Can your life and career be future-proofed?

Speaker

Charles Weir, Lancaster University

Agenda

6:00pm - Networking opportunity for those physically present
6:15pm - Begin presentation (note earlier start time than usual)
7:30pm - BCS SPA AGM
8:00pm - Pizza and refreshments, further networking
8:45pm - Everyone out (adjourn to The Old Dr. Butler's Head)

Synopsis

Architecture decisions, implementation decisions, future proofing, career choices, even places to live, are all momentous decisions we need to make in our roles as software engineers. So, we need to think about what's going to happen.

Charles Weir and his team at Lancaster University have been working on a project to look into the future and identify what may happen; and in particular, what sort of world we should be anticipating.

In this workshop, they will help you explore some of trends and less obvious issues they've identified, and to discuss how that could affect your decisions now.

In particular, we’ll examine:

  • An overview of possible major new software trends.
  • Some unexpected consequences.
  • Discussion of how that may affect you and your projects.

About the speaker

Charles Weir

Charles Weir is a developer security researcher with over 30 years of experience in the software industry.

He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Security Lancaster, where he leads research on how to improve the security of software delivered by development teams.

Charles is experienced in software development, architecture, and design as well as research. He was technical lead for the world's first smartphone, the Ericsson R380; and was app security lead for the world's first Android payments app, EE Cash on Tap.

Charles is passionate about helping developers to write secure software, and authored the Developer Security Essentials package, a set of workshops that help developers to understand and apply security principles in their work.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events on software security, and also a blogger and regular author of articles on software security.

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This event is brought to you by: Software Practice Advancement (SPA) specialist group

Hybrid event: Looking to the future - How can I prepare? - SPA SG
Date and time
Wednesday 6 November, 5:45pm - 8:45pm
Location
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Ground Floor, 25 Copthall Avenue
London
EC2R 7BP
Price
Free