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WELCOME. Gordon Frazer Managing Director, Microsoft UK. University of Reading University of Manchester University of Kent The Work Foundation The Rights Marketing Company Sinocode Sir Digby Jones Roger Distill Restoration Partners Queen Mary - University of London
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WELCOME Gordon Frazer Managing Director, Microsoft UK
University of Reading University of Manchester University of Kent The Work Foundation The Rights Marketing Company Sinocode Sir Digby Jones Roger Distill Restoration Partners Queen Mary - University of London Office for National Statistics NESTA National Entrepreneurship Observatory for Wales Microsoft Research Intellect Harvey Nash e-skills UK DTI Dialogic Consulting DfES Department for Culture, Media and Sport The City University CBI BT British Computer Society BBC New Media ARM Ariadne Capital Anglia Ruskin University Amicus
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