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.
Harrow: The Council of Change
Harrow Council’s IT team take Tech For Good behind the scenes of a digital transformation programme that is improving the lives of its workers and residents.
Northern Ireland’s Digitally Enabled Pandemic Response
HSCNI, Microsoft and Kainos on their world-beating response to the COVID-19 challenge.
Houston, we need to save the planet!
Last November, the Sentinel-6 satellite launched with a mission to monitor the Earth’s oceans
Can cultivated meat help save the planet?
How lab-grown-meat startups are aiming to take both the guilt and the carbon impact out of food.
Net zero path to sustainable IT
Organisations must prioritise sustainable IT to meet net zero targets by reducing GHG emissions, optimising data centres, and promoting eco-friendly digital workplaces.
UK universities must embrace tech to adapt in these challenging times
A radical rethink is required in today’s climate, stresses Dr. Nicos Nicolaou, CEO of UNICAF
Series Three: Suzette Kent
Suzette Kent is a former Federal CIO for the United States government.
In this podcast, Suzette shares her story and talks about what the public sector can do to accelerate digital transformation.
Teenage Tech Stories: Alay Shah
Alay Shah is a researcher, aspiring innovator and high school senior. In this podcast, Alay discusses the need to democratise healthcare and talks about building an eye-tracking diagnostic tool that could become a low-cost alternative to MRIs.
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.
