All this week on TechSPARK we’ll be highlighting a few of the events from this year’s all-digital Bristol Tech Festival – just in time for you to sign up for the next day. If you’d like to see all the event hosted each day head to the Bristol Tech Festival website.
Friday morning at Bristol Tech Festival
Data ethics of the future and its impact on innovation
Data has become central to the way in which we live and work. Technology companies of the future will be founded on the use and exploitation of data but also judged on their legal and ethical use of that data.
We will look at the current legal and ethical framework for data ethics; consider how this is likely to evolve in the future and what technology companies should be doing now to get ahead of the curve.
Financial Technology in Research and Education
10:00 – 11:30, Friday 13th November
What is Fintech and what do we expect it to be in 10 or 20 years? How is higher education adapting to the pedagogic requirements of Fintech, and its multi-disciplinary nature.
Join the UWE Fintech team, as provide an insight into Fintech education in academia, its impact with industry, and its place in applying understanding in technologies like Blockchain, Big Data and AI!
The session will include a panel with members of academia, big industry players and local start-ups.
Also on Friday morning:
Friday afternoon at Bristol Tech Festival
Reimagining Digital Placemaking: Technology and the Public Realm towards 2030
Be Prepared to Forget Everything You Know About Innovation!

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