We’re on the edge of a fourth industrial revolution which is going to fundamentally change the way we live, work and communicate. This revolution is powered by a fusion of all the technologies that have come before, but to leverage the full scope of the opportunity will require new levels of collaboration between societies, industries, academia and governments. At the heart of this potential leap forward will be engineers conceiving and creating the infrastructure of our future. Naomi will talk about some of the ways that the world is likely to change and the importance of engineering as a key to delivering against the high-tech promise of the future.
Biography
Naomi Climer is President the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) – The IET is one of the world’s largest engineering professional bodies with Over 167,000 members in 127 countries. It is also the most multidisciplinary – to reflect the increasingly diverse nature of engineering in the 21st century.
Until March 2015, Naomi was President of Sony’s Media Cloud Services, based in Los Angeles, USA, with a mission to develop cloud based, collaborative production services for the media industry worldwide. Previously, Naomi headed Sony’s B2B organisation across Europe (Sony Professional) covering diverse markets including media, broadcast, cinema, sports, security and healthcare. During her time with Sony Professional, she delivered organisational transformation, fostered new business development and led the acquisition of Hawk Eye – the line judging and sports statistics company.
After studying Chemistry with Management Science at Imperial, London, Naomi trained as an Engineer at the BBC and has worked in technical and leadership roles across BBC Radio, BBC World Service and BBC News as well as at ITV and in local radio. Naomi is a well known thought leader in the Broadcast and Media industry internationally and is an active campaigner for gender diversity within the engineering profession and beyond.
In her spare time, Naomi is chair of the UK Government (DCMS) Future Communications Challenge Group (FCCG) looking at the technology opportunities for the UK around 5G, chair of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) Council and a keen sailor, motorcyclist and all things outdoors.