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This afternoon at 2pm, joins us to ring in the new with 'Fast Forward: Lightning talks on innovation' as part of Digital Leaders' Innovation Week. Hosted by Lead Developer Paul Graham, Fast Forward brings together six speakers whose talks will cover bleeding-edge technologies, new ways of working, and innovative uses of existing tech. Our speakers are: • Colin Eberhardt, CTO • Stewart Pavitt, Technical Architect • Jevon Beckles, Senior Developer • Catriona Koris, Delivery Principal • Jan Volmut, Senior Developer • Chris Price, Solutions Architect
The importance of finding purpose, nurturing talent, and building a sustainable future: these are the three top things that resonated with Tamara Chehayeb Makarem at last week's Women of Silicon Roundabout Conference, as she explains in her latest blog post.
Ever wanted to learn Rust or to find out why everyone is so hyped about it? Look no further: in his latest blog post, James Strachan has curated a wide range of interesting resources to get you started!
Join us for Fast Forward during Digital Leaders' Innovation Week. Hosted by Lead Developer Paul Graham, Fast Forward brings together six speakers whose sub-ten-minute talks will cover bleeding-edge technologies, new ways of working, and innovative uses of existing tech. Our speakers are: • Colin Eberhardt, CTO • Jevon Beckles, Senior Developer • Catriona Koris, Delivery Principal • Stewart Pavitt, Technical Architect • Jan Volmut, Senior Developer • Chris Price, Solutions Architect 🗓️ Weds 10 November 🕑 14:00
On Tues 9 Nov, join 'Sharing Data in Government'—a virtual event hosted by Digital Leaders—with talks from Nigel Matthews, Chief Data Officer (CDO) for the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) at the Cabinet Office; Dan Bailey, CTO for the CDDO at the Cabinet Office; and Scott Logic Solutions Architect Andrew Carr. Nigel and Dan will provide an overview of the CDDO’s strategy for delivering on the ‘Data Availability’ pillar of the Government’s National Data Strategy. Drawing on experience from the public and private sectors, Andrew will bring the ‘data as a product’ concept to life and distil some of the key opportunities and challenges around decentralising control of data. There will be ample time for you to discuss, share insights and ask questions on this important topic.
In his latest post, Colin Eberhardt explores the results of the recent 'FINOS State of Open Source in Financial Services' survey, which show that security concerns are the main constraint on open source consumption by the sector. There's currently an impasse in addressing this, so Colin asks what the way forward might be.
At The Linux Foundation Open Source Strategy Forum earlier this month, Tamara Chehayeb Makarem moderated a panel on women’s career progression within Fintech with Clair Grayston (Executive Director and the Technology CAO, Morgan Stanley), Jane Gavronsky (Chief Technology Officer, FINOS, the Linux Foundation) and Rita Chaturvedi (Executive Director, WMT Release and Change Management, Morgan Stanley). In this post, Tamara shares her key takeaways from the panel and you can also link through to watch the video of the discussion.
Scott Logic has signed up to Tech Zero, making a commitment to measure and publish our emissions and set an ambitious net zero target. This is no small undertaking and we know that we need help. That’s why we’re going to work with Avieco, experts in helping and empowering organisations to become more sustainable. The importance of this collective action on the climate crisis cannot be overstated, and we’re pleased to be taking this proactive step.
In the first of a series of blog posts, Frank Hubin explores the qualities and behaviours necessary to be an effective Scrum Master and why they are important in specific situations—starting with how to land well with the team you are assigned to lead.
Join us on Thu 4 Nov for an evening of tech talks and networking at our Newcastle HQ, with cocktails and mocktails prepared for you by expert mixologists. There will be drinks to suit all tastes and we can say the same for the talks, with James Leftley explaining how to build resilient systems, Molly Pace drawing lessons for AI from neuroscience, Chris Brown revealing the mathematics of encryption, and Martha King discussing how to factor the behaviours of different generations into software engineering. Book your place here!
