on a daily basis. Could we design technology in a more sustainable, mindful way to make us better people, and not steal human time and attention? Join the panel of experts to talk about ethics of tech, as part of Focus Inside. Focus Inside is a unique pop-up event that explores our relationships with our devices and how they are changing us. The project is supported by Westminster Council and Create Church Street Fund and is part of Focus Inside mindful tech festival (see more info and full program at www.focus-inside.com). Program: 1. presentation of the results of ethical tech hackathon 2. 5-minute exercise to get you out of the mind and into your body by Linzy Nakorn, BitterSuite 3. panel on ethical tech. Should we consider ethics when we design technology? How can we change business models, so that designers are not incentivized to hunt for our attention? Panelists are: Aleksandra Melnikova, experience design director, Radley Yeldar and Bill Tribble, lead UX designer, General Assembly instructor - presenting results of hackathon David Asfaha, data scientist, Capgemini - Is data becoming "weaponized"? Silja Litvin, Psychologist and Founder of PsycApps, Digital Mental Health - Mental health and technology Adam Smith, senior technologist in fintech sector - Inherent bias in AI Linzy Nakorn, performer, producer and choreographer, BitterSuite - How tech is impacting the Body's natural instincts

Focus Inside: An ethical tech design hackathon how we use our devices. When: Thursday, 19 April 2018, 11.00am - 6.00 pm, followed by a panel discussion Where: 35-37 Church Street NW8 8ES London (nearest tube: Edgware Road, Marylebone) Designing lives of future generations Idea: Focus Inside is a unique pop-up event that explores our relationships with our devices and how they are changing us. As part of it, we are organizing a hackathon about how and what we design to make a positive impact. It’s our phone, not our partner or children, that we touch first thing when we wake up and the last thing before going to sleep. We are becoming ever dependent on technology, but does it make us better humans? Do our smart devices make us smarter? With opportunities to connect with anyone, did we become more compassionate and attentive to others? With the abundance of information at our fingertips, are we more knowledgeable? Designers are responsible for how millions of people will behave on a daily basis. The boundary between a useful service and an addictive, time consuming black hole, is very fragile. Lately we’ve seen this responsibility often abused, when users are encouraged to stay online longer hours and mindlessly click on links and videos.   We would like to see technology designed in a more sustainable, mindful way. So that instead of making a user addicted, it empowers her. Could we use design to make us better people, and not steal human time and attention? Could we find a suitable business model? Some of the questions we want to find answers to during this hackathon are: -          How could we have more tech to help people get back to real lives, not lose their time and attention online? -          What could new business models in the economy of distraction look like? -          How can we redefine KPIs, if we don’t design anymore for time spent online? -          What does a balanced use of devices look like from a designer viewpoint? What should and shouldn’t we optimize for?   The project is supported by Westminster Council and Create Church Street Fund and is part of Focus Inside mindful tech festival (more info at www.focus-inside.com). Are you feeling passionate about changing how our relationships with technology redefine our lives? Are you concerned about its impact on others? Do you think that it could help us be more human? Do you have background in design, arts, programming, project or product management, online business and advertising, or just have some fresh ideas about how this could be done? Then we’d love to see you at the hackathon! It’s a unique opportunity to work with like-minded passionate people and create something that can truly enable change. Best ideas will be featured on www.consciously-digital.com website and in the national press. Facilitators: Bill Tribble is a user experience design team leader, General Assembly design instructor, and musician. He's been working in design, education, and technology for over 2 decades, with everything from big companies (Canon, Discovery) to tiny startups. He's just back from working in Japan for a couple of years, and keen to make an impact on making technology more humane (and start a new band!) Aleks Melnikova is an experience design director bringing the power of connected disciplines into design, research and team management. Being trained in arts and service design is a combination that enables her to make any project her playground by creating new tools and approaches, frequently challenging the existing structures. Working both client side and agency side, in the last 10 years she has led and successfully delivered experiences for clients like VISA, SKY, Aviva, VSO, GSK, BA and others. When not at work, she collaborates with a few UK universities, organizes UX events and writes about the connections between literature, art and design.

IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD #good18 #ourpower18What? Challenge, Change and Power 10am to 6pmBringing together changemakers, advocates, inventors, entrepreneurs, policy makers and politicians together for a no-holds barred, safe-space to critique and question, build practical strategies for action, and an opportunity to to deconstruct and reconstruct global power, challenge and change.  Think TED x Hackathon! Who? 130 do-ers, fighters and changemakers from 60+ nations aged 17-36, selected from major global networks and UK social action groups, collaborating to break down silos, to be heard, to act and create as one.   ...How can I get involved?  Contact Frances at frances.brown@ice.cam.ac.uk  and let us know why you'd like to participate and we'll send you a promo code to claim your ticket.  Tickets are limited but we are particularly interested in UK-based attendees to join our international cohort and to include those with first-person experience of issues related to rural living, indigenous rights, identity politics, homelessness and living between homes, marginalised groups, crime, poverty, gang culture or refugees for example.  Participants don't need a track record of professional change and development work but should be passionate about action and improving their communities. Deadline 16th April. Full speakers and event details to be released soon! VIP Reception - 6.30pm to 9pm  In the evening we will be joined by 100 guests who have access to power, knowledge, finance and networks and care passionately about our world and its people. Are you the VIP we're looking for?  Contact Frances at frances.brown@ice.cam.ac.uk  Say hello! #good18 #ourpower18 @fbrownwork @drksalt Support usThis event has been created on a completely pro-bono basis by everyone involved.  The event is free and we have committed to making attending the event for young people cost neutral wherever possible.  If you are able to donate we are able to support attendance from rural, out of work, between homes and economically disadvantaged youth.  In the event that we raise more funds than we need, we will donate to London based charity Arts Emergency, highly valued by event host Frances Brown and the venue sponsor London Metropolitan University, CASS School for Art and Design.  We would love to talk sponsorship, please contact Frances Brown at frances.brown@ice.cam.ac.uk, every little helps! If you can't make the event but would like to support us we would be incredibly grateful.  You can do this by clicking register above and selecting 'remote supporter' to donate.   Sponsors  The CASS, London Metropolitan UniversitySupportersUniversity of NottinghamInstitute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge Help on the day If you are skilled at analysing and communicating data or you are a facilitator and can help to collect data and guide a fruitful conversation... ...We'd love you to join us.  Contact Frances at frances.brown@ice.cam.ac.uk  Media Contact Frances Brown at frances.brown@ice.cam.ac.ukInspiration We've brought together people from leading businesses, social action groups and youth networks around he world.  A few of the organisations represented include The World Economic Forum Global Shapers, The Queen's Young Leaders Program, Young African Leaders Initiative, One Young World, United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and The Royal Commonwealth Society. Say hello! #good18 #ourpower18 @fbrownwork @drksaltCheck out a few of our speakers and organisers for a flavour of the wonderful people and powerful spirits we'll have in the room.  Session speakers announced soon! Abdullahi Alim (Australia) World Economic Forum EVENT ORGANISER SESSION HOST Jacob Thomas (Australia) Monash University, CYGEN SPEAKER Gunjan Mhapankar (Canada) Schulich School of Medicine, Digital Storytelling Project EVENT ORGANISER Midia Shikh Hassan (Canada) Dextra, Global Shaper, University of Ottowa EVENT ORGANISER Luisa Tuilau (Fiji) Young Solwaran, Free West Papua Advocate EVENT ORGANISER Valeria Kormysh (Italy) London Metropolitan University EVENT ORGANISER Aubrey Stewart (Jamaica) Office of the Prime Minister, Youth Advisory Council EVENT ORGANISER Eman Borg (Malta) LGBTQI Gozo EVENT ORGANISER Imrana Alhaji Buba (Nigeria) Youth Coalition Against Terrorism EVENT ORGANISER Kiiza Saddam Hussain (Uganda) Rolesa, Ecobank FACILITATOR Emma Craddock (UK) Module Tutor for Leading Change, Institute of Continuing Education EVENT ORGANISER Frances Brown (UK) Queen's Young Leaders, University of Cambridge EVENT LEAD Khalid Ahmad (UK) ONE Youth Ambassador, Psychology and Criminology student, City University ATTENDEE Dr Karen Salt (UK/USA) University of Nottingham EVENT ORGANISER SPEAKER Farai Mubaiwa (South Africa) Africa Matters EVENT ORGANISER SPEAKER Adam Askew Director of Philanthropy, Elbi VIP Andrew Bastawrous Co-Founder & CEO Peek Vision GUEST FACILITATOR Diana Constantinidou Barrister, Church Court Chambers, Rolesa GUEST FACILITATOR Todd Eden Co- Founder, LeadNow! VIP Amaya Athill Esq Human Rights Lawyer and Consultant EVENT ORGANISER SESSION HOST Huw Hawkins Head of content, Elbi VIP Mariéme Jamme IAMTHECODE, Accur8Africa, SpotOne GUEST FACILITATOR Kavindya Thennakoon (Sri Lanka) Without Borders EVENT ORGANISER SPEAKER Rosemary Lemon Group Head of Reward at Hays VIP Guest Dr Nazia-Habib University of Cambridge VIP Rebecca Osewa Textile Designer EVENT ORGANISER Libby Powell Director, On Our Radar VIP Abi Ramanan CEO and Co-Founder, Impact Vision GUEST FACILITATOR Jo Taylor (London, UK) UCL, Multiplicities, Walldisplay, Teach First EVENT ORGANISER FACILITATOR Harry Phinda (London, UK) Youth for Change, Civil Service Commission UK ATTENDEE

We are looking for participants to attend a free Hackathon run by EEF - The Manufacturers' Organisation. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet with industry leaders from some of Britain’s most innovative companies, such as BMW, Rolls Royce, Siemens, Estee Lauder and many more.

