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The DIGIT Lab Newsletter

DIGIT Lab's monthly newsletter provides regular updates of DIGIT Lab wide-ranging 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. 

In this month's edition of the DIGIT Lab Newsletter we will provide an introduction to the new DIGIT Lab Academic Partner, fill you in on this month's newsletter highlights and provide an activity newsfeed of on demand recordings and details of DIGIT Lab's recent engagements. 

New Academic Partner

The DIGIT Lab is delighted to announce a new academic partnership with Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL). RHUL is one of the UK’s top 25 universities for research quality (

TheCompleteUniversityGuide.co.uk),

 and is home to a range of internationally-acclaimed research and teaching departments. Royal Holloway joins DIGIT Lab’s other academic partners; University of Exeter,  University of East Anglia and Oxford Brookes University.

Visit our website to find out more about this new academic partnership.

This Month's Highlights

Two exciting upcoming events!

DIGIT Lab are delighted to invite you to the next in our Seminar Series

Digital Transformation Accelerators: A Service Science Perspective

📅 Wednesday 11 May, 2–3pm (GMT)This talk explores digital transformation accelerators arising from two shocks – the pandemic and the future of artificial intelligence (AI).

Presented by Jim Spohrer, retired IBM Executive, and member of the Board of Directors of the non-profit International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP). With over ninety publications, nine patents, and multiple awards, Jim is an impressive man

In 2011 during IBM’s Centennial Celebration, Jim Spohrer was recognized as an IBM Innovation Champion for his contributions to service science. Service science is one of the 100 innovations celebrated during IBM’s Centennial as an IBM Icon of Progress.

🎟 Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/320725788467Please share this with anyone who might be interested.

Tommy Flowers Network: Virtual Conference on Digital Transformation

📅 Wednsday–Thursday 4–5 May DIGIT Lab is the sponsor for this engaging virtual confence

Wednesday 4 MayResearch Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Transformation We will explore why research in the digital world is different and how the DIGIT Lab is looking at this challenge. This session will offer opportunities especially for early career researchers to join the Digital Transformation community.Thursday 5 MayDelivering Impact in Digital TransformationWith incredible activities around digital transformation happening all over the world, we ask the questions: What are the big impact opportunities where we can really make a difference? What are the barriers for big companies to make progress? Where does Digit Lab come in? And again this session will offer opportunities especially for practitioners who deal with large amounts of data to join the Digital Transformation community.🎟️ Register: www.TFNetworkSpring22.info

Activity Newsfeed

Details of DIGIT Lab's engagement events are available on demand and include:

• Tommy Flowers Network conference  (4–5 May 2022)

• DIGIT Lab Seminar Series Event (11 May 2022)

• 4th Public Sector Innovation Conference (8 March 2022)

• Interview by Amazon Business UK & Ireland General Manager, Molly Dobson – with Roger Maul (27 January 2022)

• Jersey Evening Post article written on behalf of Digital Jersey by Director Alan Brown (29th December 2021)

• Delivering Digital Transformation, John Bessant interview – with Alan Brown (10 December 2021)

• Contribution to the report on the 'Challenges in implementing digital change', published by the House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee. – Mark Thompson (10 December 2021)

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