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In the runup to Vision2020 The Leicester Mercury newspaper published a series of articles by or about the conference speakers, followed by a report by Allan Hayes
We must beware the rise of the machines (John Stobart) Thursday, October 07, 2010
Human skill and talent will be the most prized qualities in the world of work in the future, predicts lawyer John Stobart. He says computer-based technology is now doing to the professions what production lines and robots did to manufacturing...
Mobile technology key to city's future (Prof Martin Rieser) Friday, October 08, 2010
Businesses have a profound lack of understanding about how emerging mobile technologies could change their future. That's the message from academic Professor Martin Rieser to a conference of creative businesses, in Leicester, in October, where he...
Time we stepped into a sustainable future (Hugo Spowers) Saturday, October 09, 2010
It's time for businesses to stop focusing on profit exclusively as the bottom line and make society and the environment an equal priority. That's the challenge Hugo Spowers, founder of Riversimple, will be throwing down to creative businesses at a...
'We can do more with less' (John Thackara) Monday, October 11, 2010
MY contribution to Vision 2020 will be to start a conversation about how to make less, more. On Wednesday, change leaders from the city's communications, retail, transport, technology, property, law, and finance sectors will explore how...
Talking to one another to make Vision a reality Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Allan Hayes, president of the Leicester Secular Society, points the way ahead for us all
Talk to someone you don't know. Good advice, given at the start of a last week's Vision 2020 conference. People from all sections of the city and...
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