Kathryn Parsons (Decoded): The Future is Written In Lines of Code | TNW Conference 2017

The Future is Written In Lines of Code Kathryn will share her story building a technology education company and draw on her experiences educating businesses, boards and governments spanning every industry and sector in over 85 cities across the world. What future skills are most in demand by business globally? Is Digital Transformation possible? Where is the talent? Who is innovating in education globally? What policies are in place to prepare us for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? And...is it really possible to Code in a Day? That's what we're looking to answer during this talk. Kathryn Parsons FOUNDER & CO-CEO DECODED Famous for teaching anyone "Code in a Day", today Decoded's face-to-face and online learning experiences span data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cyber security, machine learning and beyond. There is no digital dark art they cannot decode. They have taught boards and leadership teams in over 85 different cities worldwide across every industry and sector. In addition to running the business, Kathryn is non-executive on the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Chairwoman of the UK Institute of Coding, member of the London Mayor's Business Advisory Board and UK Government Cyber Security Skills Advisory Board. She is a champion for future skills, code on the curriculum, women in technology and business. Kathryn is passionate about languages having studied Japanese, French, Mandarin and Latin and Ancient Greek at University. For her code is just another language, but one impacting the lives of billions.