20 . Glasgow Business August 2016
WHEN THE SHIFT THINK DIGITAL SCOTLAND:
Innovation means that businesses of all shapes and sizes are breaking down barriers
Charlie Smith, VisitScotland; Daniel MacIntyre, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau; Paul Gibb, HighNet; Dominic Chalmers, The Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde, Cyril Dyer, IDE-International and Gillian Docherty, The Data Lab
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he Chamber’s one-day digital conference was judged by participants as an undoubted success, with many welcoming the insights offered by the
panel of experts. Te event, Tink Digital Scotland: When
the Shiſt Hits the Fan, was designed by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and supported by CityFibre, IDE-International, Te Data Lab and VisitScotland. It gave an audience of more than 100 at the TIC Centre in Cathedral Street plenty to consider for their own businesses. Among the speakers on 21 June, were Paul
Gibbs, Sales and Marketing Director, HighNet; Dominic Chalmers, from the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde; Charlie Smith, Director of Marketing, VisitScotland; Cyril Dyer, CEO, IDE-International; Daniel MacIntyre, Senior Manager, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau; Alec Farmer, Founder, Trakke; Richard Clifford, Executive Director, MakLab; Gillian
Docherty, Chief Executive, Te Data Lab and Andrew Nicolson, Founder, WhiskyBlender. Te event also hosted two 45-minute
workshop sessions: “Disruption in the finance world,” lead by David Judic and David Blainey, CYBG and “Te importance of cyber security,” by Gavin Kenny, IBM. Mark Shayler, the charismatic presenter
and author of Do, Disrupt: Change the status quo or become it, who facilitated the day, said: “I’ve loved the whole event. It’s been brilliant. When we built the agenda we wanted a blend. It is all about digital, but we wanted manufacturing in there too. It is about making manufacturing sexy – I know that’s a dreadful phrase, but manufacturing can oſten be seen as dry. Yet Glasgow is such a hot-spot because it still has a sound manufacturing base.” “Tis morning was all about big data and
trends towards understanding the consumer, but the aſternoon blew me away and it has all been about manufacturing things that mater.
Te talk about re-inventing manufacturing in a forward thinking country like Scotland was beautiful. Each of the aſternoon sessions added such strength to the day’s topic, which I got a real kick out of.” Jimmy Johnston, Director, AARNDEE
Ltd, who has been advising MyRentals, said: “Te day has been excellent. It’s been absolutely tremendous. I’ve learned a lot about accessing data and using it for informing our customers. I’m helping a young couple launch their accommodation business in Glasgow so the data stuff was particularly relevant.’’ Gatis Gaumigs, Chief Executive Officer,
OBrand Communications, a digital company, said he was impressed by the call for collaboration for those with a ‘data-driven mindset’. “Te event was very useful because it helps us shape our understanding. It gave us all context and scope for what is achievable in Glasgow,” he said. Blair Stevenson, Digital Media and
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