This will focus on providing participants with the opportunity to discuss and reflect upon, the result of an earlier conceptual hackathon. The workshop will identify the regulatory response to the outputs generated and also stimulate networking and collaboration between tech industry and regulatory professional bodies.  The goal being to identify a common ground from which to move forward over the following months with a clearer long term vision of what the future digital health landscape and regulatory spheres might entail. So far confirmed attendees include representatives from: the GMC; the GPhC; the GDC; the NMC; the PSA; the Royal Society; the Royal College of Physicians; the Royal College of General Practitioners; the Nuffield Trust; and the Wellcome Trust; amongst others Regulatory Algorithms Resources will be uploaded here in due course.

Connecting The World Through IOT We're exploring a more connected world this month, discussing how smart devices are transforming our homes, healthcare and the cities around us in the ever changing world of smart devices. How do we design products and services for the Internet of Things which deliver a more human experience. It's not a 'Back to the Future' marathon, it's happening right now. We're designing a more connected world and inviting you to join the discussion! We'll be joined by: Avril O'Neil - Co-founder & Creative Director @ Ding Products Tim Daines - UX & Service Designer (Previously) Cambrige Consultants Priya Prakash - Founder @ D4SC (Design for Social Change) Panellist - Alberta Soranzo - E2E Service Design Directo @ Lloyds Banking Group --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TICKET ONLY EVENT To attend our events, we require you to buy an advanced ticket – Please make sure you purchased a ticket to secure your place! Price includes entry to the event, plus drinks (Beers, Wines, Soft Drinks) and food!! Important please note - tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE, so please do not purchase a ticket if you are unable to come as we have limited seating and must purchase the correct amount of food and drink. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DIGITAL SHOWCASE We are revolutionising the way in which Digital Creatives network and improve their knowledge of the field. We host a range of monthly event’s in collaboration with leading companies in the UK, showcasing case studies and knowledge. Each event is totally different, and collaboration is the key to our success. We are always looking for new partners, so please get in touch for more information on how to get involved. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUR PARTNERS Become: Become are a global recruitment agency specialising in all things digital and creative. With expert teams in London, Manchester, Sydney, Melbourne and Hong Kong, they have been established as a business in this sector for over 20 years and have seen the impact of the digital revolution on their clients, spanning all vertical markets.  Whether you are actively looking for your next position, want insights into the market trends they are seeing, or just general career advice, reach out directly now to speak with Jamie or Emily! Usabilla: The digital landscape can be overwhelming. Unpredictable, ever-changing, and advancing faster than ever. So, how can you make sure your company stays ahead? Usabilla decided to come up with a solution! The idea was simple. Empower organizations to become truly customer-centric by listening to what consumers need. How? By collecting targeted, contextual feedback. Usabilla believes that by knowing exactly what customers value, you can build digital platforms that not only drive results but outlast change. Join them and put your customers at the heart of your digital strategy. Find out more on their website. We Work: WeWork are a global network of workspaces where companies and people grow together. They transform buildings into dynamic environments for creativity, focus, and connection. If you like the space we're hosted in, be sure to reach out to the We Work team to explore their co-working options --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE EVENT Tuesday 17th April 2018 @ The Pentagon, 48 Chiswell St, London EC1Y 4XX The internet of things is driven by the idea that our dependance on screens is not the concluding form in human's connection with the world around us. It suggests that by using sensors and building an infrastructure around us, practically any object can be networked. As experience designers it is our duty to ensure that the human needs are at the core of the design process. If a product doesn't solve a real human need, what's the point of fancy connected technology? In this event we are asking what realistically need to be connected. We will be speaking with designers working on the cutting edge of IOT, leveraging the technology to offer more connected homes, intelligent reactive medical devices and smarter cities. Join us to explore how by utilising this technology, we are able to bring humans and computers closer than ever before, to design seamless experiences which will transform how we interact with the world around us forever.  