The Digital Society: Recent Episodes
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Alex Cunningham MP, Shadow Minister for Courts and Sentencing and Member of Parliament for Stockton North, talks with Kulveer Ranger about how digital skills can transform communities across the UK, and how Teeside can best prepare its workforce for the jobs of the future. In a wide-ranging discussion they explore how businesses can work with government on a local and national level to make sure we have the skills needed to drive the digital transformation.Alex Cunningham served on Stockton on Tees Borough Council from 1999, entering Parliament at the 2010 general election. He was appointed Shadow Minister for Justice, responsible for courts and sentencing, in April 2020. A journalist by profession, he worked in newspapers and radio before a career in communications and public relations, finishing as Head of Communications for Transco, the gas pipeline company. In 2003 he set up his own public relations and web design business.
Modern security operations are required for the modern enterprise. Dwayne Natwick, Atos Global Security Lead, Amo Matharu, Atos Head of Cloud Security & Strategic Programs, Dan Gora, Cloud security practice and architect at Cloudreach, an Atos company, and Dr. Anton Chuvakin who works for Office of the CISO at Google Cloud are sharing how the migration to the cloud has led to the need for more agile and automated security processes. In this fourth episode of Head Securely in the Clouds, learn how the face of traditional security operations has evolved and which key considerations and cloud security architecture best practices you need to consider to build efficient modern SecOps.
On this Digital Society Podcast, Kulveer Ranger is joined by Tom Tugendhat MBE MP and Atos’ Zeina Zakhour.
Tom Tugendhat chairs the UK Parliament’s influential Foreign Affairs Select Committee. As Chair of the Committee Tom has helped drive the debate around British foreign policy and has established himself as one of the most respected voices on foreign and defence policy in British politics today.
Zeina Zakhour is Vice-president and Global Chief Technology Officer for Digital Security at Atos. Boasting twenty years of experience in the Cybersecurity field, Zeina has been named among the “100 fascinating Females Fighting cybercrime” and was recognized as a 2020 Cyber security leader by the Cyber Security Observatory.
As part of this podcast, Kulveer and his guests explore the changing nature of the cyber threats confronting the UK and the World at large. They also look at how national governments and large organizations' are responding to these evolving threats and how business and policymakers are working together to build greater cyber resilience, as well as looking ahead to how cyber risks are likely to develop in the future.
Varun Aggarwal has been Senior Associate Editor at The Economic Times (ETCIO) since February 2020. In a career now spanning nearly twenty years, Varun has covered a range of issues impacting businesses in India and has written extensively on cyber security, with a focus on both national security, as well as enterprise security.
As part of this podcast, Kulveer Ranger and Varun reflect on the way in which India is establishing itself as a major presence in the digital economy. They also survey the impact of the rapid spread of high-speed connectivity across India, as well as examining how India is approaching some of the challenges to building on the rapid digitization witnessed in recent years
Janine Hirt is the CEO of Innovate Finance, the industry body representing the UK’s world leading FinTech sector. Having helped launch Innovate Finance in 2015 Janine took over as the organization’s CEO in 2021. Her professional career has placed her at the intersection of policy, international relations, and industry.
Kulveer Ranger and Janine discuss trends, expectations, and threats regarding digital banking, giving an insight into how the sector has adapted and where it is heading. They look at smarter, safer, and greener digital banking.
Rhiannon Williams has been the Technology Correspondent for iNews since October 2016.
Kulveer Ranger and Rhiannon look at tech trends and what we can expect from the tech sector this year. They look at what we can expect from Web3.0, the current ongoing debate around online safety and what ‘building back digitally’ may look like.
Damian Collins has been the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe since 2010. A leading voice in the debate around the impact of digitization, Damian was Chair of the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee between 2016 and 2019.
More recently, Damian has Chaired the Joint Committee examining the Government's draft Bill to establish a new regulatory framework to tackle harmful content online. He has described the Online Harms Bill as a “once in a generation piece of legislation that will update our laws for the digital age.”
