Name: Stoke On Tech August 2025 Event
Start: 2025-08-21T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-21T21:00:00+01:00
Location: bet365 Stadium

**Stoke-on-Tech — August Meetup**
📍 *Ricardo's Bar, bet365 Stadium*
📅 *Thursday 21st August 2025*
⏰ *Doors open at 6:00 PM \| Talks begin at 6:15 PM*

Join us for another exciting evening at **Stoke-on-Tech**, where local tech minds come together to share ideas, explore new tools, and connect with the vibrant digital community across Staffordshire and Cheshire.

Hannah Bourne

Stoke On Tech

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Technology

New Technology

Computer Programming

Web Development

Big Data

Software QA and Testing

Cloud Computing

ERP Software

Internet of Things (IOT)

Web Technology

Test Automation

Software Development

Internet Professionals

**🔧 Mike Elsmore — *What’s in your toolbox to develop products during the AI revolution***

AI is rapidly changing how we build products — from copilots speeding up development to fully AI-generated solutions. But with this shift comes the risk of “AI-slop” if we’re not thoughtful. Mike will walk us through how to harness AI effectively and what essential tools should be in every modern developer’s kit to build reliable, scalable, user-ready products.

**🎓 Robin Oldham — *The Real Story of Digital Degree Apprenticeships***

Why are so many apprenticeship adverts full of hi-vis PPE? Digital Degree Apprenticeships are redefining career pathways into computing, covering everything from cybersecurity to data science, all while earning a degree and a salary. Robin, Course Director at the University of Staffordshire, will demystify how these apprenticeships work and the real-world impact they're already having (with almost zero hi-vis gear involved!).

**📚 Fiona Knight - *Use the platform – what you can do without libraries or frameworks on the web today.***

Developers are so quick these days to turn to frameworks and libraries to develop applications, that they have forgotten the power of the browser, and what you can do with vanilla HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Fiona, a senior lecturer from the University of Staffordshire will show you some of the cool things you can do today with a browser and a text editor, and also point out the key places you can find out more.

**🧠 Daniel Tallentire — *Generalist -adaptable intelligence***

Here's what I've learned after 15+ years in tech: the person who makes the biggest difference is often not the deepest expert. It is the person who can jump into a new API or codebase and make sense of it quickly, explain technical decisions in plain English, and spot the connections between problems that appear to be unrelated. Tech changes every 18 months... your ability to learn and adapt matters more than what you already know. 

Robin Oldham, Daniel Tallentire, Fiona Knight & Mike Elsmore

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