Check out the speakers below. With space for 150, we would like to invite you straight from work. With doors opening at the earlier time of 6pm, introductions starting at 6.20 and talks starting at 6.30pm, please aim to arrive on time! We've got some great talks lined up, offering excellent case studies too, so please book now to avoid disappointment. Hiring managers are welcome, and if you are interested in hosting or sponsoring an event with us (and would like to get a taste of what we do), please get in touch with Myles McMorrow and we can hold you a ticket! Tweet the event @TheUXCrunch and let’s get the ball rolling! We look forward to seeing you soon!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AGENDA 6.00pm - 6.20pm: Registration, Drinks and Networking 6.20pm - 6.30pm - Introductions 6.30pm – 7.30pm: Intro and Talks 1 & 2 7.30pm - 7.40pm - Short Break 7.40pm - 8.40pm: Talk 3 and Panel Discussion/Q&A 8.40pm: Pizza & Networking before leaving. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Avril O'Neil - Co-founder & Creative Director @ Ding Products The Smart (Enough) Home As a company creating smart products, we are part of the current smart-home boom. Ding’s aim is to make objects that respond to a real user need or desire, and not gadgets driven by the capabilities of technology.  When is a smart product smart enough for the user? Avril has worked in the creative industry since 2008, and focuses on the combination of design and technology and how this can be applied to products, installations and education. Avril specialises in concept generation, design, development and agricultural research. Avril has previously worked with clients including Arup, Folk, Samsung, ITV and The National Maritime Museum. Since graduating from Goldsmiths University, Avril has worked as a designer with Kin (kin-design.com) for several years, before starting her own design consultancy ONN Studio (onnstudio.com) with her partner John Nussey. Most recently Avril and John have launched their smart homes company Ding (dingproducts.com) which concentrates on making subtle objects that are smart enough to make your life easy but always blend with the home. Their first product to market is the Ding Smart Doorbell.  Tim Daines - UX and Service Designer (previously) @ Cambrige Consultants Smart Health: User Experience for ubiquitous digital health design Healthcare innovation is messy. It is not what people are natural at doing in well structured disciplines, and requires working with people who already live in a healthcare system. Whilst the heralding of being able to make healthcare more intelligent through the use of Internet of Things, how is user experience design affected when you are no longer just designing for rectanglar screens? Tim will present on the challenges faced with designing connected drug delivery systems in healthcare, where frictionless experiences to improve the management of diseases for patients and stakeholders are the benchmark for success. Tim’s career into connected things (before it became the Internet of Things) began in 1999, where he worked with connected industrial printers to automate cosmetic package printing for Procter and Gamble. Over the next 10 years Tim developed and deployed various network services to support the operations of housing associations, banks and global brands, as well as take time out to teach students and share his experiences of the real-world. As of 2015, Tim has come full circle back to his connected device roots, delivering IoT UX and Service Design work for global, blue chip and startup organisations in the following areas - education, ecommerce, government, medtech, telecomms and energy organisations. Tim has also contributed to a number of publications, presented talks and workshops to aspiring designers at City University, UX Cambridge 2017, Mobile UX London 2017, and won a British Media (2016) and two iF Design (2018) awards. In Tim’s own time, he mentors others at hackathons about how human behaviour informs the design of connected systems. He is an avid traveller and makes the time to travel to various continents, where he forfils his passion for photography and storytelling. Priya Prakash - Founder @ D4SC (Design for Social Change) People + iOT = Smarter Cities that work and “do no evil” The smart city iOT landscape is littered with ambitious technology pilots/services, which have either failed to take off, not had sustainable business models, lack data ethics and are coupled with low user adoption as the experience sucks. Many are iOT based data driven solutions which lack real engagement with the people who will be using these services and do not successfully address the trust and privacy concerns which lead to a vicious low adoption cycle. This leads to low awareness and results in loss of impact, funding, revenue and political backing. But most importantly, fulfilling a real human need. The business case for doing it right leads to better adoption and a rollout of new iOT services which are actually scalable and result in recurring revenue. This talk explores the what, how and why of co-creating ethical, data driven IOT services, with people at their core for a more human future and not just 'traditional' smart cities. Priya Prakash is a designer at and founder of London based award-winning D4SC - Design for Social Change Ltd -The applied urban innovation studio, which develops collaborative products and services combining human and machine intelligence to co-create smarter cities with people.  