IP EXPO Manchester concludes with a look to the future with AI & IoT
IP EXPO Manchester concluded for 2017 in Manchester Central today, with an insightful opening keynote from Mike Hobday of IBM Watson, delving into the future of AI. Mike shared his experience working with IBM Watson and how intelligent automation and robotics will be transforming 25% of content jobs in the next two years.
Discussions of the future continued throughout the day, with an in-depth panel debate on the Future of IoT, bringing together Michael Hobbs of Accenture Digital, Ken Munroe of Pen Test Partners LLP, Tomasz Mloduchowski of Zedaro and Michael Karliner, the former CTO of Shazam now at RedSift.
GDPR, a hot topic for businesses, was also another popular discussion at the show. With a year to go until the regulations come into force, audiences gathered to hear from Gareth Neal of PwC, debating whether GDPR is really a business risk; David King of Secon Cyber Security, who provided advice on the requirements needed before GDPR comes into place; Jeremy Hendy of RepKnight, who prompted thought about firewalls in relation to GDPR and Robert Farnod of Splunk illustrating a day in the life of a GDPR breach.
Commenting on Day 2 of IP EXPO Manchester, Bradley Maule-ffinch, Director of Strategy for IP EXPO Manchester, said:
“It’s been another impressive day at IP EXPO Manchester. We’ve seen record attendance across both days of the show, and our speakers have given some truly thought provoking seminar sessions on areas of technology that will no doubt have a huge impact on everyone in the near future. The focus of conversation on topics such as AI, IoT and Machine Learning has certainly shown that businesses are already embracing technology often perceived as futuristic.”
Additional highlights from Day Two at IP EXPO Manchester, which encompasses technology across six main themes – Cloud, Cyber Security, Networks & Infrastructure, AI, Analytics & IoT, DevOps and Open Source – included:
· A delve into serverless computing and cloud innovation with Ian Massingham of Amazon Web Services.
· Insight into starting DevOps transformation with Steve Thair of DevOpsGuys
· Education on unlocking your data with enterprise computation from Jon McLoone of Wolfram Research
· A look at how machine learning can be applied to customer feedback to understand the impact of poorly performing business processes from Charles Adriaenssens of Splunk
IP EXPO Manchester returns next year on 25th to 26th April 2018 at Manchester Central. We look forward to seeing you there. For more information, please visit www.ipexpomanchester.com, or get involved on Twitter following @IPEXPO or the #IPEXPOManchester hashtag.
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