Access to energy in Sub-Saharan Africa is a feminist issue
Nedjip Tozun, Co-Founder and CEO of d.light explores how off-grid solar energy is empowering women and transforming entire communities.
Social Good
The new health crisis – how digital illiteracy is endangering our seniors
Digital illiteracy is a growing health crisis for seniors, leaving them unable to navigate essential online services and jeopardising their independence and health outcomes.
Empowering sustainable investments with geospatial technology and earth observation data
Combining geospatial tech with data from space can will be key to making sound investments in a sustainable future, argues Ordnance Survey’s Mark Tabor.
Neurodivergent contributions are essential for inclusive and ethical AI
Neurodivergent individuals are vital for inclusive and ethical AI, offering unique skills that enhance problem-solving, improve data accuracy, and drive innovation in AI development.
Post-disaster management & satellite data: Aid and efficient recovery
Post-disaster management relies on satellite imagery for real-time damage assessment, resource allocation, and tracking recovery, enhancing efficiency and decision-making during critical recovery phases.
Using technology to create a more inclusive and accessible workplace
Eric Thomas, Chief Diversity Officer at CX software giant Genesys, on the ways in which innovative technologies are transforming workplaces for those with visual impairments.
From bamboo boxes to repairable PCs: Lenovo’s drive for sustainability
Lenovo is driving sustainability through innovations like bamboo packaging, repairable laptops, and efficient liquid cooling, promoting circularity and reducing e-waste across IT product lifecycles.
Canon Medical Arena: A place for basketball and MRIs
Mark Hitchman, MD of Canon Medical Systems, on combining sport, community wellbeing, medical diagnostics, and research in one place.
The future of innovation is ethical
Corporate trailblazers must prioritise ethical innovation to drive responsible change, ensuring sustainable progress and creating true value in a rapidly evolving digital age.
Tracr: How De Beers’ is digitalising every diamond’s story
Inside De Beers’ mission to create a digital twin of all the world’s diamonds on the blockchain.
The people making a digital twin of every diamond in the world
Inside De Beers’ internal tech startup, Tracr, that aims to use blockchain to tell the positve story of every natural diamond in the world.
How AI is unlocking videogames for the blind
Novis Games, a Microsoft-supported startup, is using AI to transform games for the visually impaired.
How technology is revolutionising public service
The slow-moving public sector must use the pace of advancing technology to reshape public services for the demands of the future.
Novis Games is bringing gaming to the blind
Arianna Ortelli, CEO and co-founder of Novis Games, on her team’s partnership with Microsoft and using AI to bring video games to the visually impaired.
Technology and public services: We can do so much better
Andrea Danes, global human services leader at EY, discusses how we might unleash the public sector’s “innovative instigators” with technology.
The innovative scam protection technology keeping seniors safe
In a world plagued by phone scams, Phonely’s groundbreaking technology combines AI monitoring with human intervention, empowering seniors to communicate safely.
Why is International Women’s Day still needed?
International Women’s Day amplifies the need for gender equality. Helen Hawthorn of Zoom urges tech to embrace inclusivity, fostering diversity for innovation and equality.
How blockchain could revolutionise social welfare
Blockchain isn’t just for cryptocurrencies. Chloe Tartan thinks it could underpin a more equitable welfare system in a digitally divided world.
How Video Games Help Business Teams Work Smarter
Often seen as a leisure activity, video games can significantly enhance problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills, benefiting the workplace environment.
Chloe Tartan: Blockchain versus the digital divide
Blockchain could provide a transparent, safe, and incentivised mechanism for the distribution of welfare, says Accenture’s Chloe Tartan.
Mary Jacques: Leading ESG at Lenovo
Mary Jacques heads global ESG for tech giant Lenovo, which is on a mission to meet ambitious sustainability goals not just for itself, but across its entire value chain
Adopt a Grandparent’s tech-driven revolution in care
Adopt a Grandparent uses technology to connect younger individuals globally with UK care residents, reducing loneliness and isolation.
Bridging the Metaverse gap for disadvantaged youth
The findings of a project run by social mobility charity the EY Foundation has identified the action needed to ensure new technology is inclusive of young people from low-income backgrounds.
Virgin Media O2: Carbon, Circularity, and Communities
Virgin Media O2’s Better Connections Plan is helping communities and the environment.
Codesigning technologies for healthier communities
Researchers at the University of Plymouth have shown that developing tech with – not for – the digitally excluded can produce remarkable results.
Thames Valley Police: A force for automation
Thames Valley Police’s digital transformation programme has a pioneering approach to automation, focused on frontline policing rather than back-office tasks. The results are remarkable.
Human Rights In The Age Of AI
Jan Kleijssen discusses how the Council of Europe is protecting human rights in the digital age.
The race against time
Douglas Johnson-Poensgen, CEO of Circulor, warns of the challenges in the EV battery supply chain
Taking a data-led approach to sustainability
Organiations are prioritizing sustainability, using data-driven, cloud-based platforms to track and manage greenhouse gas emissions and improve overall environmental performance.