Changify #SmarterStreets D4SC’s intelligent people-powered decision making platform to improve public infrastructure got awarded by Innovate UK to pilot in Plymouth with Amey Ferrovial. It resulted in reducing average road inspection costs by 22%, increasing citizen satisfaction and contractor responsiveness by 19.8% and is being scaled across UK and Asia. Prakash is on ‘Tech City Insider 100’, IBM’s People for Smarter Cities and featured in FT, Sunday Times, BBC, Wired, Guardian and the Queen’s 2017 Honours list for award winning work in Chinese smart cities using data to improve public safety.  Prior to D4SC, Priya was Head of Mobile Phone User Experience at Nokia where she led the global design team to launch affordable smart phones - Nokia Asha in 144 countries. At BBC, she was lead-designer and co-inventor of iPlayer with joint patents.

Are you interested in the intersection of social science and data science? Do you want to use your coding and data analysis skills to tackle social science problems? Are you looking for career opportunities in technology? If the answer to any of those questions is yes, you should participate in the 1st LSE Computational Social Science Hackathon! The two-and-a-half day event will boast four computational social science challenges that will be solved by groups of approximately 10-12 participants each. On top of that you can expect exciting R and Python workshops by: Introduction to Version Control with GitHub: Amy Dickens, Wilhelm Klopp; GitHub Machine Learning with Google Cloud AutoML Vision: Marc Cohen; Google Dive into dplyr: Grace Meyer; Oxera Consulting & R-Ladies London Quantiative Text Analysis with quanteda: Kohei Watanabe; LSE Introduction to SNA and Network Visualisation in R: Sílvia Majó-Vázquez; University of Oxford Applied Predictive Modelling with caret: Gokhan Ciflikli; LSE Moreover, there will be an intersectional tech careers panel featuring: Mariama Boumanjal, Solutions Consultant at Google, Chanuki Seresinhe, Doctoral Researcher at the Alan Turing Institute, Anna Louise Schröder, Senior Data Science at XL Catlin and a workshop on how to land a data science job by Ela Osterberger (Director of Analytics, Deliveroo), providing you with an invaluable opportunity to explore and learn from their career trajectories and kick-start your own tech career. Each participant will be provided with $50 worth of Google Cloud credits that are good for the duration of the event. Stay tuned for the unveiling of our challenges in the upcoming weeks at cssatlse.com! Mariama Boumanjal Google Solutions Consultant Gokhan Ciflikli LSE PhD Candidate Marc Cohen Google Cloud Developer Advocate Amy Dickens GitHub Campus Expert Wilhelm Klopp GitHub Campus Expert Sílvia Majó-Vázquez University of Oxford Research Fellow Grace Meyer Oxera Consulting Data Scientist Ela Osterberger Deliveroo Director of Analytics Anna Louise Schröder XL Catlin Senior Data Scientist Chanuki Seresinhe Alan Turing Institute Doctoral Researcher Kohei Watanabe LSE Post-Doctoral Fellow

For scientists, problem-solvers and innovators. NOTE: This page refers to two separate events. The Design Thinking workshop will take place on Saturday 14th April 2018. The Paediatric Innovation Hackathon will take place on Saturday 12th May 2018.  Registrations of interest are now closed: please register for individual events to secure your space. Design Thinking Workshop Paediatric Innovation Hackathon In Spring 2018, Innovation Forum Oxford will be launching the Oxford Paediatric Innovation Hackathon in partnership with “Thinking of Oscar” and Triteq. The Hackathon will build on the innovative foundations shared at the Leaders Conference (IFLC2017), and will focus on solving challenging paediatric health problems identified at the IFLC2017 “Thinking of Oscar” and Triteq booths.  In preparation, Innovation Forum Oxford brings you the opportunity to enter the world of Design Thinking and add an inavluable new tool to your problem-solving repertoire. Discover how this human-centric process can transform your idea from potential to reality and help solve real-life challenges in paediatric health.  If you are interested in updates on workshops and Hackathon details, pre-register now for free. INNOVATION FORUM PARTNERS: INNOVATION FORUM OXFORD LOCAL PARTNERS: About the Innovation Forum The Innovation Forum seeks to promote innovation by building bridges between academia, industry and government and linking innovative minds across disciplines.  They are a global network of researchers and entrepreneurs active at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, London, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Lausanne, Barcelona, Hong Kong and Tokyo.  For more information, please visit: www.inno-forum.org

