Despite strides made in recent years, women continue to be underrepresented and face significant barriers to advancement in technology-related careers. In this issue we mark Women’s History Month – and International Women’s Day – with a collection of features highlighting the efforts being made to address this ongoing imbalance.
Elsewhere: A very deep dive into the design-thinking that’s driving transformation at Surrey County Council; talking sustainable IoT with Semtech CEO Mohan Maheswaran; 3M is voice-activating healthcare to create time to care; Cancer Research UK is transforming to the cloud and has already changed the game for matching clinical trials with patients.
Creating A Pathway To Hope
Gilead Science’s PrEP Hub® platform is a gamechanger in the fight against HIV – both the disease and the stigma.
Tracr: How De Beers’ is digitalising every diamond’s story
Inside De Beers’ mission to create a digital twin of all the world’s diamonds on the blockchain.
No substitute for learning
Karthik Krishnan speaks about the future of education and why digital enhancement is the way forward in transforming the schools system
Welcoming The Derk Arts
Inspirational Castor CEO Derk Arts discusses his vision for the future of the medical science industry
Using AI to treat rare diseases
Dr. Neil Thompson says rare disease treatment can be transformed by AI and learning lessons from the COVID-19 response
Powering a new form of healthcare
Wireless Logic’s Mark Appleby on supporting remote patient monitoring
Series Two: Felix Ohswald
Felix Ohswald is co-founder and CEO of GoStudent. In this podcast, Felix discusses the rapid growth of Europe’s first edtech unicorn, and considers what the future of learning will look like.
Chloe Tartan: Blockchain versus the digital divide
Blockchain could provide a transparent, safe, and incentivised mechanism for the distribution of welfare, says Accenture’s Chloe Tartan.
Tech For Good’s cover story this time concerns Amref Health Africa, it’s brilliant work over decades to bring reliable healthcare to sub-Saharan Africa, and a remarkable partnership with GSK and Cognizant that has seen its digital capabilities dramatically enhanced.
Also in this issue: Lenovo’s Ian Jeffs talks to us about the company’s new Data for Humanity report, Health Education England’s James Freed talks digital leadership in times of trouble and change, and we meet some of the people pioneering lab-grown meat as a high-impact solution to global climate and food crises.
