Sean Gerety once said, the technology you use impresses no one. The experience you create with it, is EVERYTHING.

At the Churchill War Rooms on 18 September, John Owen, CEO of Mastek, played host to guests in senior roles across government for dinner and a discussion on the topic of driving service innovation through analytics.

It’s a game-changer at getting you ahead in diverse fields. While there is no common definition for cognitive computing, it involves the simulation of the human thought process in a computerised model. This includes self-learning capabilities that leverage data mining, pattern recognition and natural language processing to mimic how the human brain works.

If a picture paints a thousand words, then a great visualisation paints a thousand numbers.

Come September and the conference season descends upon us. Despite living in the digital age, there is no substitute for a quality face-to-face event, to get up-to-speed with the latest innovation.