Lessons for Innovators

Date: 22.01.2013 12:00 - 13:30

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

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Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor of the Open University (OU), and Simon Nelson, newly announced CEO of FutureLearn, the UK's first Massive Open Online Course or MOOC, shared their lessons for innovators, and invited contributions and discussion from the audience.

In this master-class style event, Martin and Simon advised on what they have learnt about making innovation happen - both the pitfalls and the rewards. Martin has more than 25 years' experience working at the intersection between education and technology; before joining the OU Martin was General Manager within Microsoft's Worldwide Education Products Group where he focused on developing solutions to help the global education community address its challenges.

Simon was one of the key architects of BBC Online, where he helped set-up the iPlayer, and led all digital activities. Since then, he has advised companies like Myspace, Phaidon Press and Random House on digital strategy and organisational transformation.