Join us at London Tech Week 2023
London Tech Week (12-16 June) is a global celebration of tech, uniting the most innovative thinkers and talent of tomorrow in a week-long festival. Showcasing how tech is transforming business and society, London Tech Week drives thought provoking conversations around innovation, diversity and transformation, providing a platform for the tech ecosystem to come together to drive change.
techUK will be running a number of fringe events throughout the week, click on the links below for more information:
6 June: Tech Policy Leadership Conference 2023
7 June: Launch of the DSIT Portfolio of AI Assurance Techniques
12 June - International Telecoms Conference – In Partnership with DSIT
13 June - How can the energy sector leverage digitalisation for long-term energy resiliency?
14 June - Recruiting top talent as an SME
14 June - UK-Vietnam Tech Workshop
14 June - Report Launch: State of the Connected Home 2023
14 June - What makes the West Midlands a leading UK location For Emerging Tech?
15 June - Connected cars in London – the key to a smart city?
15 June - Tech Trade and Sustainability Conference
15 June - Supporting SMEs to partner with System Integrators
Discover how your business could prosper in the UK’s fastest growing technology cluster – the West Midlands. A thriving region pioneering cutting-edge innovation across multi-sector applications including FinTech, MedTech and CreaTech, the West Midlands’ status as the UK’s only multi-city 5G testbed makes it a prime location to trial, test and scale-up state-of-the-art technologies. Now your company could benefit from the region’s world-class infrastructure, unrivalled talent and superb business ecosystem.
In partnership with techUK, West Midlands Growth Company welcomes you to, “Why The West Midlands?”, an interactive networking session held during the UK’s flagship London Tech Week. Featuring engaging talks from industry experts from the world of tech, delegates can uncover a wealth of opportunities available for incoming businesses into the West Midlands, ranging from extensive investor support to the region’s world-class universities, state-of-the-art R&D incubators, and superb business accelerator programmes. Business leaders can also learn about the Global Growth Programme; an exciting initiative providing fully funded soft-landing support to accelerate UK market entry and business growth for international companies.
Confirmed speakers include:
Yiannis Maos – Founder & CEO at Birmingham Tech
Birmingham Tech is a leading community initiative that helps innovative, next-generation tech companies scale-up, nurturing a collaborative environment that has generated great success. Having been named Central England’s Entrepreneur of the Year and Outstanding Tech Individual of the Year respectively, Yiannis has been invited to speak at many major events held by global tech giants including Google, Hubspot and Salesforce.
Cliff Dennett – Head of Business Development at Bruntwood SciTech
Head of Business Development at Bruntwood SciTech, a leading business innovation and commercial real estate provider, Cliff is responsible for the commercial development of leading Life Sciences and Digital Technology Science Parks across the United Kingdom. A highly experienced professional with a wealth of expertise in the tech sector, Cliff has previously worked for leading global names including Orange, AT&T, HP, Lego and Morgan Stanley. He has also delivered keynote speeches around the world on the application of gaming tech for serious uses for companies including IBM and the United Nations.
Clare Golby – Business Development Manager at Kagool
Clare Golby is Business Development Manager at Kagool, a leading global data and analytics specialist headquartered in Coventry, UK. The business is rapidly growing and has opened international offices in India and the US. Clare has 16 years of experience working in IT Data and Operations during her time at Galliford Try, while she also holds a number of key roles at Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council. Part of the West Midlands delegation that travelled to North America for the Queens Baton Relay, Clare played a important role amplifying the talent and opportunities the region has to offer on the global stage.
Gordon Wilson - Chief Executive Officer at Advanced
Since joining Advanced in September 2015, Gordon has led the successful transformation of Advanced driving a people-centric approach to achieving sustainable and responsible business growth.
Having secured the largest software investment deal in the last decade with BC Partners and Vista Equity Partners in 2019, Gordon has led Advanced through an ambitions phase of growth and acquisition. He takes pride in enabling customers to adopt a digital first mindset by empowering people with the technology and tools to do their job with a strong social and environmental conscious.
Gordon sits on the board of techUK and is a member of the Confederation of British Industry South East Council. He is passionate about, and instrumental in driving the diversity and inclusion agenda at Advanced and throughout the wider industry.
Mike Lewis – Sector Lead: Creative, Digital & Tech at West Midlands Growth Company
Sector Lead at West Midlands Growth Company, Mike Lewis has held commercial leadership roles in the tech, telecoms, mobile and digital sectors for over thirty years with both blue-chip enterprises and start-up ventures. He has also been responsible for leading the launch of innovative new products and business models and scaling fast-growth businesses in fields as diverse as IoT, 5G, Fintech and the Cloud.
This session immediately follows our morning session on Discovering investment opportunities for overseas tech companies in the UK regions. Stay tuned as we announce more speakers shortly. Spaces are limited, so register now to secure your place!
* A variety of food and refreshments will be available to enjoy throughout the networking periods scheduled before and after the panel discussion. If you have any special dietary/allergen or venue accessibility requirements, please let our team know upon notifying us of your in-person attendance at the event.
For more information about the above event, please contact the team below:
Matt Robinson
Matt Robinson
Matt is techUK’s Head of Nations and Regions.
Matt is leading techUK’s work with members and stakeholders across the UK to increase the Local Digital Capital across the UK’s nation and regions, build communities and to ensure that digital technology plays a key part the post-COVID-19 levelling-up recovery.
Prior to joining techUK, Matt worked for several national education charities and membership bodies to develop their regional partnerships with schools, academy trusts, local authorities, and other stakeholders. He’s also worked with local authority leaders and other stakeholders to engage communities, work with elected members and improve public services.
He holds a BA in Politics from the University of York and an MA in International Relations from the University of Leeds. Away from work he’s a keen football fan and golfer.
If you’d like to find out more about our work in the nations and regions please get in touch with Matt:
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- techuk.org,,techuk.org,
Ileana Lupsa
Ileana Lupsa
Ileana Lupsa is the Programme Manager for Local Public Services and Nations and Regions, at techUK.
Ileana studied electronics, telecommunications and IT as an undergraduate, followed by an MSc in engineering and project management at Coventry University.
She refined her programme management expertise through her most recent roles working in the automotive industry.
Ileana is passionate about sustainability and creating a positive impact globally through innovation.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Twitter:
- @IleanaLupsa
- Website:
- www.techUK.org
- LinkedIn:
- www.linkedin.com/in/ileana-lupsa
Tracy Modha
Tracy Modha
Tracy supports several areas at techUK, including Cyber Exchange, Cyber Security, Defence, Health and Social Care, Local Public Services, Nations and Regions and National Security.
Tracy joined techUK in March 2022, having worked in the education sector for 19 years, covering administration, research project support, IT support and event/training support. My most outstanding achievement has been running three very successful international conferences and over 300 training courses booked all over the globe!
Tracy has a great interest in tech. Gaming and computing have been a big part of her life, and now electric cars are an exciting look at the future. She has warmed to Alexa, even though it can sometimes be sassy!
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 02073312000
- Twitter:
- @TracyModha,@TracyModha
- Website:
- www.techuk.org,www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracymodha83,https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracymodha83
