#TechForGood: the opportunity of our time. This presentation was a keynote kickoff for the UCL Computer Science Hackathon on "Engineers are superheroes" in February 2023

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#TechForGood:
the opportunity
of our times
Tom Winstanley – Chief Technology Officer, NTT DATA UK&I
February 2023
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NTT DATA
Tom Winstanley

2. Tom Winstanley
CTO – NTT DATA UK&I
Head of New Ventures, Innovation | R&D
Honorary lecturer – UCL, Computer Science
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Who?!?

5. We are one of the largest ICT organisations in the world that lots
of people in the UK have never heard of..
Ltd Research
Disruption
Urban Solutions
Plala
Telecommunications Data management
Infrastructure
Consulting
Software development
Systems integration
Business process
management
Cool stuff
TRANSLATION

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…but you may enjoy
some of our work…

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Imagining a better world together
“A human-centered society that balances economic
advancement with the resolution of social problems by a
system that highly integrates cyberspace and physical space”
5th Science and Technology Basic Plan, Japanese Cabinet Office
Society 5.0

8. NTT Group’s long-term vision is to improve society and the enrich
human experience through our business operations
#UpgradeReality
Supporting enriched human experiences globally:
1. Underpinned by an ecosystem of integrated smart digital services
2. Building on an intelligent data and computing foundation
3. Enabled by next generation infrastructure for sustainable hyper-connectivity
Society 5.0

9. Why do this?
Planet
Profit
People
Technology
#TripleWin

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Sustainable business is
good business
NTT DATA is working with the Calabrian forestry
commission to create the low-energy internet of
trees programme

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Connected Conservation
NTT Group is co-founder of the Connected
Conservation Foundation protecting
endangered wildlife in sub-Saharan Africa

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What goes around, comes
around..
NTT DATA Foundation runs multiple digital
MOOC skills programmes for children and
adults from disadvantaged backgrounds

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Inclusive design is good
design
Our design practice, Tangity designed and
deployed AI-supported online journal for
children on the spectrum

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Robotic support
We are trialing the use of robots to promote forms
of inclusion for those with physical challenges
preventing them from working in office

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Green data centres an
oxymoron? Perhaps not..
NTT Group is investing $3.6bn annually to
develop the next generation of the network and
data infrastructure using photonics and
renewable energy approaches

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Artificial photosynthesis
We are kitting out our facilities in Japan with
artificial leaves that capture carbon dioxide
developed by our R&D teams

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Green Engineering
We are contributing to the development of best
practice through the Green Software
Foundation as steering members.. alongside
many friends here today!

18. What do these all have
in common?
Planet
Profit
People
Technology
#TripleWin

19. We are proud to be part of the IXN programmes at UCL and
learn so much from you.. another #TripleWin
Real world
problems
Design &
Creativity
Technology
experimentation
Amazing
programme

20. Good luck☺
The technologies exist…
…what can we do with them for good?
Always be looking for the #TripleWin
Together we can move mountains.