Looking back at EIC2017 Pune
27 JULY, PUNE: Last month saw our first-ever Education Innovation Conference taking place in India, in the city of Pune. The conference saw 150 attendees from across India, as well as the US, South Africa, UK, Germany, UAE and elsewhere talk about education innovation in…
Indian life sciences of great importance to the UK
India remains one of the largest foreign investors into the UK, with 11,644 jobs created or safeguarded in 2016/17 and 127 projects during the year. Biotech, pharma and life sciences investments from around the world created or safeguarded 7,049 jobs in the UK. India's contribution…
The robots are coming – India’s education challenge
I gave a talk recently in Delhi on how automation will change the nature of the Indian workforce over the coming years. It is no doubt an exciting change for some, but for many others it may be a challenging transition. This article is a…
EIC2017 announces important global partnerships
LONDON, 24 FEB: Two new international education initiatives were announced today in the presence of education world leaders, investors and education technology companies. Nearly 200 delegates gathered for the annual Education Innovation Conference 2017 (EIC2017), held in partnership with the University of London and ISDC, including…
The entrepreneurial skills graduates need
This article was written by Sharon Bamford, Vice President of Sannam S4, the specialist market-entry firm, and former CEO of the Scottish Institute for Enterprise. She will be taking part in the panel discussion ‘Education: The best investment the world can make’ at the Education Innovation…
EPG has taken steps to extend co-operation with EDUGILD
Start-up EDUGILD and Economic Policy Group (EPG) London have agreed on a joint effort to intensify their cooperation on scaling up Edtech startups from India to Europe. This platform will not only formalise regular discussions between EDUGILD and EPG on the design and implementation of start-up programmes in…
Second annual Corporate Legal Innovators concludes
The second annual Corporate Legal Innovators conference concluded last week at London South Bank University. Thanks to everyone that attended the 2016 edition and our sponsors, Halebury, Wolters Kluwer (ELM Solutions), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas - advocates & solicitors, NaviStarLegal, Khaitan Legal Associates - Indian Advocates,…
How to manage the risk of entering an unknown territory
Thinking about customer’s end-to-end experience, and engaging in a multi-step discovery process before locking into decisions may be difficult and expensive to change later on. You may already know the answers to some of the questions in business planning: you may already be trading /…
Skills for the millennial lawyer
Denise Nurse is a NewLaw pioneer and has been spearheading operational, structural and cultural change within the legal services industry since starting Halebury in 2007. She will be taking part in a panel discussion on “Building the Legal Team of the Future” at the Corporate Legal…
Are we soon reaching the era of faceless banking?
Technology is the 21st century dragon. It is devouring products, processes and jobs stead fast. While the users rejoice, it is pain to the losers. Shall we say, “One man’s meat is several men’s poison”? The changes technology has brought in to industries, in particular…