Balancing opposing forces | BCS Insights 2021

How do we balance the opposing forces of tech’s benefit and the drawbacks it fosters? The panel considers practical technology strategies to pursue to help with the climate emergency, including reconsidering upgrade cycles; hardware use and reuse, recyclability and getting away from the novelty mindset. Panellists: Chris Adams, organiser of ClimateAction.tech and Director of the Green Web Foundation. Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK John Booth, MD/Principal Consultant at Carbon3IT Chair – Brian Runciman, Head of Content & Insights at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT