Speakers

Richard Parker
Mayor
West Midlands Combined Authority

The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP
The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology
UK Government

Nicola Hodson
Chief Executive – UK & Ireland
IBM

Richard Harpin
Founder and Chairman
Homeserve

Henrietta Brealy
CEO
Greater Birmingham
Chambers of Commerce

Irene Graham OBE
CEO
ScaleUp Institute

Sheridan Ash MBE
Co-founder
Tech She Can

Charlie Blakemore
CEO
Intercity

Anwen Robinson
Senior Vice President
OneAdvanced

Marcus Stuttard,
Head of AIM & UK Primary Markets,
London Stock Exchange

Carolyn Dawson
CEO
Founders Forum

Yiannis Maos MBE
Founder & CEO
TechWM

Neil Rami
CEO
West Midlands Growth Company

Aaron Baker
Investor
BGF

Aleks Subic
Vice Chancellor
Aston University

Jason Sahota
Chairman
TechWM

Melissa Snover
Founder
Nourish3d

Hilary Smyth-Allen
Executive Director
Supertech WM

Gareth Wilson
Executive Vice President, Head of Banking & Capital Markets
Capgemini

Bindiya Verma
UK Representative
Invest Region Leipzig GmbH

Deirdre Bounds
Founder
Moonrise

Alexeis Garcia Perez
Professor of Digital Business and Society
Aston University

Dr. Abena F. Dadze-Arthur
Founder & CEO
Mindset Dynamics

Yvonne Thompson
Founder & CEO
Change Innovators

Suzie Archer
Director of Customer & Employee Experience
Huler

Kyle Long
Partner
BGF

Alison Kilby
Associate Director
ARUP

Robert Franks
Managing Director
WM5G

Alex Favier
Program Director
Midlands Innovation

Richard Austin
Partner
Crowe UK

Claire Spiller
EMEA Leader
AWS – re/Start Programme

Jof Walters
CEO
Good Things

Tom Harrison
Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor for Education Innovation
University of Birmingham

Mo Isap
CEO
IN4 Group

Georgia Lewis Anderson
Generative AI Content Strategist
Meta

Richard Austin
Managing Partner – Global Business Solutions
Crowe UK

Rich Bovey
Club Executive
AND Digital

Elizabeth Gooch MBE
Founder & CEO
Tech Growth Factory

Davie Okeowo
Business Finance Specialist
Oxford Innovation Advice

Jack Tasker
Business Engagement Partner
Birmingham Digital Future

David Keene
Founder
Aurrigo

Zoe Radnor
PVC & Executive Dean
College of Business and Social Sciences

Divya Kesavan
Head of Corporate Data Science & Insights, Transaction Banking
Barclays

Dr. Chris Meah
Founder & CEO
School of Code

Ashleigh Miles
OT Cyber Security Senior Associate
PwC

Neil Dsouza
Senior Consultant – Generative AI
Capgemini

John Catarinich
CEO
Agilyx Group

Johnathan Dudley
Partner National Head of Corporate SME Business
Crowe UK

Anushka Malhotra
Head of Marketing
TechWM

Louise Campton
Founder & Interim CEO
Primary Goal

Steve Wade
Founder
Cloud Native Club

Justin Nesbitt
Sales Director – UK
nlighten UK

Harpal Mattu
Managing Director
Agilyx Group

Ryan Hardwick
Solution Architect
AWS

Laura Hyatt
Senior Cloud Architect
Google

Valeria Vigilante
FDA Utilisation Lead
DBT

Nigel Driffield
Deputy pro vice chancellor
University of Warwick

Matthew Izatt-Lowry
Senior Economist
Farrpoint

Matt Robinson
Head of Nations & Regions
techUK

Hoda Shahzadeh
Senior Trade Consultant
OCO Global

Helen Turner
Director
Midlands Innovation

Frederike Thone
Senior Trade Adviser
British Embassy The Hague

Ben Brabyn
Director
Amitypath

Dan Clark
Chair
techUK

Charles Brant
Relationship Development Manager
Gowling WLG

Roland Emmans
Head of Technology Sector & Growth Lending
HSBC UK

Steve Crane
CEO and Co-Founder
Export to Japan

Tendai Chetse
Head of Creative Industries
DBT

Rick Shaw
Partner
Evelyn Partners

Tom Newman-Taylor
CEO
East Midlands Freeport

Kieran Borrett
Director
Plug and Play UK

John Burt
CEO
Medherant

Ashlene Smith
Innovation & Scale Manager
WMGC

Sarah Windrum
Future Mobility Cluster Lead
HORIBA MIRA

Raj Mack
Head of Digital City & innovation
Birmingham City Council

Peter Laybourn
Chairman
International Synergies Limited

Manolya Kavakli-Thorne
Program Lead for Gamification & Simulation Technology
ADFI – Aston University

Iain Mansell
Cluster Leadership Delivery Manager
WMCA

Aline Martins
Global Business & Partnerships Lead
Connected Places Catapult

Lloyd Broad
Head of European and International Affairs
Birmingham City Council

Philip Cupitt
Partner
Marks & Clerk

Callum Whyte
Managing Director
Bump Digital

Paul Dragoonis
CTO
ByteHire

Ameen Alde
Frontend Engineer
Google Developers Group

Simon Bennetts
Founder and Project Lead
Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP)

Simon Gurney
CTO
Punk Security

Abby Bangser
Principal Engineer
Syntasso

Beckett Leclaire
Senior Engineer
5Rights Foundation

Andrew Fitzpatrick
Staff Engineer
TravelPerk

James Prince
Software Engineer
Celcat

Leonardo Giordani
Associate Director
e-therapeautics

Kathryn Lupin
Delivery Manager
NHS Property Services

Andy Bell
Founder
Set Studio

Alez Craven
Co-founder
The Data City

Joshua Mo
DevRel Engineer
Shuttle.rs.

Paul Collins
Co-founder & NED
Spica Technologies

Becki Floyd
UX Designer
NHS Education for Scotland

Daniel Tallentire
Engineering Manager
The Citation Group

Jinkyung Lee
Team Lead, Global Strategy Team
Ulsan Center for Creative Economy & Innovation

Hung- Suck Park
Emeritus Professor
Ulsan College