Opening keynote address.
Gavin has been engaged in the cross-over between Technology, Science, Media and Business for more than a decade. In 1995 he helped set up Richard Branson’s “Virgin Net” ISP, and the International Webcasting Association in Europe. In 1999 he created the cross-media company, Tornado Productions, and sold it in 2003. Having led projects with clients as diverse as Channel Four, Rolls Royce, Tate Modern, Shell and Christian Aid he has broad and deep knowledge of how worlds collide.
Gavin holds a BSc in Astronomy and a Masters degree in Computer-Music: he worked at the Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory in Radio Astrophysics, and created and lectured new courses in Electronics and Music at Glasgow University.
Gavin is the founder of d::gen network and MD of CI.