Join us on Friday 13th of April for an impactful day full of learning and fun activities! For the first time in London, over 50 girls, aged 11 to 18 years from the most disadvantaged communities of London are invited to the Embassy of Argentine in the UK to learn about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, practice Design Thinking, explore the Kano Computer Kit, the iamtheCODE iDEA Curriculum and create with technology and code. Our aim is to address the STEAMD (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Arts, and Design) skills shortage in the UK, to inspire the next generation of young women, as well as push for economic empowerment and inclusion through technology. Girls must be accompanied by a teacher or an adult if under 16. All food and transportation will be provided. Agenda:   9:00 - 9:15      LET’S GO! Welcome & Intros 9:15 - 9:30      Welcome Mariéme Jamme (Founder of iamtheCODE) 9:30 - 9:45      Welcome Facundo A. Santiago (Cultural Affairs) 9:45 - 12:15    Decoding the Global Goals: Sustainable Development Goals Deep Dive and Design Thinking Overview  12:15 - 13:15 Lunch / Mentor mingling, learning and connection 13:15 - 15:15 Bringing it together - Design Thinking, Technology, and the SDGs Girls get into groups and pick their SDG challenges They apply their learnings on Design Thinking to start with empathy, defining their specific problem, and ideating around their solutions with technology Groups start to create their presentations Techstars: Create, don’t just consume Assemble Kano Computer Kits - Why Creating and Not Just Consuming is Important Enter Make Art - Start Basic Challenges 15:15 - 17:00 Finish prototype & Presentation prep Pitching & Judging Girls share their solutions to the panel of judges.  ******* By the end of the day, participants will have had the opportunity to: Decode the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (also known as the Global Goals) and understand key indicators that could drive change Get hands-on with the Design Thinking framework to build technology solutions related to the SDGs: Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test Make technology and create with code using Kano Kits Work in groups in order to use technology to design a solution to raise awareness around or address specific SDGs - including Goal 4, Goal 5 and Goal 13 (Quality Education, Gender Equality, and Climate Action). Win a prize to take to their respective schools The Cost Free Get in touch  Please email Mariéme Jamme at marieme@iamthecode.org or Ikram Alasow ikram_a@iamthecode.org for more information about the event.

The word ageing can mean different things... living for many years, growing wise and mature - and also senescence, the mysterious process of deterioration in later life that leads to a gradual decline in our health, late-life diseases and eventually the ending of our lives. Thanks to advances in the treatment of infectious disease, people are living longer now, such that senescence is now the main cause of disease worldwide. But unlike infectious disease, the causes of ageing (senescence) remain poorly understood by scientists. Recent advances in the science of ageing are starting to reveal the causes of ageing, and to suggest treatments that could begin to stave off the ravages of senescence, which would allow us (or at least, future generations) to maintain better health in later life. Speaker: David Gems, Professor of Biogerontology, Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London David Gems is a British geneticist and biogerontologist. He is Professor of Biology of Ageing at University College London where he is also Deputy Director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing. Panel discussion: Mary Matthews Founder of Memrica Memrica is a tech for good company helping active people remember what matters most, to boost confidence, maintain social connections and prolong independence. Thomas Tredinnick CEO of Ally Smart Care Ally, the smart home device for caregivers, keeps families connected and monitors changes in seniors' routines to detect danger or decline in health. Academy London, a Google Space is one of the more recent customisable additions to Google's spaces in London.  Academy London is a unique events venue that supports Google’s education, innovation, and collaboration activities. It is a very adaptable space that hosts and showcases workshops, trainings, upskilling sessions, hackathons and the Google Digital Academy's very own masterclasses for our largest customers. Our primary aim is to strengthen partnerships with key clients and influencers by sharing our knowledge and passion for digital skills through world-class trainers. In doing so, inspiring our clients’ perceptions of digital transformation have been transformed , influencing their approach to their individual business strategies and positively impacting their own customers.