Featured as a Tech Radar "ultimate B2B tech conference"
Covered by Forbes, Computer World, TechWorld & Disruptive Live
The Tech Summit is a gathering of enterprise technologists working across tech in business and digital sharing ideas of technology implementation, digital transformation, tools and technologies used, product development and tech culture. With leading speakers from the likes of Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Just Eat, Barclays, JustGiving, The Economist and plenty more the day promises to bring you right up to speed in the world of enterprise technology.
Topics & Discussions
Emerging Technology in Business | Digital Transformation | Technology Innovation | Tools & Technology Implementation | Business Transformation | Digital Leadership | Disruption | Tech Trends
Future of Work | Diversity & Inclusion | Remaining Globally Competitive | Building Technology Teams | Inspirational Workplace Approaches | The Skills Gap | Finding Tech Talent
Featuring
Keynote Presentations
Panel Discussions & Interactive Sessions
Practical Hands on Sessions (Roundtables)
Exhibition Area with Product Demonstrations
Enhanced Networking Opportunities
Want to apply to speak, sponsor or exhibit?
There are still last minute sponsorship opportunities available!
08.20
Registration & Light Breakfast
Cornhill Suite - Exhibition Area
08.55
Chairperson Welcome Notes & Overview
Chris Towers - Founder, Tech for Britain & Roar Media
Ludgate Room
09.00
The New Work Manifesto
Bruce Daisley - Vice President, EMEA, Twitter
Bruce Daisley is in charge of Twitter across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In this presentation Bruce will explore the science of the science of work culture in the tech sector. The digital revolution has changed our approach to work and with that our work culture is fast changing and we need to adopt to keep a productive workforce in operation. Expect insights into the productivity paradox, happiness at work and becoming a better driven workforce.
Ludgate Room
09.25
If it isn’t easy, I won’t use it
Nick King - Director, Insights, AutoTrader
Who is using emerging technology in business, making a real difference and improving customer experience? In this presentation Nick will take a look at the current technology landscape and dive deeper into the tools and technologies that are actually proving to be successful in business. In Nicks mind there is too much time spent on diving hard into tech trends and leaping on buzz words that might not work for you. Digital transformation is all well and good but what many of us tend to see, when this happens, is additional complexity. More things to do and actually, it isn’t easy.
Ludgate Room
09.50
Building a Sustainable Workforce Strategy
Jyoti Sharma - Digital Transformation Leader, Ernst & Young
How do you make your talent strategy sustainable? - A multitude of Applicant Tracking, marketing, on-boarding and employee engagement applications have not succeeded in spectacular ways to create an execute a sustainable talent strategy. Deciphering the single bullet that will crack your talent acquisition challenges has seen billions of dollars being invested with little return. What do organisations that boast of successful HR transformation do differently, is it continuous learning, abandoning performance reviews or does the answer lie in deeper realms, the psychological body-mind-purpose complex of your human workforce? Join us in this session for a scintillating debate on what we are witnessing in the space of sustainable talent strategies.
Ludgate Room
10.15
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
an interview with
Nicola Anderson, VP, Marketing, GoCardless
In this live stage interview we explore tech culture in greater detail from a leading woman in tech.
Ludgate Room
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10.40
Networking Break
Coffee, teas, light refreshments
Cornhill Suite - Exhibition Area
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11.15
How to Develop a Strategy Around Small Agile Teams
Danny Denhard - Marketing Director/Head of Growth, JustGiving
Danny Denhard is Marketing Director at JustGiving, the world’s most trusted giving platform, and is part of the leadership team helping to drive growth and shape the company’s future. He's particularly passionate about crowdfunding and its potential for growing the world of giving. With over fifteen years’ experience both agency side and in-house, Danny enjoys speaking at conferences and mentoring others through hosting social media and digital masterclasses. As a previous business consultancy owner Danny advised start-ups and trained a number of challenger brands around growth, social media and organic marketing.
Ludgate Room
11.40
How The Economist Build Digital Products
Denise Law - Head of Product, The Economist
Over the past year, our digital teams at The Economist have been thinking more deeply about how we can build products and experiences that subscribers love. After a year of experimentation, a little bit of chaos and a whole lot of fun, here are some of the biggest lessons we learned.
