How Digital Technology Will Drive Growth in the Creative Industries

 

Theme: Digital
Time: 10:30
Room: D

 

Digital technology will evolve more over the next five to seven years than over the past 20. Businesses will need to understand what these changes are and how they can harness them to drive growth and new opportunities.

 

This session will contextualise the challenges facing the sector and provide an exciting insight into the opportunities being driven by developments in digital technology for anyone who works in the creative industries.

 

Key benefits of attending:

• Learn about the Technology Strategy Board’s Creative Industries strategy and activities
• Understand metadata and convergence: the two key areas that the Technology Strategy Board will be investing in over the next year
• Gain insight into the latest areas of digital innovation
• Realise the opportunities to work with creative businesses

Hosted by Alex Stanhope from the Technology Strategy Board, speakers in this session include:

• John Cass, Director of the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network
• Jeremy Silver, Serial Entrepreneur and Lead Specialist for the Creative Industries, Technology Strategy Board
• Frank Boyd, Theme Champion for Convergence, Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network
• Simon Hopkins, Theme Champion for Metadata, Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network