10 episódios
TechBritannia Rose Ross
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Anyone working in infotech, biotech or cleantech should regard TechBritannia as a touch point to keep up to date on what individuals and organisations are doing to turn Britain into a global powerhouse of ideas and innovation.
Our focus is not purely on British people but encompasses the multicultural mix of attitudes and philosophies that are prevalent in academic teams, start-ups and established companies based in the UK. Britain is the go-to place for mentorship, investment and inspiration but the news tends to be buried in the darker corners of the web.
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Advancing Forth with women's health: Sarah Bolt, CEO and Co-Founder, Forth
Sarah Bolt, CEO and Co-Founder, Forth shares her passion and drive that has taken her from marketing vacuum cleaners to founding a firm focussing on empowering women by providing them information about their hormones. She describes how her firm will help revolutionise the way female health is handled and will allow women to be better prepared to take control of their health whilst also providing opportunities to help with planning things such as when to have children.
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Respect in Security: Lisa Forte, Red Goat Consulting, and Rik Ferguson, Trend Micro
Lisa Forte, from Red Goat Consulting, and Rik Ferguson, from Trend Micro, passionately share the astounding success of the recently-launched initiative Respect in Security. Rose Ross finds out all about the aims of the group who want to address harassment and bullying, not just in the cybersecurity industry in the UK, but potentially every industry on a worldwide scale.
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Enhancing MRI diagnosis with AI: Mark Hinton, Chief Technology Officer, Lucida Medical
Mark Hinton, CTO at Lucida Medical, shares the successes that his firm has had using AI to help analyse MRI images to aid in diagnosing cancers, in particular prostate cancer. He lets TechBritannia in on the exciting potential that the technology has, including the idea of full-body scans which could provide preventative diagnostics in the future.
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Young UK enterprise up for Junior Achievement European award: Matt, MD, Firefly Technology
Matt, Managing Director of Firefly Technology, shares how his young firm although still at school have a useful product for the 'work at home' world we live in. Rose Ross discovers how the company and their innovative product came about plus how Firefly is now up for a Junior Achievement European award that you can help them win.
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How innovation and collaboration leads UK to cybersecure future: Richard Yorke, Managing Director, CyNam
Today we have the pleasure of chatting with Richard Yorke, Managing Director and one of the Founding Directors of CyNam, who shares how Cyber Cheltenham (CyNam for short) go about powering local cyber technology innovation. He also shares his own path that brought him through cyber security to his current role.
TechBritannia Co-conspirator Rose Ross discovers that the recent creation of UKC3 (UK Cyber Security Collaboration) has ensured that funding will mean full-time attention can be paid to CyNam and help the UK fuel national co-operation between clusters more than ever before, including aiming to help academia and business to cross pollinate more.
Richard also hints at what could be expected at CyNam 21.3 which will be held, hopefully in-person, during October. Watch the full podcast here:
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Redeploying Forces talent to benefit UK Tech: James Murphy, Director, TechVets
James Murphy, Director of TechVets, shares with TechBritannia listeners the important work that the non-profit does in helping serving members of the Forces in navigating their careers into my technology-focussed roles or forging a tech career after leaving. Rose Ross discovers that a surprisingly small number of veterans are in ICT and how TechVets offers a no-strings-attached place for them to find answers and support when considering tech as an area to move into.