Speakers

Gerd Leonhard, Keynote Speaker, Futurist & Humanist, Author, CEO The Futures Agency, Film-Maker Gerd’s passions are the future of humanity, culture, society, and business in… Read More »Gerd Leonhard

International CEO, Osborne Clarke Simon is Osborne Clarke’s international CEO.  His role enables him to shape the firm to meet the ever-changing needs of our… Read More »Simon Beswick

Senior Research Fellow at the University of the West of England (UWE) Steve joined UWE after 25 years as a software, electronics and systems engineer… Read More »Dr Steve Wright

Data Science Manager, LV=, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Bristol Venura heads up the LV=GI team at Bristol University, leading the partnership between the two… Read More »Dr. Venura Perera

Chief Executive, Bristol Chamber of Commerce & West of England Initiative James Durie MRICS is Chief Executive of Bristol Chamber of Commerce & West of… Read More »James Durie MRICS

Student at the University of Bristol Holly is in her fourth year studying MArts Anthropology with Innovation, one of the new innovation degrees launched in… Read More »Holly Simpson

Senior Lecturer in Robotics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory and University of Bristol (UoB) Dr Sabine Hauert is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics at the… Read More »Dr Sabine Hauert

Senior Vice President, Airbus Katherine is a Senior Vice President of Airbus and has been with the company for 14 years.   She leads the company’s… Read More »Katherine Bennett CBE

Vice President of Technology in GKN Aerospace Paul Perera is the Vice President of Technology in GKN Aerospace, a leading Aerospace company concentrating on the… Read More »Paul Perera

Co-founder and Technical Sales Director, KETS Quantum Security Jake Kennard is a co-founder and Technical Sales Director of KETS Quantum Security. Based in Bristol, UK,… Read More »Jake Kennard

Senior Partner, SThree Kalpesh Baxi is a Senior Partner at the leading STEM recruitment company, SThree. With more than 22 years’ experience in recruitment, Kalpesh… Read More »Kalpesh Baxi

Continuous Improvement & Capability Lead, Lloyds Banking Group Dan was the first to lead a team in Lloyds Banking Group to use cloud technology with… Read More »Dan Wilkinson

Partner, Investment management – funds, Smith and Williamson Chris Ford is a partner at Smith & Williamson, and manages the S&W Artificial Intelligence fund.  He… Read More »Chris Ford

Director of Aerospace Iain Gray is the Director of Aerospace at Cranfield University. Iain joined Cranfield University in March 2015 after 7 years as the Chief… Read More »Professor Iain Gray CBE

Professor of Sustainable Mobility and Director of the Centre for Transport & Society, UWE Bristol Dr Graham Parkhurst is Professor of Sustainable Mobility and Director… Read More »Dr Graham Parkhurst

CEO, Nova Modus John provides independent expert advice and support to private and public sector organisations across both technology and commercial aspects of Connected and Autonomous Mobility. He… Read More »John McNicol

Director, Estrella Green Natasha McKenzie is a Director of Estrella Green, delivering applied marketing strategy to scaleup technology clients. Natasha has twenty years’ solid marketing… Read More »Natasha McKenzie

Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bath, and Director of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI Prof.… Read More »Professor Eamonn O’Neill

CEO, Gapsquare Dr Zara Nanu is a leading voice in driving fair pay and inclusion through intelligent tech & Artificial Intelligence. Wielding extensive diversity and… Read More »Dr Zara Nanu

Chief Software Architect, LettUs Grow Adam Waterman is a Software Architect with a lifelong passion for vertical farming. Adam is the brains behind Ostara farm… Read More »Adam Waterman

Professor of Sociology, University of Bristol, UK Susan is a Geographer by training, has been a Sociologist for the past 25 years and over the… Read More »Susan Halford

Partner, Osborne Clarke John leads Osborne Clarke’s international AI and machine learning team, and has just written a book on the legal implications of these… Read More »John Buyers

Digital Practice Director – Experience Design, Sopra Steria Bethany is a digital consultant with over 20 years in the field. She started designing websites in… Read More »Bethany Jarroussié

Head of Customer Propositions for AXA UK & Ireland Piers is working at AXA with separate UK and Ireland businesses, offering General and Health insurance… Read More »Piers Watson

Vice President Product and Marketing – XMOS Paul leads the product and go-to-market strategy for XMOS. He also leads XMOS strategic partnerships, which include Amazon… Read More »Dr Paul Neil

Manager of Direct Services, Women’s Aid Lisa Johnson is Manager of Direct Services at Women’s Aid. Lisa joined Women’s Aid as a helpline volunteer in… Read More »Lisa Johnson

Academic Director of the multi-award-winning Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Bristol Professor Kirsten Cater is the Academic Director of the multi-award-winning Centre for Innovation… Read More »Professor Kirsten Cater

Founder|Facilitator|Change Consultant|OD Specialist|HR Expert|NED The world of work needs to change. Employers are failing to embrace not only the technology that’s available to them, but… Read More »Jane Ginnever

Founder, cxpartners Giles co-founded cxpartners in 2004. Since then, it has grown to one of the world’s leading independent experience design consultancies working on next… Read More »Giles Colborne

Chairman, Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd Dominic has worked in the environmental field for over 25 years as a campaigner, researcher and consultant during which… Read More »Dominic Hogg

Professor of Practice and Industry Director of the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Network, Head of Applied Research Center ARC Lab UK Mark is engaged in automation… Read More »Professor Mark Skilton

VP Product at Ultraleap Jonny Codling joined Ultraleap(Ultrahaptics) in December 2018 as Director of Emerging Technologies before taking on the role of VP Product in… Read More »Jonny Codling

Technical Business Development Manager At AWS, Neil leads on helping EMEA Public Sector customers to identify and develop business applications using Artificial Intelligence and Machine… Read More »Neil Mackin

Dr Neil Pennington, Leader in Innovation through Decentralised Technology Neil is an innovator; passionate and excited by the potential for technology to transform the experiences… Read More »Dr Neil Pennington