Microsoft Future Decoded is next week! Want to experience what this great yearly event is all about?

Microsoft’s biggest event in the UK: Future Decoded gets under way at ExCel London next week.

Digital transformation and AI are changing the world. So, how can businesses grow while managing disruption in these exciting times?

Join the companies and experts leading the way at ExCeL London, for an extraordinary two-day event that promises to deliver top-level keynotes, private learning, growth sessions and more. Starting on 31 October until 1 November 2018, this is your chance to meet the future. 

Want to find out what this great even is all about, but can't be there?

Experience the best of Future Decoded wherever you are with Future Decoded Live, new for 2018. 

Streamed live from the ExCeL London, you can join 12,000 attendees virtually and be inspired by industry leaders, experts and keynote speakers - on both days of the event, bringing you the very latest from Future Decoded from 9am – 5.30pm. 

www.futuredecoded.com/content/live

Microsoft Future Decoded 2017 - ExCeL Centre, London

Microsoft Future Decoded offers an inspired vision of the digital business of tomorrow, with the tangible advice you need to drive your business forward today . Join the brightest decision makers, developers and IT pros to learn how digital transformation, artificial intelligence, cloud for good and digital skills can pave the way for business success. See what you can achieve at Microsoft Future Decoded.

Another ExCeL-ent (!) Future Decoded event. This is the third year that I have attended, and the first that I have been able to attend both days.

Some of my notes:

"The future of technology":

Synthetic Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing.

Stick em together, what have you got: this?

Business culture is key to digital transformation.

Business culture eats strategy for breakfast!

Change your culture & the rest can follow.

Don't adapt your business culture: prepare to fail!

Haiyan Zhang - Innovation Director @ Microsoft Research, Cambridge.

Emma can write again thanks to a prototype watch, raising hope for Parkinson’s .

Watch this video & keep a box of tissues handy!

A wonderful use of technology.

Get Office 365 for free!

It's not a trial! Students and teachers are eligible for Office 365 for Education, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools.

Risual Corporate videos: 1, 2, 3. Enjoy!

Lets learn from Kodak.

1996 = 5th biggest company in the world.

2012 = Kodak filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection.

What went wrong? Digital Photography!

Innovate: or go with the dinosaurs...

UK Digital Skills Programme

Develop the digital skills you need to take one step forwards – whether in your career, your business or everyday life. With the Microsoft UK Digital Skills Programme there's a course for you whatever your level. From 7 to 70, digital novice or digital professional, we have the resources to help you grow your digital knowledge.

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Its a wrap! Microsoft Future Decoded 2019 - a brilliant catchup on tech trends, & many inspiring speakers

Now in its sixth year, Microsoft Future Decoded is the place to network with like-minded peers, discuss new ideas and go hands-on with the technologies that are transforming the way we live, work, and play.

Cutting-edge AI and cloud computing is driving unimaginable growth, helping us better understand our clients, customers, and competitors.

But that’s just the beginning…

As a new era of computing dawns, rapid advances in technology offer new and ethical ways to solve the social issues that impact us all.

Over two days, Microsoft Future Decoded promises insights into all the top technology trends – and what it means for your world.

Through a series of highly focused sessions led by industry experts, discover the skills your business needs to adapt to our exciting AI age.

Keynote Speakers: day 1

Dr Chris Brauer, Director of Innovation, Institute of Management Studies, Goldsmiths University

Nick Wise, CEO, OceanMind

Dr Lucas Joppa, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft

Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Microsoft

Dr Helen Sharman, CMG OBE

Major Tim Peake CMG

Keynote Speakers: day 2

Chris Bishop, Technical Fellow & Laboratory Director, Microsoft Research Cambridge

Mitra Azizirad, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft AI, Microsoft

Simon Gillespie, Chief Executive, British Heart Foundation

Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft

Christian Horner OBE, Team Principal, Red Bull Racing Formula 1

A great use of two & a half days days. Now to catch up on the messages!

www.futuredecoded.microsoft.com

Quantum computing: Seven truths you need to know

Quantum computers promise to be able to solve tasks that would be impossible using conventional machines.

But those benefits are still theoretical at present, with quantum computers lacking a sufficient number of processing units, known as qubits, and enough stability to do useful work.

Companies are going to huge lengths to build quantum computers, cooling devices to a few micro kelvins above absolute zero. Even then challenges remain, while IBM has a 50-qubit prototype machine and Google a 72-qubit computer, each has their own roadblocks that prevent them from being truly useful devices at this moment.

Here is the expert view on what quantum computers will and won't be able to do, and the challenges we still face.

Want to know more? Learn about Microsoft's unique approach to Quantum Computing: watch the Future Decoded Quantum Computing Keynote Lecture on YouTube (I was there, it's an excellent video - highly recommended!).

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