FOR THE MOTION
James is a Physics graduate; Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester, columnist for New Civil Engineer and Computing and broadcasts on Radio 4.
He helped install Britain’s first computer-controlled car park, 1968; wrote about chemical weapons for The Economist, 1978; word processor instruction manual, 1983; multi-client study on e-commerce, 1988; proposal for Internet TV, 1993; Cult IT, critique of dotcom boom, 1999; Why is construction so backward?, Wiley, 2004; Energise! A future for innovation, Beautiful Books, 2009. Consulting: BA, BT, Brixton PLC, Johnson Controls, Land Securities, Microsoft, Milliken, Cardiff, Sheffield and Portsmouth City Councils, Roca Bathrooms.
James’s new publication Energise: A future for energy innovation! By Beautiful Books with Joe Kaplinsky is out now! available from Amazon
