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22-25 January 2005, to Athens, Greece, to receive an honorary award from exhibition organiser Xenia. The event organisers provided travel and hotel accommodation and presented me with a trophy and scroll. (Registered 28 January 2005)
22-25 January 2005, to Athens, Greece, to receive an honorary award from exhibition organiser Xenia. The event organisers provided travel and hotel accommodation and presented me with a trophy and scroll. (Registered 28 January 2005)
7-12 December 2003, to Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway, as a guest speaker on electronic democracy at the Cisco Public Services Summit. The event organisers, Cisco, provided travel, hotel accommodation, food and entertainment for conference speakers. (Registered 16 December 2003)
7-12 December 2003, to Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway, as a guest speaker on electronic democracy at the Cisco Public Services Summit. The event organisers, Cisco, provided travel, hotel accommodation, food and entertainment for conference speakers. (Registered 16 December 2003)
11-13 March 2003, to Athens, Greece, as keynote speaker to a conference on the future of the Parthenon sculptures organised by Hazlis and Rivas, the organisers of the Economist Conferences for Greece. I was provided with economy class return flight to Athens and hotel accommodation by the organisers of the conference, which had a number of sponsors including Ernst and Young and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. (Registered 16 April 2003)
26 November-1 December 2002, to Ottawa, Canada, to give the keynote address at an event on edemocracy organised as part of the Crossing Boundaries programme and to hold a series of meetings on edemocracy with Canadian NGOs, Parliamentarians and civil servants. Flights to Ottawa and hotel bills paid for by the Centre for Collaborative Government, a Canadian thinktank which organised the conference. (Registered 11 March 2003)
23-25 November 2001, to Nafplion, Greece, to attend the Hydra II Conference and speak on information technology, at the invitation of the British Council, who, with the British Embassy, paid my travel expenses. Accommodation and meals were funded jointly by the Greek Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Greek Ministry of Development. (Registered 20 December 2001)
23-25 November 2001, to Nafplion, Greece, to attend the Hydra II Conference and speak on information technology, at the invitation of the British Council, who, with the British Embassy, paid my travel expenses. Accommodation and meals were funded jointly by the Greek Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Greek Ministry of Development. (Registered 20 December 2001)
Occasional fees for broadcasting, writing, speeches and opinion surveys.
Lords' Registered Interests
21 registered interests in the House of Lords register
Director, Miqst Ltd (artificial intelligence services for businesses)
Non-executive Chair, Worldmodeldata Ltd (data products supporting training of artificial intelligence world models)
Non-executive Director, Ofcom (UK's communications regulator)
Member, Digital Centre Design Panel (group will help create a 10-year vision for a ‘digital centre’ of government to drive innovation, transform services, improve lives, and unlock the full potential of digital and data; appointed by Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Director, RTFM Club Ltd (member's own company, providing the member’s services; income from the employment listed in category 2 is paid to this company)
RTFM Club Ltd (member's own company, providing the member’s services; income from the employment listed in category 2 is paid to this company)
RTFM Club Ltd (member's own company, providing the member’s services; income from the employment listed in category 2 is paid to this company)
Non-executive Director, Centre for Public Data Practice CIC (community interest company working to improve UK's public data)
Executive Chair (formerly Product Manager), New Automotive CIC (developing tools to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles) (see category 1) (interest ceased 1 January 2023)
Executive Board member, European Digital Media Observatory (EU-funded project working against disinformation) (interest ceased 30 November 2022)
Self-employed information and communications technology specialist
Non-executive Director, New Automotive CIC (community interest company promoting transition to electric vehicles)
Property in London W10 from which rental income is received
Residential property in Sheffield
Member, Government Digital Service Advisory Board (interest ceased 28 May 2020)
Residential property in Frome, Somerset (interest ceased 13 May 2022)
Vice President, Policy Solutions (formerly Vice President Public Policy EMEA and Director of Policy EU), Facebook (my role at Facebook includes the provision of advice on public affairs to my employer based on my previous expertise rather than on my membership of the House of Lords) (interest ceased 31 December 2019)
My role at Facebook includes the provision of advice on public affairs to my employer based on my previous expertise rather than on my membership of the House of Lords
Member of Advisory Council, Open Rights Group (interest ceased 13 June 2019)
Member of Advisory Council, Hansard Society (interest ceased 7 September 2017)