In conversation with Mike Lynch and David Rowan

Date: 02.10.2012 18:00 - 20:00

Location: Nesta, 1 Plough Place, London, EC4A 1DE

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An evening reception with Dr Mike Lynch OBE (founder of Autonomy) and David Rowan (editor of the UK edition of WIRED magazine).

Dr Lynch has long been regarded as a visionary figure within the technology world, and was recently voted the most influential person in UK IT in the 2011 UKtech50, and in November last year was presented with the 'Outstanding Contribution to UK IT' award by The British Computer Society.

Mikep presented his ideas on the rapidly expanding realms of computer science, the application of algorithms and manipulation.

Mike Lynch

Dr Mike Lynch OBE is the founder of Autonomy

Dr Lynch has long been regarded as a visionary figure within the technology world, and was recently voted the most influential person in UK IT in the 2011 UKtech50, and in November last year was presented with the 'Outstanding Contribution to UK IT' award by The British Computer Society. 

Mike was named the Confederation of British Industry's Entrepreneur of the Year 1999, the European Business Leaders Awards' Innovator of the Year 2008 and Management Today's Entrepreneur of the Year 2009, as well as holding an OBE for Services to Enterprise.

He holds a number of advisory and board roles in the venture capital industry and currently serves as a non-executive director of the BBC, Blinkx plc, Featurespace Ltd and the Foundation of Science and Technology, as well as a trustee of the British Library.

Mike is also fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Lady Margaret Beaufort Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.

David Rowan

"I'm editor of the UK edition of Conde Nast's WIRED magazine, where we get excited about the innovative people, products and businesses changing our world. I write the monthly "Digital Life" column in GQ magazine, and the "Tech Traveller" column in Condé Nast Traveller. I speak widely on topics ranging from the future of luxury brands to the new rules of business in a mobile-internet age, and recent engagements have taken in Dubai, Geneva, Moscow and Shanghai. I travel widely to meet the people shaping our future - most recently visiting MIT Media Lab, companies in Tokyo, and events such as TEDGlobal, DLD, Stream and Google Zeitgeist. Recent media appearances include BBC Newsnight, BBC Breakfast News, Radio 4's Today Programme and Channel 4 News. I've edited all sorts of things, from The Guardian's websites and Comment pages to The Jewish Chronicle; made TV films for Channel 4 News; and written long features for The Telegraph Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine and The Observer. For WIRED I've written cover stories on world-changing figures such as Eric Schmidt and Reid Hoffman."