The challenges and opportunities facing the tech community in Swindon were discussed by experts of international repute during the inaugural TechSwindon Summit.

From the future of the physical workplace to the possibility of Swindon becoming a smart city, tech experts offered thought-provoking insight throughout the five-day event.

The way that Swindon businesses quickly embraced technological solutions to weather the coronavirus storm was the topic of conversation at the launch of a week-long conference for the digi-tech sector.

Organisers of the TechSwindon Summit – which itself pivoted from a two-day physical conference to a week of interactive events reaching a global audience – invited a panel of speakers from an array of Swindon businesses to launch the conference.

Developing the employees that will join Swindon’s growing tech industry, and the role of Swindon’s new Institute of Technology in delivering the required skills, is one of the focusses of the inaugural TechSwindon Summit, which takes place next week.

During a webinar hosted by Swindon Chamber of Commerce, account manager Tim Major will be joined by educators from New College Swindon: principal Carole Kitching, vice principal Lynne Plested, and business development manager Caroline Maycock.

An ambitious new project to create a ‘British Silicon Valley’ in Swindon could be launched in the virtual sphere.

Launched last June at Nationwide HQ in Swindon, TechSwindon had intended to build its community of entrepreneurs with events throughout the year, culminating in a physical summit on November 5, showcasing the very best of Swindon’s tech innovation.

A Wiltshire entrepreneur has told delegates at a global climate change conference that attitudinal barriers to meeting Britain’s power needs with renewable energy have disappeared.

Juliet Davenport, founder and CEO of Chippenham-based Good Energy, which has been providing customers with electricity sourced from renewable energy since 2003, was speaking at the United Nations COP25 climate summit in Madrid.