Spencer Kelly is the BBC’s longest-serving and most experienced technology presenter and journalist. He has hosted Click, the BBC’s worldwide technology TV programme, since 2006. For over 20 years, Spencer has travelled the world, documenting how science and innovation are changing lives. He also presents the BBC Radio 4 series "Understand: Tech & AI".
Spencer is known for his informal style and easy-going humour, which help him explain technical topics to a broad audience. His passion for technology has led him to write, direct, and present hundreds of short films. He has won Tech Personality of the Year, narrowly lost Celebrity Mastermind, received an honorary doctorate of Technology, fronted Panorama, and presented at the BAFTAs.
Something big is happening right now. After years of lurking in the shadows, artificial intelligence (AI) is coming of age. We can chat to it, it can be creative, and it is about to change the way business does everything. Spencer Kelly is here to give you and your team a crash-course in how it works, how to use it, and what it means for the future of your business.
“If you’re going to sound the fire alarms, you’ve got to show people where the exits are”. So said a brilliant journalist a few years ago, and they were right. There are solutions to the climate crisis out there, and Spencer Kelly will take you through some of the newest ideas for making your business more sustainable, from transport to food. And who knows, there may even be new opportunities out there, if you’re looking.
How do you get your message out there? The technology is changing fast, and there are exciting new techniques to help you get the right message to the right person. Spencer Kelly shares the Dark Arts, floating screens, and a few tips on how not to kill people with Powerpoint.
Spencer Kelly is in the middle of a life-long love affair with Science and Tech. He’s been presenting the BBC technology TV programme Click for more than 20 years now, and in that time, he’s seen the weirdest and most brilliant things from all corners of the world. Sit back and enjoy stories of amazing innovations and oh-wow moments, plus insights and reflections on how different cultures innovate, and what we can learn from them.
Everything seems to be moving so quickly at the moment. Nimble startups can adapt quickly, but changing the course of even a medium-sized business can feel like turning a supertanker. Spencer Kelly explores the questions… How do you think like a startup? What do the new technologies mean for you? Could you – should you – use Blockchain to host an NFT created by AI to be viewed in AR in the VR 360 Quantum Metaverse? What does any of it mean?
