Future Technologies and Their Applications: Future Technologies and Their Applications A one-day workshop at ILI 2013 facilitated by Brian Kelly and Tony Hirst Twitter hashtag : # ili2013fut Available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY licence ) 1 D2 : Predicting Technology Trends: Making The Case
Important to You – But What Are The Next Steps?: Important to You – But What Are The Next Steps? You have identified technologies / technology-related areas which you feel will be important in your area of work. Next steps: Identify the implications of the technologies Assess the associated risks Make a case to senior management for further related work 2
A Planning Template (1): A Planning Template (1) From the Hyperlinked Library MOOC Planning template used in assignment 2: Goals/Objectives for the technology Action Brief Statement : Convince ______ that by _______ they will ________ which will ________ because _______. Mission, Guidelines & Policy Funding considerations Evaluation … 3
A Planning Template (2): A Planning Template (2) The Need to Explicitly Address Risks From “ Risks and Opportunities Framework for Exploiting the Social Web ” by Kelly & Oppenheim : Summarise risks Summary risks of not adopting technology Summarise strategies for minimising (or accepting) risks Document biases and prejudices Evidence base 4
Group Exercise: Group Exercise You have an opportunity make a case to a senior management need which has funding to explore innovative technologies. In your groups: Select one of the technologies identified previously Prepare a case for funding based on the templates Give a presentation of < 5 minutes Note only one submission can be funded! 5
Questions: Questions Any questions? 6