6 things we learned at #TDC17

Thinking Digital
Jul 20, 2017 · 3 min read

#TDC17 was our biggest and best conference ever. We want to take a moment to share our key takeaways from each of the 6 talks we’ve released so far.

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Landing stuff on Mars is hard. No, really! In this talk Dr Anita Sengupta explains her role as lead systems engineer of the team who worked on Mars Curiosity mission.

You are the greatest freestyle rapper in the world, you just don’t know it. In this talk, comedian and rapper Chris Turner quite remarkably freestyle raps from crowd suggestions, and teaches how we can all do it too.

Dragons Den is not what it seems. OK, you may have guessed that, but you can hear it from John Kershaw, one of few people to receive offers from all Dragons, plus other secrets from the life of an entrepreneur.

Being in business is like being on a roller coaster. In this talk from Mark Mullen CEO and co-founder of the UK’s newest challenger bank, Atom, Mark tells us the inside the story of Atom Bank (so far…)

Deep Neural Technology will have a massive impact on the lives of disabled people. Dr Justin Sanchez takes us through some of the incredible technology DARPA have been working on and its applications.

The camera is the new keyboard when it comes to social media. Ex Twitter and BBC media man Dan Biddle, takes us through the current state of social media and it’s future direction.

Join us next time…

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