BT Chief Research Professional and Head of Strategic US Academic Research Partnerships

Topic: Innovation and the future economy – latest research trends from the US

Innovation is critical to personal and national economic success. However, the changing nature of innovation is driving changes to the basis of competitive advantage for individuals, companies and states. As a result, many of today’s well paid professions and industries may disappear over the next ten years as they are displaced by the increasingly intelligent digital technologies which exemplify the so-called ‘Second Machine Age’. Steve will draw on some of the latest research from MIT and elsewhere to discuss the potential impact of developments in areas such as data science, synthetic biology, manufacturing, advanced materials, autonomics, communications, security, AI and robotics. He will also discuss the changing landscape of innovation and some of the resulting strategic challenges and opportunities.

BT Chief Research Professional and Head of Strategic US Academic Research Partnerships

Steve Whittaker is a Chief Research Professional in BT’s Strategic Research team and is responsible for the company’s partnerships with US universities and business schools. He has wide interests in emerging technologies, strategy and policy.  He spent more than 10 years as a visiting scientist at the MIT Media Lab. Before moving to the US, Steve spent 15 years at BT’s Adastral Park research centre where he held a number of research, research management and consulting roles. He splits his time between Washington DC and Cambridge MA.

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