IORMA Webinar: Reinventing the City High Street in association with Watch the video below Has Lockdown caused us to think whether we want to drive some miles to a City centre to visit an upmarket and sometimes historic shopping centre? Has the “shopping experience” changed for good? The panel members are convinced that City high […]
IORMA Webinar: Bringing food production to cities Thursday 1 October 2020 at 14.00 BST A quiet revolution is happening on our doorstep Food is being produced close to city customers – with benefits to all IORMA’s webinar brings together some of the pioneers driving this revolution. Moderator Dr Richard Baines, Senior Academic ~ International Rural […]
IORMA Webinar: Online v Classroom Learning – Will this disruption create new opportunities? Offering students a variety of learning modes is nothing new, but the pandemic has made classroom learning so difficult, that academics have been forced to come up with alternative and innovative ways of teaching. We have teamed up with IORMA Africa to […]
Welcome to IORMA Africa Juliana OlayinkaDirectorIORMA Africa The Future is Africa Africa is poised to play a pivotal role in the global economy. The continent is home to the world’s largest free trade area of over 1.2 billion people and spending by African consumers and businesses is expected to reach $5.6 trillion by 2025. Although […]
IORMA Webinar: Future of Work and Universal Basic Income (UBI) 3 September 2020 Could the convergence of an increased use of technology – such as Artificial Intelligence, Robotics or Blockchain – and the effects of the pandemic result in levels of unemployment that cause support for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) to grow stronger? View […]
Beyond Sustainability August 19 2020 David SmithChief Executive of Global Futures and Foresight, Futurist, Strategist and Keynote Speaker. ‘With 3 billion new middle-class consumers expected to be added to the global economy by 2030, conservation, recovery, and reuse are the only logical—and profitable—responses to rising resource volatility [i].’ The confluence of the sustainability imperative and eroding […]
Virtual Tour de France shows how esports has come of age during lockdown Australian Will Clarke winning the 2020 Virtual Tour de France. Zwift Andy Miah, University of Salford Elite sports events are still largely closed to the world – but July 2020 has still been an unprecedented month for the global sporting calendar thanks […]
IORMA Webinar – Market Trends: A Spotlight on the Nigerian Consumer August 2020 View the video of the webinar here: According to The Washington Post, an African country south of the Sahara has grown from 15 percent urban 60 years ago to 40 percent urban today. Urbanisation is fertile ground for consumer culture and Africa […]
All Party Parliamentary Group APPG – Facial Recognition Ross Edwards – IORMA Technology Director FACIAL AND EMOTION RECOGNITION IN SOCIETY June 8 2020 APPG AI Chairs, Stephen Metcalfe MP and Lord Clement-Jones CBE, and the Secretariat at Big Innovation Centre In his introduction Lord Clement-Jones quoted the Metropolitan police commissioner referring to facial recognition as being Orwellian. Professor […]
An introduction to IORMA consulting IORMA consulting IORMA is a network of experienced individuals who work in global consumer commerce.Our compass uses data and experience to help you navigate your world.We help our clients embrace change and deliver on their purpose by providing end-to-end software, processes and transformation services.Every challenge provides an opportunity and in […]