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The DIGIT Lab Newsletter

DIGIT Lab's monthly newsletter provides regular updates of DIGIT Lab wide activities, upcoming events and successes of our researchers. The DIGIT Lab is an EPSRC Next Stage

Digital Economy Research Centre delivering a 5-year research programme backed by £12.4M in funding.

Over these 5-years we are keen to cultivate an inclusive DIGIT Lab community, that will give everyone the opportunity to stay informed about DIGIT Lab's progress. In this month's edition of the DIGIT Lab Newsletter we will

introduce you to the DIGIT Lab team

, fill you in on this month's

newsletter highlight

and provide an

activity newsfeed

of on demand recordings of DIGIT Lab's recent engagements.

Meet the DIGIT Lab Team

DIGIT Lab is conducting a collaborative research programme between academia and business to accelerate digital transformation. The Project itself has been divided up into five work packages, that each focus on a different aspect of digital transformation. The work package leads are:

• DIGIT Lab Director Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy at the University of Exeter.

• Roger Maull, Professor in Management Systems at the University of Exeter.

• Leroy White, Professor of Management at the University of Exeter.

• David Plans, Senior Lecturer in Organizational Neuroscience at the University of Exeter.

• DIGIT LabDeputy Director Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, Professor in Design Engineering & Innovation at the University of Exeter.

Visit our website to find out more about the DIGIT Lab team.

This Month's Highlight

The Digital Leaders talks

are this month's newsletter highlight. With over 230 events, 400 speakers and 47,000 registrations, the Digital Leaders week events were a major activity, described as the “largest Digital Transformation Conference in the UK”. We held 5 separate sessions from the DIGIT Lab Research Centre and were the academic sponsors of the conference.

Our 5 sessions focused on

“Digital Transformation: A view from beyond the horizon” and looked at the opportunities and challenges for the future of digital transformation. I am pleased to say that our talks received almost 500 registrations per session, and the initial DIGIT Lab overview talk was voted as one of the top 3 talks by attendees at the conference!

All the talks are now online for on-demand viewing

, and are provided in the activity newsfeed below, along with recordings of other successful engagements. Enjoy the talks, and please get in touch if you have questions or would like more details of how to join us!

Activity Newsfeed

DIGIT Lab's recent events are available on demand and include:

• The Digital Leaders Insight event (4th March) - Alan Brown, presents an introduction to and overview of the DIGIT Lab:

  • The DIGIT Lab and the Future of Digital Transformation in Large Established Organizations

• Chairing the National Digital Conference - Mark Thompson (15th June):

  • Mark Thompson's recap of National Digital Conference 2021

• The five Digital Leaders Week talks (14th-18th June):

  • DIGIT Lab: Accelerating Digital Innovation for Growth, Impact, and Transformation

  • Lessons in Driving Adoption of Digital Technology

  • New business models of the Digital Economy

  • Understanding the Keys to Effective Leadership in the Digital World

  • Helping Your Workers to Survive and Thrive a Digital Transformation

• Discussion of the role of Technology in safeguarding public services - Mark Thompson in discussion with Policy@Exeter (7th June):

  • Policy at Exeter - Professor Mark Thompson

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