Sooraj Shah speaks to three organisers of UKGovCamp – the unconference that has become known as the “Glastonbury of Government’ in the UK. We were delighted to host three insightful organisers of this event for this special instalment of One Zero One – Amanda Smith, David Durant and Sarah Baskerville.

Don’t miss this great episode of the One Zero One podcast to get an insight into the how Central Bedfordshire Council transformed digitally and in the process overcame many challenges to continue to support the people who need its services the most during these unpredictable and truly unprecedented times.

Sooraj Shah speaks to Eileen Jennings-Brown, Head of Technology at Wellcome Trust in this episode to discuss the Digital Transformation journey the Wellcome Trust was on before the global pandemic forced organisations to become ‘digital-first’ remote-working environments overnight, and how that journey still doesn’t have a ‘final destination’.

Sooraj Shah, a technology-focused journalist (the BBC, The Independent, The Guardian, Business Insider & more) speaks to Fin Goulding, CTO at Flow Academy in this episode to discuss all things Agile, DevOps and Digital Transformation – particularly in the context of the ‘digital-first’ remote-working environment organisations are operating in currently due to COVID-19.

Series 3 of the One Zero One podcast is back with a bang and a new host has joined us for a deep dive into what tech leaders around the UK have been doing to manage and drive digital change and positive progress throughout a global pandemic. Sooraj Shah speaks to Karl Hoods, Chief Digital & Information Officer at BEIS in this podcast to find out how it has been for Karl to steer digital change at a key government department during a global pandemic.

Tim is the Co-Founder and CTO of Microshare, a data leverage platform for the IoT era, providing a solution to sharing, privacy, security, audit, confidentiality, data monetisation and cost savings. Driven by the new technology developments and the IoT wave, Microshare was founded to brings things to life; connecting buildings, assets, people and devices so that users can make smarter decisions.

With a unique viewpoint of leading teams and projects in both the corporate world and the startup world, Sara brought great insights to the One Zero One podcast. From discussing the challenges associated with the ‘freedom’ in a startup, to demonstrating how critical the timing of hiring for your team can be in a small team compared, Sara offers candid advice to our listeners who may be considering a change in either direction in their next role.

Series 2 of the One Zero One podcast continues with a (pre-quarantine) discussion with Mark Ridley, Director at CTO Advisory Firm Ridley Industries and our host Peter Gothard. Mark Ridley is an entrepreneur and technologist working with startups and corporates to ensure that technology is used creatively and effectively to support their strategy.

As the Director of Technology & CIO, Charles Ewen is accountable for all aspects of technology within the Met Office and manages a dedicated engineering team of 350+ people. Tune in for advice and insights from a CIO with progressive beliefs around technology, innovation, diversity, people and processes.

Peter Bebbington joined One Zero One host Peter Gothard to discuss Brainpool, an artificial intelligence consultancy specialising in developing bespoke AI solutions. In addition to its consultancy work, Brainpool has also developed two products: Forstack, which predicts financial time series models and DAISY, the first fully automated construction design system powered by Artificial Intelligence.

Series 2 of the One Zero One podcast continues with a very interesting discussion with Nico Macdonald, Educator, Facilitator and Consultant on Innovation and Creativity. Macdonald, Tutor at CIEE London Global Institute and Tutor/Visiting Fellow at London Southbank University, joined One Zero One host Peter Gothard to discuss the ‘Next 50 Years of the Internet’ project.

Matthew Hodgson and Amandine Le Pape, Co-Founders at Matrix.org joined One Zero One’s host Peter Gothard to tell our listeners about the purpose, mission and real-world applications of the Matrix project. Matthew describes Matrix as “a fascinating microcosm of the wider open internet”, and that the 11M+ addressable users “span the full spectrum of humanity.”

Bonus Audience Q & A from the live podcast recording Version 1 hosted in association with the Analytics Institute to discuss the challenges of responsible data science in the age of the algorithm.

For Episode #10 of the One Zero One podcast, Ken MacMahon, Head of Technology and Innovation from Version 1 spoke to Kevin Cooney, the Global Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice-President of multinational technology corporation Xilinx.

For Episode #9 of the One Zero One podcast, Róisín Healy from Version 1 spoke to Laura Nolan about the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Formed in October 2012, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is a growing coalition 129 international, regional, and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 60 countries that is working to ban fully autonomous weapons.

For Episode #8 of the One Zero One podcast, Version 1, in association with the Analytics Institute, brought together perspectives from academia, media, and industry to discuss the challenges of responsible data science in the age of the algorithm.

For Episode #7 of the One Zero One podcast, Paul Slade from Version 1 met with Scott Carey, Group Editor – B2B at IDG UK to discuss the disruption of the Financial Services industry by Fintech businesses, innovation and the relevance of ‘buzzwords’ such as Machine Learning in the IT space right now.

For Episode #6 of the One Zero One podcast, Róisín Healy from Version 1 met with William Conaghan and Lizzy Hayashida, the founders of growing startup Change Donations. Change Donations is a micro-donations platform with the mission of connecting everyday philanthropists with good causes.

In this podcast, Joan gives our listeners a view into Human Factors, an interdisciplinary area of psychology, providing us with an understanding of Ethical AI considerations. Joan illustrates how technology makers have the power to positively and negatively impact users of new technologies and processes, and that this is an increasingly important responsibility for technologists to consider.

James has contributed to and promotes the Serverless Framework which allows you to build web applications on top of Lambda and related services. Notably, James built an online recording studio for David Guetta and UEFA using Serverless technology shortly after API Gateway was released, which won him the title of an ‘AWS Hero’ from Amazon Web Services themselves. As he discusses with Jamie in this episode – he didn’t receive a cape for this accolade, but he was happy with the news all the same!

For Episode #3 of the One Zero One podcast, we had the opportunity to talk all things ‘Tech for Good’ with Ellen Ward, the Head of IT Systems (Interim) at Concern Worldwide. In 2018, Concern Worldwide reached 11.5 million people through their emergency response. 17.6 million people were reached through their health interventions.

With a mission to bring a million salons into the Cloud and a vision to be the best salon software provider in the world, Ronan Perceval, CEO & Founder of Phorest will tell you that software is merely a tool and that his team goes so much further to make a real difference to salon owners’ businesses.

From kickstarting Ryanair’s multi-billion-euro online business in 2000 as a teenager, to running a high-growth e-commerce SaaS platform that recently raised $10m in external funding, the first episode of the One Zero One podcast by Version 1 features John Beckett, the CEO & Co-Founder of ChannelSight.