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Dame Stephanie Shirley, founder and Life President of the FTSE 200 company Xansa, has been involved in a number of computing firsts.
Her significant recent IT achievements include the first disability conference on the web (followed by the portal site www.autismconnect.org); a £5m gift to the IT livery company to establish its hall and charitable arm; and over £10m to found the Oxford Internet Institute, the first muliti-disciplinary research centre to focus on the social, economic, legal and ethical impact of the Internet, commencing Autumn 2001.
