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Digital Health, Marketing & Analytics in Northern Virginia, DC

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The recent Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Healthcare
Informatics & Analytics Conference, at the Inova Center for
Personalized Health, was a huge success. Oracle’s own David Dworzczyk
(Ph.D.) – representing the Oracle Health Sciences
business, generated enthusiasm and interest in how big data and
analytics focus is becoming embedded as part of the entire health
sciences ecosystem, from pharma trials and policy, to healthcare
delivery and genomics research.

HK Computer Society Event: Microservices, Cloud, EDA and next practice architecture

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EASIG of Hong Kong Computer Society Speaker Session: 


“Digital Transformation & Architectural Implications”


(12th July, 2016) 

Nigel Green: 5Di Ltd (UK) & CIO Connect Hong Kong Associate

In this session Mr. Nigel Green will share his experience of preparing organisations for the Digital World. He will introduce key concepts that help open-up the discussion of the implications, risks, 
and opportunities, of a digital strategy. He will also share some of the design patterns he uses in the transformation to “Digital”.

Topics covered in session: 

• How a major European Retailer is approaching their digital transformation and the tangible business benefits of their architectural approach. This will cover both business and technology architecture implications, and will include perspectives on the Micro-services pattern adopted by the “born digitals” (e.g. Netflix, Google, and Amazon).

• The dangers of “Big Design Up Front”, and perhaps paradoxically, why “Adaptive Design” is ever more crucial.

• Subject matter experts to track, follow-up research material, and next steps to take.
Event Details: 

Date:12th July, 2016 (Tuesday)

Time: 19:00-20:00

Venue: P304, Anita Chan Lai Ling Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University [Map]

Seats: 50

Fee: Free
HKCS (Fellow/Members) & AEA-HK members*: Free of charge
Non-members: HK$50
* Seat is subject to availability and priority will be given to HKCS member

Skating to Where the Puck Will Be

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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. Wayne Gretzky   Business people have a thing for sports metaphors, and this one in particular is a favorite. So much so, that Jason Kirby in “Why businesspeople won’t stop using that Gretzky quote” observed: Its popularity has much to […]

Form Follows Function on SPaMCast 399

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This week’s episode of Tom Cagley’s Software Process and Measurement (SPaMCast) podcast, number 399, features Tom’s essay “Storytelling: Developing The Big Picture for Agile Efforts”, Kim Pries on deliberate practice, and a Form Follows Function installment on customer-centricity for IT. Tom and I discuss my post “A Meaningful Manifesto for IT”. It seems obvious that […]

Change the Way You Handle Change

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Organizations have always had to adapt to change in order to stay relevant, but in today’s fast-paced market, change is more necessary than ever. The ‘Digital Enterprise’ requires major business transformations, delivered at speed. The ‘unfreeze-change-refreeze’ model, reasoning from a stable current to a desired future state, no longer applies. Organizations in the ‘New Normal’ are in a constant state of flux. How can you change the way you handle change?

Precision Medicine: With new program from White House; also comes redundant grant funding and waste – How does all these escape in high science areas?

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Recently announced Precision Medicine a fantastic mission to bring all the research institutions country wide to collaborate together and holistically solve the civilization’s most complex and pressing problem Cancer, employing genomics while engaging science in an integrative discipline approach. While the Precision Medicine mission is grand and certainly requires much attention and focus; that many new tools […]