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Agenda
08.00 - 08.50 Registration & Networking
08.50 - 09.00 Welcome by Sam Booth, pro-manchester CEO
09.00 - 09.10 Trailblazing Tech at the heart of Greater Manchester
Anthony Morrow - OpenMoney
09.10 - 09.40 A crucial year of change for Manchester’s fintech sector
Mark Robinson - Verlingue, Anish Kapoor - AccessPay, Janine Hirt - Innovate Finance, Dave Gardner - TLT, Markos Zacharidis - Alliance MBS
09.40 - 10.10 From Royal Mail to National Insurance, Cyber Crime: Part and Parcel of the new world?
Martin SFB Bryant - Big Revolution, Louisa Williams – TLT, Dr David Buil-Gil – University of Manchester, Nadia Kadhim - NAQ Cyber
10.10 - 10.30 Sustainable product innovation and changing consumer behaviour
Jonatan Pinkse – Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.30 Enabling green growth - getting to Zero by 2038
Steve Connor - Creative Concern, Jen Johnson – Thermatic, Daniel Dickinson – Business Growth Hub, Julian Wells - Whitecap Consulting Limited, Emily Hesketh - Deloitte
11.30 - 12.00 5G Opening opportunities for business
Rob Searle & Elizabeth Ponsford - O2
12.00 - 12.45 Trailblazing Tech Final - Live Demos
12.45 - 13.35 Lunch
13.35 - 14.05 Closing the gap - the changing face of talent and education
Susanna Lawson - OneFile, Lee Jones -Microsoft, Richard Few – Sales Geek, Sarah Novotny – Business Growth Hub, Geoff Stevenson - Ada
14.05 - 14.35 Financial & Professional Services: Accelerating the pace of change
Sam Booth - pro-manchester, John Toon - Beever and Struthers, Sarah Baker - Moneypenny, Nathan Doe - Docutech, Bruce Jones - Kuits
14.35 - 14.55 Game Changers in Media and Communications
Hitomi Hamaba - Sony
14.55 - 15.25 Revolution; Renaissance or Evolution: What is the future for retail?
Danny Simpson – MID Communications, Nick Bianchi – Arighi Bianchi, Timothy Jung -MMU, Diane Wehrle - Springboard, Adam Warne – N Brown Group
15.25 - 15.30 Trailblazing Tech Award Winner & Close
08.50 - 09.00 Welcome by Sam Booth, pro-manchester CEO
09.00 - 09.10 Trailblazing Tech at the heart of Greater Manchester
Anthony Morrow - OpenMoney
09.10 - 09.40 A crucial year of change for Manchester’s fintech sector
Mark Robinson - Verlingue, Anish Kapoor - AccessPay, Janine Hirt - Innovate Finance, Dave Gardner - TLT, Markos Zacharidis - Alliance MBS
09.40 - 10.10 From Royal Mail to National Insurance, Cyber Crime: Part and Parcel of the new world?
Martin SFB Bryant - Big Revolution, Louisa Williams – TLT, Dr David Buil-Gil – University of Manchester, Nadia Kadhim - NAQ Cyber
10.10 - 10.30 Sustainable product innovation and changing consumer behaviour
Jonatan Pinkse – Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.30 Enabling green growth - getting to Zero by 2038
Steve Connor - Creative Concern, Jen Johnson – Thermatic, Daniel Dickinson – Business Growth Hub, Julian Wells - Whitecap Consulting Limited, Emily Hesketh - Deloitte
11.30 - 12.00 5G Opening opportunities for business
Rob Searle & Elizabeth Ponsford - O2
12.00 - 12.45 Trailblazing Tech Final - Live Demos
- 12.00 - 12.15: PollenPay - Leon Wilson
- 12.15 - 12.30: Innovus - Dr Elliot Street
- 12.30 - 12.45: PixelMax - Shay O'Carroll & Andy Sands
12.45 - 13.35 Lunch
13.35 - 14.05 Closing the gap - the changing face of talent and education
Susanna Lawson - OneFile, Lee Jones -Microsoft, Richard Few – Sales Geek, Sarah Novotny – Business Growth Hub, Geoff Stevenson - Ada
14.05 - 14.35 Financial & Professional Services: Accelerating the pace of change
Sam Booth - pro-manchester, John Toon - Beever and Struthers, Sarah Baker - Moneypenny, Nathan Doe - Docutech, Bruce Jones - Kuits
14.35 - 14.55 Game Changers in Media and Communications
Hitomi Hamaba - Sony
14.55 - 15.25 Revolution; Renaissance or Evolution: What is the future for retail?
Danny Simpson – MID Communications, Nick Bianchi – Arighi Bianchi, Timothy Jung -MMU, Diane Wehrle - Springboard, Adam Warne – N Brown Group
15.25 - 15.30 Trailblazing Tech Award Winner & Close