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SUMMARY:The Silicon State - Adrian Brown\, Boston Consulting Group\, Centr
 e for Public Impact
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CONTACT:Dr Charlotte Sausman
DESCRIPTION:This discussion will explore how advances in cognitive computi
 ng are challenging the traditional logic of devolution\, marketisation and
  privatisation in public services.  Friedrich Hayek famously argued that c
 entralised planning was doomed to fail because a bureaucracy could never g
 ather and interpret sufficient information to make sensible decisions but 
 big data and advanced analytics may now challenge this view. To what exten
 t is government harnessing the power of such technologies\, and how disrup
 tive are they likely to prove to be to government systems and public servi
 ces in the years ahead?\n\nBio\nAdrian Brown is the Executive Director of 
 the Centre for Public Impact\, a not-for-profit foundation funded by the B
 oston Consulting Group. As a Principal at BCG he has worked with various p
 ublic sector clients around the world on some of the toughest challenges. 
 He previously worked on transport and health briefs in the Prime Minister'
 s Delivery Unit (2002-04)\, acted as a policy adviser to Tony Blair (2004-
 05)\, and co-authored the Cabinet Office's Excellence & Fairness report on
  public services. Adrian also spent time at the Institute for Government i
 n London (2010-2011) and continues to be a Fellow there. \n
LOCATION: Room 119\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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