UEA and the Tech Sector

Join us at UEA to hear about our work in the tech sector through world leading research, providing talent from across a range of disciplines and opportunites for mentoring and providing tech services to the University.

Meet our new Head of Computing Sciences Professor Gerard Parr to hear about his ambitions for the School, learn about what some of our academics and students are up to and take a tour of our new Media Suite.

Event schedule:

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5pm doors open: Pizza, soft drinks and beer/wine will be available throughout the evening (so don't worry if you can't make it until a bit later!). The UEA Careers Service will have a stand open to discuss opportunities for connecting with new talent.

6pm Introductions from Professor Fiona Lettice

6.10pm Professor Gerard Parr (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-parr-0138a04/); introducing the UEA School of Computing Sciences.

6.20pm Dr Beatriz De La Iglesia (https://www.uea.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/b-iglesia); Talking about her research in the context of “Making sense of data in different environments.”

6.30pm Jamie Barwick (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-barwick-cmgr-mcmi-241161b7/); Programme Manager for the development of UEA's campus wide Digital Strategy, discussing opportunities for engaging with the tech community to support the UEA's digital ambitions.

6.40pm Adam Vaughan (http://ehabitation.co.uk/about-us/) (ehabitation); Describing how he worked with a team of UEA Computing Sciences students to develop a prototype app for his business ehabitation (http://www.ehabitation.co.uk/).

6.50pm Dr Paul Gooding (https://twitter.com/pmgooding) (UEA); Discussing collaboration opportunities presented by Digital Humanities at UEA (Paul will also run a tour of UEA's new Media Suite (https://www.uea.ac.uk/arts-humanities/about/media-suite) after the talks have finished)

7pm Q&A

7.15pm More food and drinks and optional tour of the Media Suite. Please stick around to chat and ask further questions.

If you travel by car and park in the main car park, we will provide free parking permits at the event which will enable you to have your parking token stamped when you leave.

Thank you!

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