Social media data and real time analytics skills and infrastructure

• Parliament TV: Social media data and real time analytics
• Inquiry: Social media data and real time analytics
• Science and Technology Committee

Purpose of the session

The first panel will focus on the skills and infrastructure required to encourage the UK sector in social media and real time analytics. The second panel will examine how the relationship between the Government and public needs to develop in the digital age.

Witnesses

Monday 23 June 2014; Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

At 4.15pm

• Professor Derek McAuley, Professor of Digital Economy in the School of Computer Science and Director of Horizon, Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute
• Professor David De Roure, Director, Oxford e-Research Institute and ESRC Strategic Advisor for Data Resources, Economic and Social Research Council
• Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Web Science Trust

At 5.15pm

• Professor Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University
• Professor David Robertson, Head of School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, representing the UK Computing Research Committee
• Dr Mathieu d'Aquin, Research Fellow, The Open University
• Emma Carr, Acting Director, Big Brother Watch

Further information

The session is open to the public on a first come, first served basis. Portcullis House is the building directly above Westminster Station, entrance to which is via Victoria Embankment. There is no system for the prior reservation of seats in Committee Rooms. It is advisable to allow about 30 minutes to pass through security checks. Committee rooms and the timing of meetings are subject to change.

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