KEN2022: Paul Connell's provocation speech
Channel: Knowledge Equity Network
Date: 28/03/2023

KEN2022: Paul Connell's provocation speech focusing on open infrastructures for opening access to Higher Education.


Paul Connell
Founder, Open Innovations

Paul founded Open Innovations in 2013 with the mission to create a place and community to unleash the power of open data and deliver innovation across the region.

He is an entrepreneur who has built Open Innovations into a 21st century Institution and co-founded DataCity, a Data as a Service company, whilst running his own innovation company. At Open Innovations he provides the drive, direction and purpose while leading and developing the company’s Innovation Services.

Originally trained as an environmental scientist at Lancaster University and Imperial College he worked for British Coal, ICI and leading global consultancies and clients for nearly 20 years before transitioning his skills to apply them in the domains of Smart Cities, Open Data, Open Innovation and Innovation.

He is an accredited Cognitive Edge practitioner and applies these techniques in the Open Innovations Innovation practice.