Despite strides made in recent years, women continue to be underrepresented and face significant barriers to advancement in technology-related careers. In this issue we mark Women’s History Month – and International Women’s Day – with a collection of features highlighting the efforts being made to address this ongoing imbalance.
Elsewhere: A very deep dive into the design-thinking that’s driving transformation at Surrey County Council; talking sustainable IoT with Semtech CEO Mohan Maheswaran; 3M is voice-activating healthcare to create time to care; Cancer Research UK is transforming to the cloud and has already changed the game for matching clinical trials with patients.
Northern Ireland’s Digitally Enabled Pandemic Response
HSCNI, Microsoft and Kainos on their world-beating response to the COVID-19 challenge.
Technology Driving Blood Supply
NHS Blood and Transplant keeps people alive. Wendy Clark and David Rose discuss the role of technology.
Clean Raving
We head to Berlin, Glasgow and Bristol to find out how clubs are embracing sustainability
Ready For Disaster
W. Curtis Preston, a.k.a “Mr Backup”, on protecting your company’s data against natural disasters
Helpster: Leveraging technology to save children’s lives in underserved regions
Helpster Charity, led by CEO Kate Lysykh, leverages technology to provide life-saving healthcare to children in Africa and Asia, combating preventable deaths from diseases like malaria and pneumonia.
AI remains underused in the race to Net Zero – it’s time for change
AI is ready to help achieve Net Zero in marine industries—but remains underused. To unlock its potential, we must prioritise data infrastructure, policy, and collaboration.
Leanne Kemp
Leanne Kemp is founder of Everledger and a global authority on blockchain. In this podcast, Leanne discusses how the technology could create a new paradigm around “tech for good”.
Series Two: Anders Bergtoft
Anders Bergtoft is CEO of Charge Amps. In this podcast, Anders charts the EV revolution and discusses the hurdles still to overcome.
Tech For Good’s cover story this time concerns Amref Health Africa, it’s brilliant work over decades to bring reliable healthcare to sub-Saharan Africa, and a remarkable partnership with GSK and Cognizant that has seen its digital capabilities dramatically enhanced.
Also in this issue: Lenovo’s Ian Jeffs talks to us about the company’s new Data for Humanity report, Health Education England’s James Freed talks digital leadership in times of trouble and change, and we meet some of the people pioneering lab-grown meat as a high-impact solution to global climate and food crises.
