In the inaugural BT-University of Bristol annual lecture, Professor Tim Whitley will take us on a journey through purposeful innovation and what it has meant so far for the world of communications. He will describe how BT and the University of Bristol have contributed and where the next exciting changes will come from.

The evening will be hosted by Professor Philip Taylor, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research and Enterprise at the University of Bristol.

Biographies:

Professor Tim Whitley is MD Applied Research for BT and MD of BT’s R&D Campus ‘Adastral Park’ in Suffolk, England. He is accountable for all aspects of BT’s Global Research activities, which includes applied research, technology, and partnerships with world leading universities. Tim is a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), a Board member for the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership, a visiting Professor with the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex and a William Pitt Fellow at Pembroke College Cambridge.

He joined BT in 1981 as a Telephone Engineering apprentice in North Wales and has held roles in Research, Technical Architecture, Strategic Analysis and Corporate Strategy. Tim holds a BSc in Physics and a PhD in Optical Fibre Systems.

Professor Philip Taylor is the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Bristol. He is responsible for shaping Bristol’s research and enterprise activity, ensuring it meets the University’s strategic ambition to be a world-leading research-intensive university making a positive contribution to the key global challenges facing society.

He is the Co-Director of the £20m EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration (CESI) and leader of the £10m EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub, which brings together industrial and academic partners with other energy network stakeholders to gain a deeper understanding of the interactions and interdependencies of energy networks.

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