The IOTICS Podcast

Join Ali Nicholl as he talks to Chris Empson, Business Manager at CACI. This episode is for you if you would like to learn more about the importance of Trust, and the need for trust in the development and sharing of data across the MOD landscape. Chris Empson discusses real initiatives where people are sharing information to ensure we can be more confident and learn from failure to deliver real ch...

Join Ali Nicholl as he talks to Kerry Nicolaides, Head of Financial inclusion, Well-being and Vulnerability at Sopra Steria and Laura Greatrex, Head of Sales at IOTICS. This episode is for you if you would like to learn more about how we can best support and protect the most vulnerable in our society along with how we can deliver a better service to customers across the UK. Kerry and Laura discuss...

Join Ali Nicholl as he talks to Simon Evans, Global Digital Energy Leader at ARUP This episode is for you if you would like to learn more about how embracing technology and data can enable us to build a flourishing society by bringing people together to ‘collaborate on the rules and compete in the game’. Simon Evans discusses his role within the digital twin community including his role as chair o...

Join Ali Nicholl as he talks to Ian Gordon, Data and Information Leader in the Built Environment This episode is for you if you would like to learn more about how data is shaping the built environment. Ian Gordon discusses his work with data in the built environment and working on major projects like The Highways agency, Network Rail and the House of Parliament. This insightful conversation explor...

Join Ali Nicholl as he talks to Louise Donaghey FRAeS, Services Programmes Director at Rolls-Royce, Defence. This episode is for you if you would like to learn more about initiative projects like Jet Zero and the mission of working towards Net Zero in both civil and military aviation. Louise Donaghey discusses some of the initiative she is part of at Rolls Royce and the collaboration with organisa...

Our usual host Ali Nicholl takes a turn on the other side of the recording studio chatting with Meghan Davies, Head of Marketing at IOTICS about what he’s seeing across the the Data Space and Digital Twin community. About the podcast ‘How do you work with a company where 9 days out of 10 you are competitors with them?’ Ali discusses how thinking ‘IOTIC-ly’ enables cooperation, accessibility a...

To celebrate the summer, we are delighted to share our bonus podcast episode! Mark Wharton talks to Ali Nicholl about the inception of IOTICS and how data really can change the world. Mark reflects on his 10 years at IOTICS and the vision of virtualized versions of producers and consumers of data, securely interoperating across and between organisations seeking to make informed decisions based on...

Elly Howe joins Ali Nicholl to talk about her inspiring, world-changing work at Portsmouth International Port. Portsmouth is on an ambitious journey to become carbon net neutral by 2030 and emissions free by 2050. Elly’s role involves identifying, developing and championing projects to drive the port towards its sustainability goals smartly and efficiently. Elly is a student with The Ope...

Join Ali Nicholl as he talks to Professor John Erkoyuncu, who is Professor of Digital Engineering for Centre of Digital Engineering and Manufacturing at Cranfield University. This episode is for you if you are curious about the real and tangible ways that digital technologies like Digital Twins, AI, Augmented Reality and Machine Learning can change the world, not just in emerging industries, but i...

Join Ali Nicholl as he talks to Rich Walker, a Data and Analytics Leader with a passion for helping public services improve outcomes through the better use of data. Rich has 15 years’ experience of working across central, regional and local government, policing, health and education, and he understands the importance of strategic and operational context for deploying data and analytics capabilitie...