Cloud Industry Forum Presents TWF

For episode 10 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum), we are talking about the metaverse. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will set the scene with his perspective on why this immersive technology is important, and then he'll interview Dr Joshua Stanton of Disruptive Live explaining their open standards, portable, browser based approach with new platform Spaces Metaverse. Josh will explain the thinking, and show practical use cases.

For episode 9 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum), we are talking to someone who has been in the UK CIO 100, and the UK's Top 50 most influential women in IT. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Georgina Owens, the CTO of William Hill. She'll explain how she is digitally transforming a well known, 90 year old brand on the UK High Street. We'll find out about her approach to that transformation, and she'll be giving us great ideas about how you future proof your organisation.

For episode 8 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum), we are talking to a law firm which specialises in technology and data. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Garfield Smith. He's the founder and managing director of the firm, and we'll explore legal issues for tech start-ups, larger corporates, all aspects of dealing with data, and how those legal issues are changed by the AI wave that we are all experiencing.

For episode 7 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum), we are talking to an AI evangelist and Partner at Wipro Consulting within Talent & Change. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Silvia Cambie. She's a published author, has a journalism background, and is an ex-IBMer .We'll explore the importance of linking AI to your digital and data strategy, and we'll zoom in on some exciting use cases.

For episode 6 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum) we're talking to a well-known analyst with a deep knowledge of the tech landscape and its history. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Tony Lock of Freeform Dynamics. We'll talk about some of the history, good and bad, in the development of the cloud technology landscape, and see what lessons we learned that might apply to the explosion (and hype) around AI that we're all experiencing since ChatGPT came on the scene 15 months ago. Like David, our guest has direct experience of a lot of technology changes over decades.

For episode 5 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum) we're talking to someone who works in the field of mergers and acquisitions in the technology sector. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Hutton Henry who will talk about technology due diligence, his back story, and how he's built up his expertise and approach. We'll ask how he assesses a businesses, what he thinks about the impact of AI, and we'll definitely learn something from his particular viewpoint on what makes a successful tech company.
 
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For episode 4 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum) we'll be talking about both the tech startup scene, and the explosion in AI technology we are all experiencing, with somebody who connects the two. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Harry Berg, who has already exited two startups, and started his third a few months ago. His new venture Parapet turns global Ivy League graduates into technical founders. We'll get his view on where AI is headed next, and find out more about his community of graduate entrepreneurs.

For episode 3 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum) we'll be talking to one of the World's top 50 women in tech, according to Forbes. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Professor Sue Black OBE about some of her history, how she saved Bletchley Park, how she got in to software engineering, her role as a technology evangelist, her research on bias in AI, and she'll have plenty to say about equality, diversity, and inclusion in our space.

For episode 2 of the 2024 season of our weekly show, TWF! (Tech Wave Forum) we're coming at technology from the perspective of mathematics. Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Dr. Ems Lord, Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, and Director of NRICH, the award winning mathematics outreach programme. As well as explaining what NRICH does, we'll be talking about the importance of number sense, problem solving, thinking skills, AI (of course), and women in tech and STEM subjects.

Our host and CIF CEO David Terrar will be interviewing Andrew Grill who is a former IBM Managing Partner, an in demand keynote speaker, a TEDx presenter, and a technology advisor to major corporations. Andrew is the Actionable Futurist®, so as well as getting his take on how GenAI, mixed reality, quantum computing, 5G, and edge computing will develop, he'll give you some homework - five actions to try straight away to help change your thinking.