London Tech Week brought together 55,000 attendees to enjoy hundreds of events taking place across the city. Microsoft was a headline partner, holding talks on artificial intelligence, quantum computing and leadership. Here’s what happened:
HoloLens is being used by companies to hold virtual meetings, as well as by police forces and paramedics, among others
Microsoft Rubik’s Cubes
A woman uses HoloLens on the Microsoft stand at the AI Summit
The Microsoft stand at CogX, in Tobacco Dock, Wapping
Haiyan Zhang, Director of Innovation at Microsoft Research Cambridge, talks about the Emma Watch
An interactive light exhibit at the Art of Work event
An interactive light exhibit at the Art of Work event, which responded to movement
Julie Love, Director of Microsoft’s Quantum Computing business, talks about the company’s efforts to build the next-generation of computers
Microsoft has released a book entitled The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and its role in society
Microsoft staff at the AI Summit
Norm Judah, CTO of Microsoft Services
HoloLens is a mixed-reality device that allows wearers to place digital objects into the real world
Julie Love, Director of Microsoft’s Quantum Computing business, on stage at CogX
The Partner Pavilion at the TechXLR8 event
At the Art of Work event, Lord Coe talks about how he helped bring the London Olympics to life
HoloLens proves popular at the Microsoft stand at the AI Summit
The Microsoft stand at the AI Summit
Microsoft’s Richard Potter (far right) speaks at the AI Finance Summit, at the ExCeL
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, kicks off London Tech Week
Michael Wignall, National Technology Officer
