BASDA Annual Summit 2015 - FULLY BOOKED

The theme of this year's Summit event is 'Capitalising on a Changing World' and will include insightful sessions on the current issues relevant to BASDA members.

This is a key networking event for all BASDA members, with the opportunity to attend the BASDA AGM.

The event is kindly sponsored by Secura Hosting.

AGENDA:

10.30 – 10.40 BASDA Welcome – Kevin Hart, BASDA Chair

10.40 – 11.10 Opening Keynote Session: Mark Dearnley, HMRC’s Chief Digital and Information Officer, shares the Department’s ambitious plans to digitalise its business and how it will engage with software suppliers.

11.10 – 11.40 Recruiting and Retaining the best Talent: Jessica Cooper, Research Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD), shares findings from the CIPD’s Resourcing and Talent Planning survey.

11.40 – 12.00 Coffee break

12.00 – 12.30 The World of Payments is Changing: Julian Sawyer, CEO of Piran Consulting, shares his insight into the fast-changing payments landscape and how this will disrupt businesses.

12.30 – 12.55 Spotlight on BASDA achievements for members, Interest Group update, TVD Award

12.55 – 1.45 LUNCH

1.45 – 2.05 Nurturing tomorrow's talent pool - The Computer Science Masterclasses:Dr Gail Cardew, Director of Science and Education at the Royal Institution, talks about their work in supporting the future of our sector through programmes that focus on the skills of the next generation of computer scientists.

2.05 – 2.35 The Internet of Things (IoT) in Data Times:Euro Beinat, Professor of Data Science/Geoinformatics (Salzburg) and Vice President at Zebra Technologies (Chicago), discusses the main trends underlying the development of IoT and how they differ from the previous Internet development waves.

2.35 – 3.00 Harnessing technology to manage and report in a changing world: Jyoti Banerjee, Programme Lead, Technology Initiative, explores how the evolution of corporate management practice and reporting is impacting – and being impacted – by technology.

3.00 – 3.30 EU Data Protection Reform: Ruth Boardman, partner at Bird & Bird LLP, will explain what the rules will mean for BASDA members, when to expect them, and what we can do about them.

3.30 – 3.50 Research & Development Tax: Paul Mann, MD at LinkStep R&D Tax Services,explores the definition of R&D-for-tax-purposes and how this can potentially apply to your business.

3.50 – 4.00 Close

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