Dinner Timetable
6:30pm Drinks Reception
7:35pm Welcome Address - Luke Jeffs, European Editor of Trading & Technology, Financial News
7:45pm Dinner commences
9:15pm Guest Speaker Address - Benedict Allen, Explorer, author and film-maker
9:45pm IT Awards presentation hosted by: Tom Fairless, Trading and Technology Reporter, Financial News
10:30pm End of Dinner
Guest Speaker
Benedict Allen pioneered the recording of arduous expeditions for television – something he did without an accompanying filmcrew - allowing millions of people for the first time to witness real discoveries taking place exactly as they happened. A graduate of Environmental Science (UEA), he is well known for his expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe, taking nothing with him to these communities – no equipment, maps or compasses, his technique has been to sink into remote communities, placing himself in the hands and at the “mercy” of these people and their environment, learning to survive from them alone. Few Westerners have spent so long isolated in so many potentially hostile natural environments.
