This programme is archived from our 2014 event.
0900
The Elusive Dream of Software Engineering
Martyn Thomas CBE
Vice President (External Affairs) Royal Academy of Engineering
Programming is easy, and the consequences are everywhere to be seen. During my working life (which has already lasted for most of the time that programmable computers have existed) software has transformed almost everything we do. Decade after decade, exponential improvements in hardware price/performance have driven software into anywhere that seemed likely to be profitable, interesting, mischievious or just good fun. Most of this software doesn't matter much, which is fortunate because almost none of it has been engineered.
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Software Security
Software Safety
0945
1020
Coffee & Exhibition
1050
1125
1200
Lunch & Exhibition
1330
Why does so much IT fail? — and what to do about it
Harold Thimbleby
Swansea University
Your first reaction to this title might be that your iPhone and iPad are wonderful (and Google Glasses are even better…), so if only we brought everything up to date all would be well. Indeed, we may think IT is wonderful, but the reality includes a wide variety of failures: from the heartbleed bug, international programs to computerise healthcare, and an embarrassing array of preventable disasters.
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Applications
Languages & Technologies
1415
1450
1525
Tea & Exhibition
1550
1625
Panel Session
Keynote speakers and leading industrial experts will debate a key issue in high integrity software engineering with opinions, challenges and responses from the floor.
1715