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Date: Monday October 19th | Time: 8:30AM – 12:00PM | Location: The REP
Exclusive Leadership Breakfast
The Leadership Breakfast is Birmingham Tech Week’s flagship strategic convening for senior leaders navigating AI, economic transformation and the future competitiveness of the West Midlands.
Bringing together C-suite executives, founders, investors, policymakers and enterprise leaders, the event will explore how organisations are responding to rapid technological change, shifting global markets and the increasing importance of regional innovation capability.
The programme will focus on practical leadership challenges surrounding AI adoption, industrial transformation, investment, talent, infrastructure and long-term growth, with particular emphasis on the West Midlands’ strengths across advanced manufacturing, mobility, clean energy and applied innovation.
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Agenda
08:30 - Arrival & Networking
Your opportunity to network with likeminded individuals.
09:30 - Official kick-off to BTW2026
Welcome to Birmingham Tech Week 2026 from host Lucy Hedges
09:35 - Regional Leadership Welcome
Hear from Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands
09:45 - State of the Nation: Fast Forward
Hear from Andy Hague – CEO, TechWM
10:25 - Panel - Mind the Gap: Winning the Next Decade for the West Midlands
Steve Rigby – CEO, Rigby Group, Director of Innovation for the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham – Kit Windows-Yule , MD for Growth, CPC – Alan Welby, Julie Nugent, CEO, Coventry City Council, Chair of Bletchley Park Trust, Jacqueline De Rojas
11:10 - Headline Interview: FAST FORWARD
What’s Next? A View from the Technology Frontier.
11:45 - Networking & Event Close
Another chance to network with likeminded individuals.
For questions about this event: kath@techwm.com
For registrations, event logistics and general event enquiries: emma@birminghamtechweek.com
For media enquiries, marketing and communications: anushka@techwm.com
For sponsorship enquiries: ioana@techwm.com