Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Forum (Pictfor)

Shoreditch Summer Reception - The Next Generation of Tech

Sponsored by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Pictfor is hosting a Summer Reception to introduce our All-Party Parliamentary Group.

Members, Parliamentarians and potential future members are invited to apply to attend. Please also pass the invitation along to new and young employees - with a particular emphasis on young people and those new to the tech and political sectors who may not have engaged with us before.

Please join the waitlist for this event using your work email address. Once we have approved your request, your registration will be confirmed and you will be sent further details of the event.

This event will introduce Pictfor to a wider network, engage young people working in tech and policy, while also exploring the future of tech.

This interactive, interview-style panel event will discuss:

• What is the future of tech?

• What skills do the next generation working in tech need to excel?

• How will Generation Z shape technology?

Speakers:

• Darren Jones MP

• Lee Rowley MP

• Catherine Knivett, Principal Policy Officer for Digital Skills, Greater London Authority

• Maxine Mackintosh, Co-Founder, One HealthTech

• Barry Whyte, COO, Decoded

• Chair: Professor Tom Crick MBE, Trustee, BCS

Refreshments will be provided with catering by Papi's Pickles.

This event is kindly sponsored by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. BCS is here to Make IT Good for Society. The organisation champions the global IT profession and the interests of the individuals in it, for the benefit of all.