Walk in the cloud: Accenture, Microsoft and SSE: A greener future

What happens when the world’s largest software company, a multinational energy company and Accenture get together to tackle decarbonisation? They try to save the world. Microsoft’s Matt Highman and SSE’s John Downes explain why their organisations see partnerships as essential to achieving the most audacious goals of their businesses. 

Accenture UK’s Walk in the Cloud podcast is back with a second season exploring the value of cloud-powered partnerships. 

The podcast’s first season took a deep dive with Accenture experts into different C-level roles and their relationships with cloud technologies. Accenture host Ellen Bencard kicks off the new season in conversation with Microsoft’s Matt Higham and SSE’s John Downes, who explain why their organisations see partnerships as essential to achieving the most audacious goals of their businesses. Matt and John talk decarbonisation and what they’re doing to move towards net-zero by 2050. 

Listen to Walk in the Cloud’s first episode now and look out early next month for episode two, which explores the rise of the cloud economist with AWS. 

Laura Foster

Associate Director - Technology and Innovation, techUK

Laura is techUK’s Associate Director for Technology and Innovation.

Laura advocates for better emerging technology policy in the UK, including quantum, future of compute technologies, semiconductors, digital ID and more. Working alongside techUK members and UK Government she champions long-term, cohesive, and sustainable investment that will ensure the UK can commercialise future science and technology research. Laura leads a high-performing team at techUK, as well as publishing several reports on these topics herself, and being a regular speaker at events.

Before joining techUK, Laura worked internationally as a conference researcher and producer exploring adoption of emerging technologies. This included being part of the team at London Tech Week.

Laura has a degree in History (BA Hons) from Durham University and is a Cambridge Policy Fellow. Outside of work she loves reading, writing and supporting rugby team St. Helens, where she is from.

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