Some general notes on speakers as much for my own reference as for anyone else’s benefit. Apologies for patchy and subjective nature.

Werner Vogels
Unpredictability of scale. Minimise infrastructure risk by utilising the cloud.

Arianna Huffington
Use technology to facilitat new models and expose resistence of stakeholders in established power structures. Huge investment in USA lobbying has failed.

Clare Lockhart
Applying new models, networks and processes exposed and facilitated by new technology to bring reconstruction and stability to failed states.

Nick Bostrom
Look at recent developments as part of a bigger picture in which humanity may or may not survive. We are young and very small.

Gavin Starks
Monitoring energy consumption in detail on an organisational and individual level using new technology, smart devices to avoid peak<service>.

William Heath
Placing responsibility and access to personal data back in the hands of the individual who manages their profile and allows organisations access as appropriate.

Steve Papa
Information uses up attention resource which prevents citizens from processing important information such as the incredibly duplicitous behaviour of our institutions.

Umair Haque
Positive effects of viral growth are countered by overwhelming negative effects which result in a failing society. A new constructive capitalism is needed for the 21st century.

Matt Locke
Youth campaign facilitated by new broadcast mechanisms raise questions about “value” in youth audience/producers.

Andy Baio
Elements of game play can encourage engagement and interaction with positive activity such as fundraising.

Gerry Jackson
Broadcasting radio from UK to counteract appalling repression and atrocity in Zimbabwe.

Matt Webb
Small design company with broad ranging activity, discussed macroscope whereby individual view seen in larger context. Illustrated by curved diagram of New York showing whole city and immediate surroundings.

Jay Parkinson
Bringing medical services online, specifically the relationship between patients and their doctor, to allow better access to healthcare.

Ian Neild
Amusing introduction to the evolution of man gradually becoming upright only to end up crouching over a computer. Speculated on where we go with mobile devices.

Derek McAuley
Introduced the concept of the digital economy.

Nigel Shadbolt
Described web science as a natural successor to computer science as the entity itself becomes worth studying. Spoke of the semantic web and how it is still taking shape.

Charlie Leadbetter
Made an assertion that the issues around the future of education are most explicit in the world’s poorest urban habitats and suggested that simply making technology available could help.

Richard Baraniuk
Discussed the Open Education project which aims to make text books available under licensing based on creative commons like model.

Sugata Mitra
Fantastic presentation on his research into whether children can teach themselves with a computer and no tuition. Amazing results from his hole in the wall project and giving Tamil speaking children English data on microbiology/genetics.

Iqbal Quadir
Demonstrated a relationship between commerce and distribution of power in the formation of English parliament and how new models could empower developing populations.

Ian Lipkin
Demonstrated how communication technology was playing a huge part in furthering the understanding of how illness spreads across the globe by combining data from different sources including google web trends.

R K Pachauri
Discussed global warming and the significance of the internet as a contributor.

John Van Oudenaren
Demonstrated library of congress multi billion dollar project to make historical documents from across the world available online.

Bradley Horowitz
Discussed evolutionary nature of web technology (and companies tha toperate within it) in a survival of the fittest way and how that relates to google’s approach to applications.

Thomas Gensemer
Obama campaign was very carefully managed top down to provide a sandbox for all the activity that essentially got him elected.

Adam Afriyie
Shocking sound-bit laden prepared speach on how the tories are embrassing new technology.

Tom Watson
Spoke of all the positives that have emerged within government despite his obvious frustration at the pace of change. Making data available to the public is high on the agenda.

Some key themes of the day
Data availability. Raw information versus curated or editorial. Technology as a facilitator for changed behaviour.