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ALT Full poster for the event; 'Boon your Tickets Now to the AIT Forum on Norms for the Digital Age 28th January 2025 at the Worshipful Compnay of Information Technologists Livery Hall in London and Online' Shows images and pictures of speakers on a green background and the logos of Archives of IT and the WCIT and a QR code.

ALT An infographic with QR code saying 'What will you discover? History Day 11-16.00 GMT 5th November 2024' bit.ly/histday24. The photograph shows a white woman with a blonde bob touching archival documents on a table. She has a red bangle on her wrist. She is talking to another younger white woman wearing glasses. The photograph is taken above them looking down as they look at documents on a table.

ALT A poster saying: Archives of IT capturing the past, inspiring the future. Archives of IT is an expanding online resource of interviews telling the story of how information technology has transformed our lives. Find out about the development of computers, the internet, AI and more from the people who are making it happen. There is a green and white Archives of IT logo and the background image is of an opening laptop with pink, blue and orange light coming from the screen.

ALT A graphic on a green background with white text. To the left is a photo of AIT's former director, Dr Tom Abram. To the right is the headline: Thank you for all your hard work, Tom! And below that the words: One of the key components to the success of AIT’s mission of Capturing the Past, Inspiring the Future over the years has been our long-serving director, Dr Tom Abram, who stepped down from his role in May. Through his tireless work commissioning interviews, working with our trustees, education consultants, archivist and PR and communications manager as well as many external organisations, AIT is in an extremely strong position going forward.

ALT A graphic on green background showing a photo to the right of Adrian Murphy, AIT's PR and Communications Manager. To the left is the headline Meet the Archives of IT Team. Below that are the words: Adrian has more than 20 years’ experience as a journalist, digital editor and communications professional, half of which has been writing and communicating about the cultural sector. He manages AIT’s social media output, newsletters and press releases, and creates much of the news and features published on the website. In the past year he has written in-depth reports on the history of the internet and 40 years of mobile phones using interviews in the AIT archive.

ALT A graphic showing a head-and-shoulders photo of archivist, Stephanie Nield, to the left. To the right is the headline: Meet the Archives of IT Team. Below this are the words: Stephanie has worked in archives and records management for the NHS, government, universities and the charity sector. Since joining AIT in October 2022, she has successfully applied for a Scoping Grant from The National Archives (TNA), to work with a consultant to assess and manage the Dennis Blackwell collection, and entered AIT’s online resource to TNA’s Discovery database.

ALT A graphic with, to the left, a head-and-shoulders photo of IT Consultant for AIT, Ravi Chagger. To the right of this is a headline that says: Meet the Archives of IT Team and below the words: Ravi began his teaching career in 2006 as a secondary school IT/Computer Science teacher, working his way up to Head of Department. With an MA in Leadership and Management for Learning, Ravi’s distinguished himself as a Specialised Lead in Education and as a STEM UK facilitator. Ravi serves as an IT consultant for a Multi-Academy Trust in the southeast and collaborates with AIT in the development of its schools’ resources.

ALT A graphic showing a photograph of Archives of IT's Education Lead, Katie Anderson, as part of our series Meet the Team in the lead up to the announcement of our new CEO. It features these introductory words: Katie joined AIT in January 2022 and is passionate about creating engaging and motivating lessons and activities, such as competitions, to help all learners achieve their full potential and promote IT as viable career path. She graduated from the University of Winchester in 2019, with a BEd (Hons) in Primary Education (QTS) and currently teaches at a junior school in Berkshire.

ALT A graphic showing to the left a photo of John Carrington, AIT's Chair of Trustees, in 1985 outside the BT Tower, London holding one of the first mobile phones. To the right of this is the headline Meet the Archives of IT Team and below it the words: AIT is governed by a board of trustees, who are senior and authoritative participants in the field of information technology and telecommunications. The board is chaired by John Carrington, who spent 40 years in the telecoms industry and was the first MD of BT’s cellular project in May 1983 and was behind the launch of Cellnet, one of the UK’s first mobile phone networks.






