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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.

In this month's edition of the DIGIT Lab Newsletter we will introduce you to the DIGIT Lab EDI Committee, fill you in on this month's newsletter highlight and provide an activity newsfeed of articles and on demand recordings of DIGIT Lab's recent engagements.

Meet the EDI Committee

The DIGIT Lab has developed Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Principles and takes leadership through its EDI committee that meets quarterly. Biannually the committee will report progress on delivery of the EDI Principles and make recommendations to the DIGIT Lab Management Board and the Independent Advisory Board doing so over the lifetime of the project. The committee is made up of a range of members from both academic and business backgrounds. Professor Roger Maull is the Chair of the committee. The members are:

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

• Zena Wood, Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter.

• Liz-Ann Gayle, Global Head of Learning and Innovation, Headspring.

• Oli Young, Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter.

• Niema Bohrayba, Race Equality Manager, University of Exeter.

• Simonetta Manfredi, Professor in Equality and Diversity Management and Director of the Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice, Oxford Brookes University.

• Frances Lumbers, Centre Manager, DIGIT Lab

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

This month's highlight is the upcoming DIGIT Lab Launch.

The Launch will take place on Tuesday 21st September at 10.30am via Zoom.

The DIGIT Lab Centre is an EPSRC Digital Economy Next Stage Centre, and the launch will be an opportunity for the Centre's Director, academic leads and industry guests to outline DIGIT Lab's achievements to date, its ongoing research, the four core DIGIT Lab themes and the centre’s research questions.

DIGIT Lab is a five year programme providing research insights, knowledge frameworks and practical techniques to accelerate digital transformation in the UK. The Centre works with large established organizations (LEOs) to reimagine them for the digital age - in ways that go beyond the digitalization of current products and practices. The Centre combines active research, education and industrial co-development to tackle key issues.

Please register for the event at Eventbrite and share the link with anyone who would be interested:

Activity Newsfeed

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

• Publication in Nature Food (5th August) DIGIT Lab team members Roger Maull, Phil Godsiff and Gerard Parr are amongst the authors.

  • A trust framework for digital food systems | Nature Food

• Tech Monitor Interview (8th July) - Interview of DIGIT Lab Director, Alan Brown, published in TechMonitor article by Pete Swaby.

  • UK Digital Regulation Plan is light on concrete commitments - Tech Monitor

• 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):

  • 16th National Digital Conference - Digital Leaders Week® 2021 by Digital Leaders Week® (digileaders.com)

• 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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