Emerging technologies are the new and rapidly growing breakthrough technologies. The main ones are Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, big data, cybersecurity, robotics, virtual reality (VR), immersive technologies (XR) and Quantum computing. There has been a large increase in their impacts recently thanks to breakthroughs in science and technology, and they hold the potential to fundamentally transform the way the economy and society function.
Richard Boddington, Account Director, Netcall
Alistair Jinks, Director of Business Services, NI Water
Lucille Harvey & Jenny Lardh, UX designer and UX researcher, Triad
By Professor Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy, Exeter Business School
By Zoe Amar, FCIM, Director, Zoe Amar Digital
By Henry Grech-Cini, Senior Consultant, Triad
By Jasmin Fischer, SVP Research and Insights & , Jayson Fittipaldi, US Creative Director, SHARE Creative
December 2019
New research shows that the IT industry is overwhelmingly positive about the future and keen to embrace new technologies but facing budgetary pressure. Earlier this year, over 100 Digital Leader members joined nearly 200 other technologists from around the world in completing our 2020 tech […]
November 2019
Earlier this year we launched the Deal 2030, which sets out ten key priorities for our city, Wigan. This strategy was published following a Big Listening exercise we undertook with our residents, where more than 6,000 people gave their ideas. Those ideas, which included making […]
September 2019
Interview with Professor Mark Thompson We hear a lot about digital transformation – what does it mean to you? Everybody bangs on about digital transformation, but it’s often hugely misleading because these discussions are usually technology led. To me, Digital Leaders’ version of digital transformation […]
September 2019
There was a time when the only option was to let our fingers do the talking. However, advances in speech technology mean that for people with visual, mobility or cognitive impairments it’s just as easy and effective to access technology with your voice. Finding our […]
July 2019
The role of ethics has always been to provide people with guidelines on how we should behave and treat one another. As emerging technologies change every aspect of how businesses operate and compete today, companies need an ethical framework for the era of intelligent machines. […]
July 2019
Technology provides us with the toolkit to change lives for the better – but if unchecked, it also has the power to discriminate and reinforce stereotypes and bias. This is true of any technology past, present and future. But it is the advancement of distributed […]
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