Join us on the 14th June for our UK-India Tech Forum. This Forum will go into the political and trading relationship between the UK and India and how it may change throughout 2024 with two elections and a potential FTA on the horizons as well as some of the areas that the UK and India can work together on when it comes to emerging technologies such as AI.

Opening Speech | 10:00 - 10:10

  • Antony Walker, Deputy CEO, techUK

Panel 1 | 10.10am - 11am - A Year of Elections: What 2024 has in store for the UK-India Relationship?

Chair: Daniel Clarke, Policy Manager, International Policy and Trade, techUK

  • Mohammed Hussein, President, Edelman Global Advisory
  • Dr Shruti Kapila, Professor of History and Politics, the University of Cambridge, 

Panel 2 | 11am-12pm - The UK-India Emerging Tech Relationship: What can we work together on?

Chair: Tess Buckley, Programme Manager, Digital Ethics and AI Safety, Tech and Innovation Programme

  • Ashank Desai, Co-Founder and Chairman of Mastek. Founder of NASSCOM

  • Priya Guha MBE, Venture Partner, Merian Ventures; Chair of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce UK; Former General Manager of Rocketspace

  • Manish Garg, Managing Director, Ve3 Global

  • Rama Vedashree, Former CEO, Data Security Council of India 

  • Ed Thomas, Research Director, Thematic Intelligence, GlobalData

 

Sabina Ciofu

Sabina Ciofu

Associate Director – International, techUK

Sabina Ciofu is Associate Director – International, running the International Policy and Trade Programme at techUK.

Based in Brussels, she leads our EU policy and engagement. She is also our lead on international trade policy, with a focus on digital trade chapter in FTAs, regulatory cooperation as well as broader engagement with the G7, G20, WTO and OECD.

As a transatlanticist at heart, Sabina is a GMF Marshall Memorial fellow and issue-lead on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council, within DigitalEurope.

Previously, she worked as Policy Advisor to a Member of the European Parliament for almost a decade, where she specialised in tech regulation, international trade and EU-US relations.

Sabina loves building communities and bringing people together. She is the founder of the Gentlewomen’s Club and co-organiser of the Young Professionals in Digital Policy. Previously, as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, she led several youth civic engagement and gender equality projects.

She sits on the Advisory Board of the University College London European Institute, Café Transatlantique, a network of women in transatlantic technology policy and The Nine, Brussels’ first members-only club designed for women.

Sabina holds an MA in War Studies from King’s College London and a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge.

Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
+32 473 323 280
Website:
www.techuk.org

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Daniel Clarke

Daniel Clarke

Policy Manager for International Policy and Trade, techUK

Dan joined techUK as a Policy Manager for International Policy and Trade in March 2023.

Before techUK, Dan worked for data and consulting company GlobalData as an analyst of tech and geopolitics. He has also worked in public affairs, political polling, and has written freelance for the New Statesman and Investment Monitor.

Dan has a degree in MSc International Public Policy from University College London, and a BA Geography degree from the University of Sussex.

Outside of work, Dan is a big fan of football, cooking, going to see live music, and reading about international affairs. 

Email:
[email protected]

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Tess Newton

Team Assistant, Policy and Public Affairs, techUK

Tess joined techUK as an Policy and Public Affairs Team Assistant in November of 2024. In this role, she supports areas such as administration, member communications and media content.

Before joining the Team, she gained experience working as an Intern in both campaign support for MPs and Councilors during the Local and General Election and working for the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. As well as working for multiple charities on issues such as the climate crisis, educational inequality and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Tess obtained her Bachelors of Arts in Politics and International Relations from University of Nottingham.

Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.techUK.org

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