[Event Summary] AGM and The Changing Face of Payments

We started the evening with the formalities of the Annual General Meeting agenda items. Details of which will be provided on this website. After completing the activities of the AGM we were presented with a thought provoking view on the way payments are changing. Tim’s presentation generated considerable discussion and we ultimately ran out of… Read more »

[Event Summary] Artie the Robothespian

More information to follow but there is information about the related courses being awarded initial accreditation by British Computer Society (BCS) at http://cct.brookes.ac.uk/news/items/161014-cct-courses-bcs-accreditation.html. There is a short description of our BCS visit as well.

[Event Summary] Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Josh Cowls, a researcher from the Oxford Internet Institute looked at the pros and cons of social media, and some of the challenges associated with the technology, from a non-technical perspective. If you believe the hype, it has brought down dictators, rescued thousands in natural disasters, and even solved crimes. However although there have been… Read more »

[Event Summary] Lotus F1 Factory Tour

Tony Cox of Lotus F1 gave a small group of people a very privileged and personalized tour of the Lotus F1 factory. With an initial introduction to the history of the facilities at Enstone (which are much larger than you would think as some parts are actually underground), and the various recognizable names the cars… Read more »