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The original week of LTW goes online with some excellent events scheduled.

This week would have seen London and the UK open up its doors to the world for its annual London Tech Week (LTW) Festival. Due to COVID-19, LTW has been pushed back to September. techUK will continue to play a very active role in the events and activities during the new dates of LTW. Watch this space for more details! 

However, in the meantime, we are pleased to support a series of activities that are happening during this week including LTW Connect, international trade events and CogX. 

LTW Connect 

Between 9 – 12 June, during the original London Tech Week there is a virtual series championing the power of collaboration and the resilience of the tech ecosystem and its effect on our global community, through a series of panels discussions, fireside chats and networking sessions. 

LTW Connect has an incredible and inspiring set of speakers ranging from Hilary Clinton to Arianna Huffington, and from Poppy Gustafsson OBE, CEO of Darktrace, to Roger Lynch, CEO of Conde Nast. For full details please visit https://londontechweek.online/home/ 

Notable events are as follows: 

Founders Forum HealthTech – Tuesday 9 June – leaders discuss the prevailing conditions in global health, looking at the impact of COVID-19 now and in the future. 

State of Investment – Wednesday 10 June – exploring the current investment landscape and discuss challenges and opportunities this presents. 

Resilience of Tech: Leadership – Thursday 11 June – inspiring discussion on leading through a crisis, pivoting your business and identifying the new norm for your teams and customers. 

Resilience of Tech: Startup Scaleup – Thursday 11 June – honest discussion on facing difficult decisions and adapting quickly and practically to find opportunities and positive growth for your business. 

accelerateHER – Friday 12 June – brings together leaders in our ecosystem to discuss the power of collaboration and resilience of the tech ecosystem and its effect on our global community, focusing on women in the tech industry. 

Future EdTech – Tuesday 9 June – a highly informative and interactive one-day conference where higher education leaders and practitioners can learn about how to adapt and prosper in a truly digital age. 

We are pleased to say that techUK are supporting a number of these events including an interview by Jacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK, with Ciaran Martin, CEO National Cyber Security Centre amongst some of the highlights.  

International Trade Opportunities 

In addition to the above, techUK are organising two trade events in partnership with the Department for International Trade focused on Latin America, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. 

London Tech Week Comes to Latin America (8 June, 16:00 – 17:30) - Jointly organised by techUK and the Department for International Trade, the event is for tech businesses from Latin America to connect with the UK’s tech ecosystem. Participants will have the opportunity to gain expert advice on scaling up into the UK and connecting with the UK’s innovation community.  

Introduction to the UK Tech Landscape: EECAN Edition (8 June, 10:00 – 11:30) - Jointly organised by techUK and the Department for International Trade, this event is an ideal opportunity for tech businesses from the EECAN region to gain insights and knowledge about the UK’s tech ecosystem, opportunities to scale up to the UK and connect with the UK’s innovation community.  

Virtual CogX 2020 

techUK is proud to be partnering with the AI and technology festival CogX to produce 5 sessions for their Next Gen Infrastructure & Cloud Services track. 

Virtual CogX has been developed to deliver a best-in-class digital experience. Covering all 18 tracks of content, virtual meet-the-speaker breakout sessions, the eExpo and startup village, invite-only side events, roundtables, affiliate partner workshops and speed networking for each vertical, Virtual CogX aims to set the standard. Participants will be able to take part regardless of where they are in the world, making CogX accessible to a much bigger national, and global, audience. 

With over 600 confirmed speakers from across industry, academia, government and technology, and 50,000 virtual attendees registered, this is the unmissable event at the heart of the emerging technology community. 

This year, the CogX festival will seek to understand what the world will look like in 10 years time. 

As part of this, techUK is  hosting five sessions as part of the Next Generation Infrastructure & Cloud Services Track. This track will explore the pivotal role of key digital technologies that will underpin and enable next generation infrastructure in the UK and whether businesses are ready for what is to come. With today’s infrastructure systems becoming more web-based, interconnected and transnational, we will focus on how companies can best prepare for the latest advancements in next-generation infrastructure that are flexible, interoperable and, importantly, secure. In addition, we will explore what the potential reprioritisation of infrastructural investment during the COVID-19 pandemic could mean for future adoption. 

CogX will feature a number of high-level speakers and contributors including one of the highlights undoubtedly being the fireside chat between Jaceqline de Rojas, techUK President and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair taking placed on Wednesday at 12:00. The full agenda is available here.  

For more information on techUK’s involvement with CogX and the sessions we have planned, take a look here.   

Despite the required changes this week is surely going to remain a highlight on the tech calendar. Please do get involved in the events and sessions that interest you. 

Should have any questions about any of the above and want to get involved, please do get in touch.