In the USA, New York’s ‘Silicon Alley’ often gets compared to Silicon Valley in California, so it was interesting to see a different comparison being made as part of a…
The further education sector is going through significant change. In the UK, the universities’ applications system UCAS has just reported an eight percent drop in university applications for 2013 entry,…
If you talk to anybody who looks at trends and the future of technology, almost everyone talks about three key sectors that will see further innovation and widespread adoption: mobile…
The focus of many western governments is very single-minded: to reduce public expenditure in order to reduce financial deficits, resulting in sever cuts in public services. They should therefore take…
Over the last few months, The Next Silicon Valley has worked closely with various innovation and science park conferences around the world, and noticed the distinct absence of India from…
As reported widely after the event, the London 2012 Olympics proved to be one of the most digital Olympics ever, and it’s clear that mobile technology was one of the…
– a personal view from Carolyn Kimber Here we are, in the void between the Olympics and the Paralympics, so I thought it a good time to report back on…
Innovation is now the new buzzword that is on everyone’s lips. Policymakers and governments are all talking about innovation as the key to unlocking economic growth. Countries and organizations around…
by Nishant Dahad After two days at the Global Innovation Summit, when it comes to talking about how innovation ecosystems can be fostered, a common theme that a number of…
by Nishant Dahad The 2012 Global Innovation Summit in San Jose, Calif. began yesterday afternoon, after attracting guests from 40 different countries, with a ‘Keynote Fireside Chat’ on entrepreneurship and…