Agenda
08.45 - 09.00 Welcome
Speaker: Sam Booth - pro-manchester
09.00 - 09.30 Blockchain…more than just bitcoin
Host: Mark Robinson – Verlingue
Panel: Ed Chapman – Ince Metcalfes, Zain Rana – Datify, On Yavin – Cointelligence, Armarjit Singh - EY
09.30 - 09.50 Using app tech to engage
Speaker: Phil Wedgwood - Engage Solutions Group
09.50 - 10.15 Can we live forever? A look at innovations in health tech
Host: Charlotte Lewis – Mills & Reeve
Panel: Stephen Critchlow – Evergreen, Dr Nicholas Costen – MMU, Sally Rennison – Patients know best
10.15 - 10.35 Looking beyond the obvious to discover new things
Speaker: David Rogers – Tech21
10.35 - 11.00 What happens to your data?
Host: Dan Nolan – Digital Marketing Consultant
Panel: Jonny Whitehead - Regital, Grace Roddie – TLT, Mark Elliot – University of Manchester
11.00 - 11.25 Coffee Break
11.25 - 11.45 The amazing world of Graphene
Speaker: Lisa Scullion, Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre
11.45 - 12.05 The emergence of FinTech and the Digital Economy in Financial Services
Speaker: Markos Zachariadis – Alliance Manchester Business School
12.05 - 12.40 The banking revolution
Host: David Gardner - TLT
Panel: Markos Zachariadis – Alliance MBS, Anthony Morrow – OpenMoney, Winston Pearson – AccessPay, Rachel Eyre – MIDAS
12.40 - 13.00 Welcome to the 5th Generation
Speaker: Brendan O’Reilly – O2
13.00 - 13.30 Is 5G the most important invention since the internet?
Host: Danny Simpson - MID Communications
Panel: Liz Scott - Tech Nation, Dr Iain Reid - MMU Business School, Paul Wilson - UK5G, Mark Corbett - Oppo Mobile
13.30 - 14.15 Lunch Break
14.15 - 14.35 Live Demo from Wondrwall
14.35 - 14.55 Live Demo from ConciergeHub
14.55 - 15.15 Live Demo from Evergreen Life
15.15 – 15.25 Audience vote for Trailblazing Tech Live demo Winner
15.25 – 15.30 Close