Meeting shortly before the publication of the Joint Committee’s report, Damian and Kulveer discuss what the impact of the bill is likely to be, and the continuing challenges regulators face when keeping pace with technological change.
With the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow now only a few months away, this episode of the podcast explores what we can expect from the summit and what meaningful progress on tackling climate change might be possible.
Ben and Kulveer also discuss the UK’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and how the lessons learnt from the development of the Covid-19 vaccine can be applied to other areas of research and development.
Elie Girard, Chief Executive Officer, Atos explains why he chose to place digitally enabled decarbonization at the heart of his vision for Atos and what this has meant for the business’s customers.
In their discussion, Elie and Kulveer Ranger SVP – Strategy & Communications, Atos UK&I also explore what the next steps are for businesses as they accelerate their own net zero journeys and the key role digital has to play in enabling this.
After first being elected in 2010, Nicky Morgan enjoyed a rapid rise to the top of Government, serving as Secretary of State for Education and later Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Since standing down from parliament at the 2019 General Election, Nicky Morgan has joined the House of Lords as Baroness Morgan of Cotes. As a member of the House of Lords she has worked with colleagues to examine the long-term implications of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as continuing to champion greater Digital Inclusion.
In their discussion, Nicky and Kulveer discuss how the Government’s approach to digital has changed, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on policy making and how policy makers can better equip individuals to succeed in an increasingly digital economy.
Darren McCaffrey, one of the UK’s leading broadcast journalists, talks with Kulveer Ranger about how technology is disrupting the media landscape and the extent to which this is empowering local communities, traditionally left out of the national conversation.
Recently appointed as the Political Editor at the soon to be launched GB News, Darren began his career in journalism at the BBC, before joining SKY news in 2009 and later working as Political Editor at Euronews.
In their discussion, Darren and Kulveer also discuss how the new broadcasters like GB News can use digital technology to reach an audience that increasingly receives its news and views online.
In this episode of the Digital Society Podcast, Polly Mackenzie and Atos’ Kulveer Ranger discuss how lockdown has forced many of us to re-evaluate our relationship with tech.
Polly and Kulveer also explore how the debate around the UK Government’s proposed Digital Strategy has moved on and how policy makers are changing their approach to the tech sector as a whole.
Now the Chief Executive of Demos, Polly Mackenzie played a key role in the Coalition Government as Nick Clegg’s Director of Policy between 2010 and 2015, during which time she helped write the 2010 Coalition Agreement.
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Author and tech evangelist, Dave Coplin joins Kulveer Ranger on this Digital Society Podcast to discuss how digital is transforming the way we work.
An established author on topics surrounding the future of work and our broader relationship with technology, Dave discusses how Covid-19 has impacted the way in which we approach work and what the long-term implications of this might be.
In their discussion, Dave and Kulveer also reflect on what the future of work might look like after lockdown, as well as exploring how businesses and policy makers can equip workers with the skills they will need in order to succeed in the future.
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Veteran Parliamentarian and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon Nigel Evans MP joins Atos’ Kulveer Ranger for the latest Digital Society Podcast.
Drawing on nearly three decades in parliament, Nigel discusses how recent events have impacted his role as Deputy Speaker and the way in which Parliament and MPs operate.
Looking to the future, Nigel and Kulveer also discuss how the constraints of lockdown have changed our democracy and how this is transforming the relationship between Government and the governed.
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Award winning Times’ Columnist, Rachel Sylvester joins Atos’ Kulveer Ranger for the first Digital Society Podcasts.
With more than 25 years at the heart of British politics and media, Rachel discusses how the UK is adapting to the current era of rapid technological change.
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Plus Kulveer and Rachel explore how recent controversies around the use of new technologies and COVID-19 are changing policy makers’ attitudes to the use of tech.