The Tommy Flowers Network brings together the ICT industry and Academia with the new generation of universities' postgraduate researchers to understand the biggest challenges we're facing. We're living connected, digital lives in a world that's been radically changed by our use of technology and now through the pandemic as well. Many of the devices, applications and services we rely on today, and the technologies that underpin them, were inconceivable to previous generations. What happens next will be driven by the next generation of researchers coming out of universities. We need this new generation of research leaders to understand the ICT industry they will be inheriting - because they will be shaping our world from now on, and we want to support them to get it right!

Now, more than ever, this conference is well positioned to challenge the old and embrace the new. We will showcase collaboration successes, with industry and academia driving latest innovations together. BT’s Dr Gilbert Owusu, Service & Operational Transformation, will lead a case study panel discussion with expert collaboration leaders from Essex University, University of Loughborough, Robert Gordon University and Michigan State University.

Russell Beck from ImagineThinkDo will give an inspiring view on this new world of work, the challenges and the opportunities, and leaders from industry, academia and governance bodies will provide collaboration and innovation stories to inspire the future.

Throughout the conference our postgraduate researchers (PGRs) will investigate and challenge the status quo and present their views of the future. Soft skills: are they really soft? Ideas: how do they become an innovation? Virtual: is it the new real? Resilience: what does it mean for a career? Leaders: what's the job description?

You will be able to submit your own questions to the PGR panel taking place on the last day.

Registration for the conference is for all three days with no fees.