2. Forecasting the impact of technology on the citizen
Tom Wills-Sandford
Deputy Director General
Intellect

3. Drivers Past Current & Future Processors Software Storage
Software and Services
Globalisation
Mobility
Networks
The citizen
Market convergence
Energy
Processors
Storage

4. Some priorities for UK Next generation broadband
Better understanding by government of the knowledge economy
Skills – as never before!
Innovation and government procurement

5. Predicting the future Past Moore’s, Wirth’s and Kryder’s ‘laws’
(Wirth: Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster)
2007
If the technology of the parts is evolving so rapidly, what is the impact of the sum on citizens?
Is there a law that forecasts the impact of technology on the citizen?
Moore’s law drove engineers. Would a ‘technology impact’ law help drive our industry?`

6. Predicting the future – outputs and outcomes
Mobility
Always on
Easier access to services
Convergence
Outcomes
More multi-threading –’constant partial attention’
Wider & thinner social networks
More visual
Media producers and not consumers