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Speaker BiographyDave Cliff, The University of Bristol, UK
Beyond Current Horizons: Eight Socio-Technical Trends for the FutureAbstract: This is a fast-paced presentation, involving nothing but pictures, to illustrate a major briefing paper that I co-authored with Claire O'Malley and Josie Taylor, for the UK Government's Department of Children, Schools, and Families (DCSF) as part of their "Beyond Current Horizons" futures project (see www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk). The paper, and this presentation, surveys eight major socio-technical trends that look set to have a major influence on children's education over the next 25 or more years. It's intentionally provocative. |
Location: Brighton, UK
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Dave Cliff has worked at the University of Sussex, at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, at Hewlett-Packard Labs Bristol, at Deutsche Bank's London Foreign-Exchange Complex Risk Group, at the University of Southampton, and from July 2007 at the University of Bristol where he is Professor of Computer Science. He is also a founder of Syritta Algorithmics Ltd, a technology development and consultancy company. In October 2005 Cliff was appointed Director of a £20m UK research consortium, addressing issues in the science and engineering of Large-Scale Complex IT Systems. He is author or co-author on over 70 academic publications, inventor or co-inventor on 15 patents; and he has undertaken advisory and consultancy work for a number of major companies and for the UK Government. He's given well over 100 invited keynote lectures and seminars; and he and his work have frequently been featured both in the press and on TV and radio.