The National Digital Conference 2016 (ND16) took place on Wednesday 15 June. It brought together more than 350 cross-sector industry leaders, and included 20 speakers, half of which were women. The theme of the conference was building the Nation's Digital DNA, see the full programme at: www.nd16.co.uk

1. Maggie Philbin

8. Can they see the real opportunities?
Cyber Security
Big data Internet ofThings
Mobile
Cloud computing
Internet ofTouch

9. Creativity
Bold thinking
Collaboration
Life- long learning
Adaptability Tenacity
Do they understand the core skills needed?

11. Make tech roles visible and better understood
Align your CSR with your company business
Set up on-going relationships with local schools,
colleges and universities to provide work
experience and work placements
Quality apprenticeships – collaborating where
necessary

12. Become a school governor
Sponsor as well as mentor
Volunteer with organisations likeTeenTech,
Code Club,Apps For Good
Prepare for school visits – ongoing
relationships much better than one-off

13. ‘They talk about themselves without advising or helping me’
‘They give the same advice to everyone when we are all
different in our ways’
‘They don’t have attractive posters’
‘We need to know more about what GCSEs we need for which
jobs’
‘Assuming because I’m academic that I’m going to go to
University’
‘They tell us what the job involves but not how to get the job
and how they did’
‘They try and role model you into themselves’