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CONTENTS


6 Digital reboot 10 Logan Review 12 AWS innovation 14 Human-centric innovation 16 Green recovery 17 CivTech 5.0 18 Near Me 21 Digital mental health 22 National Digital Platform 26 Connected care 28 Health in the cloud 29 Mission control 30 Serving up data 34 AI for Good 36 Automating services 39 Ciaran Martin 42 Cyber on the beat 46 Virtual courts 50 A digital education 55 Schools revolution 60 Fibre to the core 62 Scotland’s 5G future 66 Mobile ‘not spots’


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“When it comes to public trust in technology, the lesson of 2020 is that technology is now essentially a public good” Ciaran Martin, former chief


executive of the National Cyber Security Centre. Interview, page 39


Building back better


With a vaccine on the horizon, the post- pandemic recovery and returning to some kind of normal is a very welcome prospect. But, as ever, the kind of normal depends very much on what camp you find yourself in. As with almost every other issue, opinion is divided, and amplified by social media. Stay at home, go to work, don’t stay at home, let’s colonise the moon! We have been so bombarded with mixed,


weird and alien messages, it is no wonder we are befuddled and wondering what the future holds. But as we hopefully emerge from the biggest public health crisis of our lifetimes, it would be a fool’s errand to treat such an epoch-defining moment as binary. We have rightly celebrated


technological progress during lockdown, as many digital strategies have been realised in weeks and months rather than years. Surely, to rush back to normality when so


many people have benefited from different ways of working and living would be a backwards step. At the same time, there is little doubt that the digital divide can make the inequalities that have long existed in society even worse. As we emerge from the crisis, our response


therefore should not be a zero-sum game. Balance, harmony and respect should be the order of the day. And if that fails, there’s always Elon Musk’s space launch. Kevin O'Sullivan, Editor


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