Ludgate Room
12.05
Putting Data and Technology at the Heart of London
Theo Blackwell - Chief Digital Officer, Mayor of London
As London’s first Chief Digital Officer, Theo will play a leading role in realising the Mayor’s ambition to make London the world’s smartest city, ensuring that the capital’s status as a global tech hub helps transform the way public services are designed and delivered, making them more accessible, efficient and responsive to the needs of Londoners.
Ludgate Room
12.30
Innovation within Google
Doing Business in the Cloud
Mark Masterson - Global Technology Lead, Google
Mark is a dynamic and driven technologist with a rare combination of strategic technical expertise and commercial acumen. Over the last 20 years, Mark’s career has ranged from global multinationals to startup executive, mentor and advisor. He’s held a number of senior global management and strategy roles including working for: Google, Deutsche Bank, Zurich Financial Services and with Barclays Bank. He has also worked extensively with the US and UK Governments. He has also been a startup CTO, and has spent the last several years working to grow startup ecosystems around the world, including serving as a mentor and a board advisor.
Ludgate Room
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12.55
Lunch & Networking Break
Lunch is served
Cornhill Suite - Exhibition Area
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- Sessions for the afternoon will be split across two rooms -
14.00
Being Razor Sharp with Enterprise Technology
Ross Larter - Senior Technology Manager, Just Eat
In this presentation Ross will look at how Just Eat choose enterprise technology to allow them to focus on getting things done, at pace, and with a laser-like focus. Ross will cover the reasons we choose certain enterprise tech and how it allowed us to grow at such pace moving from a startup to a FTSE100 company.
Ludgate Room
14.00
The Importance of Balancing Diversity & Gender Within Technology Roles
Debbie Forster - Chief Executive Officer, Tech Talent Charter
The Tech Talent Charter (TTC) is a commitment by organisations to a set of undertakings that aim to deliver greater diversity in the tech workforce of the UK, one that better reflects the make-up of the population. Signatories of the charter make a number of pledges in relation to their approach to recruitment and retention. Although it is very much an employer-led initiative, in March 2017 the TTC was supported in the government’s policy paper on the UK Digital Strategy.
Walbrook Room
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14.25
Driving Innovation Through Start-up Collaboration
Benjamin Lickfett - Head of Innovation & Technology, Diageo
In this presentation Benjamin, Head of Technology and Innovation at Diageo will look at Diageo's approach to future proofing its business and unlocking growth by collaborating with external disruptors in the start-up ecosystem.
Ludgate Room
14.25
Diversity & Inclusion Panel Session
In this panel session we dive deeper into the importance of growing a technology team that is diverse, gender balanced and the results of doing such from top technology team players that have a wealth of experience in team building and have seen the successes of doing such
Jia-Yan Gu - Executive Director, Goldman Sachs
John Elliott - Head of Technology, Sainsbury's
Simi Awokoya - Technology Evangelist - Microsoft
John Hazelton - UK Country Manger - Talent io
Walbrook Room
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14.50
Presentation Information Coming Soon
Richard Wiles - Digital Innovation Manager, National Grid
Ludgate Room
14.50
Equipping Londoners with the Skills for the Future
Doniya Soni - Principal Policy Officer, Greater London Authority
As Principal Policy Officer for Digital & STEM Skills at the Greater London Authority, Doniya is tasked with delivering the Mayor’s digital skills manifesto pledges and developing a strategy to ensure Londoners have the opportunity to learn vital digital skills. In her presentation, Doniya will outline the Mayor’s current and future digital skills plans, and there will be an opportunity to pose questions to her.
Walbrook Room
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15.20
Networking Break
Coffee, teas and light refreshments
Cornhill Suite - Exhibition Area
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FINAL SESSION & PRESENTATION INFORMATION TO BE CONFIRMED
SPEAKERS TO BE INCLUDED
Deliveroo
Barclays
Seedrs
The Jamie Oliver Group
& more
Interested in sponsorship? Align yourselves with some of the biggest brands offering insights into cutting-edge tech trends in business
Contact Sam on sam@roar-media.co.uk for information on exhibiting, speaking and other available exposure opportunities
Venue Information
America Square Conference Centre
No.1 America Square
17 Crosswall
London
EC3N 2LB
Location & Directions
https://www.cavendishvenues.co.uk/city-conference-venues/location/
Event Running Time
June 7, 2018
08.20 - 18.30
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