Why shared solutions can be crucial to elevating low-income communities
An exclusive article from Alan Marcus, Chief Digital Strategy Officer at Planet Smart City
Series Three: Janina Nakladal
Janina Nakladal is Global Director of Sustainability for Celonis.
In this podcast, Janina discusses the power of process mining and the challenges of achieving sustainability transformation.
Laurel Christensen
Laurel Christensen is Chief Audiology Officer for GN Hearing, and has dedicated her professional life to helping solve the problem of hearing loss. In this podcast, Laurel reveals some of the cutting-edge innovations being applied to hearing aids today.
Social Good
Access to energy in Sub-Saharan Africa is a feminist issue
Nedjip Tozun, Co-Founder and CEO of d.light explores how off-grid solar energy is empowering women and transforming entire communities.
The new health crisis – how digital illiteracy is endangering our seniors
Digital illiteracy is a growing health crisis for seniors, leaving them unable to navigate essential online services and jeopardising their independence and health outcomes.
Empowering sustainable investments with geospatial technology and earth observation data
Combining geospatial tech with data from space can will be key to making sound investments in a sustainable future, argues Ordnance Survey’s Mark Tabor.
Neurodivergent contributions are essential for inclusive and ethical AI
Neurodivergent individuals are vital for inclusive and ethical AI, offering unique skills that enhance problem-solving, improve data accuracy, and drive innovation in AI development.
Post-disaster management & satellite data: Aid and efficient recovery
Post-disaster management relies on satellite imagery for real-time damage assessment, resource allocation, and tracking recovery, enhancing efficiency and decision-making during critical recovery phases.
Using technology to create a more inclusive and accessible workplace
Eric Thomas, Chief Diversity Officer at CX software giant Genesys, on the ways in which innovative technologies are transforming workplaces for those with visual impairments.
From bamboo boxes to repairable PCs: Lenovo’s drive for sustainability
Lenovo is driving sustainability through innovations like bamboo packaging, repairable laptops, and efficient liquid cooling, promoting circularity and reducing e-waste across IT product lifecycles.
Canon Medical Arena: A place for basketball and MRIs
Mark Hitchman, MD of Canon Medical Systems, on combining sport, community wellbeing, medical diagnostics, and research in one place.
The future of innovation is ethical
Corporate trailblazers must prioritise ethical innovation to drive responsible change, ensuring sustainable progress and creating true value in a rapidly evolving digital age.
Tracr: How De Beers’ is digitalising every diamond’s story
Inside De Beers’ mission to create a digital twin of all the world’s diamonds on the blockchain.
The people making a digital twin of every diamond in the world
Inside De Beers’ internal tech startup, Tracr, that aims to use blockchain to tell the positve story of every natural diamond in the world.
How AI is unlocking videogames for the blind
Novis Games, a Microsoft-supported startup, is using AI to transform games for the visually impaired.
How technology is revolutionising public service
The slow-moving public sector must use the pace of advancing technology to reshape public services for the demands of the future.
Novis Games is bringing gaming to the blind
Arianna Ortelli, CEO and co-founder of Novis Games, on her team’s partnership with Microsoft and using AI to bring video games to the visually impaired.
Technology and public services: We can do so much better
Andrea Danes, global human services leader at EY, discusses how we might unleash the public sector’s “innovative instigators” with technology.
The innovative scam protection technology keeping seniors safe
In a world plagued by phone scams, Phonely’s groundbreaking technology combines AI monitoring with human intervention, empowering seniors to communicate safely.
Why is International Women’s Day still needed?
International Women’s Day amplifies the need for gender equality. Helen Hawthorn of Zoom urges tech to embrace inclusivity, fostering diversity for innovation and equality.
How blockchain could revolutionise social welfare
Blockchain isn’t just for cryptocurrencies. Chloe Tartan thinks it could underpin a more equitable welfare system in a digitally divided world.
How Video Games Help Business Teams Work Smarter
Often seen as a leisure activity, video games can significantly enhance problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills, benefiting the workplace environment.
Chloe Tartan: Blockchain versus the digital divide
Blockchain could provide a transparent, safe, and incentivised mechanism for the distribution of welfare, says Accenture’s Chloe Tartan.
Mary Jacques: Leading ESG at Lenovo
Mary Jacques heads global ESG for tech giant Lenovo, which is on a mission to meet ambitious sustainability goals not just for itself, but across its entire value chain
Adopt a Grandparent’s tech-driven revolution in care
Adopt a Grandparent uses technology to connect younger individuals globally with UK care residents, reducing loneliness and isolation.
Bridging the Metaverse gap for disadvantaged youth
The findings of a project run by social mobility charity the EY Foundation has identified the action needed to ensure new technology is inclusive of young people from low-income backgrounds.
Virgin Media O2: Carbon, Circularity, and Communities
Virgin Media O2’s Better Connections Plan is helping communities and the environment.