Lunchtime talk: Would you trust your software team with your life?

Would you trust a piece of software with your life? Almost as alarming a question, would you agree to write software that could kill someone if it went wrong? Software for medical devices is a headache but often a necessity – it could go horribly wrong, but can also enable treatments we want and need. For software engineers this can descend in technical issues about testing strategies, regulation and code quality. This isn’t a talk about that.

Hopefully of interest to non-software engineers as well, this talk will draw on the speakers’ experience of the industry to think about the kind of teams and shape of organisations that can deliver safe, effective software. As industry activity shifts from slower, more cautious corporations to energetic, high-tech startups, can we deliver safety and innovation without burning ourselves out?

Gordon Deane is a Cambridge software engineer currently working in a medical device startup, with a foot in the software regulatory side as well. He will not be speaking for or about his current employer.

After the talk, we will allow some time for discussion and networking.

This event is uncatered, but feel free to bring your lunch and eat it in the auditorium.

This free event is generously hosted by The Bradfield Centre, Cambridge's hub for tech and deep tech companies operated by Central Working. Our mission is to grow scaleups and provide them with the connections and support they need to thrive. The way we do this is by building a sense of community through human interactions and high-quality events which engage our members and allow for networking.
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