I support communications for Bristol Digital Futures Institute at the University of Bristol.
I have also supported communications for a free questionnaire funded by the Wellcome Trust. Topics include health, behaviour, economics, the environment and society for population research. The project is managed by Children of the 90s and Generation Scotland.
As part of our BDFI Introduces Seminar Series, Professor Rebecca Coleman talked time, the pandemic and social media. She took the audience through the findings of her recent report ”Post’-pandemic hybrid futures’ which explored how communities engaged with each other both in-person and online, and the successes and challenges they faced.
The event was followed by a lively Q&A session from the audience at the Engine Shed as well as from people who had joined the seminar online.
We were delighted to welcome many of our partners for a first look at our new home, the first research hub to open in Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.
During the day delegates heard from Co-Directors Professor Dimitra Simeonidou and Professor Susan Halford and guest Professor Tim Whitley, BT Managing Director of Research and Network Strategy about the history of our industrial site, progress with facilities and live projects. Academic flash (just two minutes) presentations covered a diverse range of topics from the quantum internet to explainable AI to technology in the crime nexus. In our Neutral Lab during networking more work was showcased including our commissioned artwork, Injurious Effect, virtual reality facilities, ‘5G in a box’ – the Nomadic Node,Advancing Cyber Security, MyWorld and the sustainable campus testbed.
We were delighted to share our new home, expertise and to help make introductions for partners Airbus, BT, Digital Catapult, LV=GI, Thales, TM Forum, Ultraleap, Watershed and the West of England Combined Authority.
Up to 50 delegates attended at Bristol’s M Shed on 4 May 2022 to take part in our first major in-person event for academics, partners and collaborators.
‘BDFI in Action’ sought to share, debate and consolidate ideas about how we can drive disruption through sociotechnical innovation, and put these ideas ‘into action’ through a series of curated discussions.
Together, we explored a current development to make a digital city for the future, taking a sociotechnical approach to examine questions of sustainability, inclusion and prosperity.
