Agenda

An engaging full day conference designed to encourage networking, spirited debate and information sharing.

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9:00 am
Break

Registration & Breakfast

9:45 am
Keynote

Welcome from your Host: Sue Daley

Sue Daley (Event Host)

Director, Technology and Innovation, techUK
9:55 am
Keynote

Welcome from our Headline Sponsor: TPP

Frank Hester OBE

Frank Hester OBE

Founder & CEO, TPP
10:00 am
Keynote

Removing Barriers for entry into Tech Roles in Yorkshire

In this session, our panellists will draw on their personal experiences of working in tech within the Yorkshire region and will discuss how we can create local employment opportunities. The panel will also address recruitment challenges, widening accessibility to potential recruits and sharing best practices.

Sponsored by:

Stuart Clarke MBE

Festival Director, Leeds Digital Festival

George Biddle

Founder & CEO, The Grad Soc

Aesha Zafar

Head of Strategic Capability, DWP Digital

Beth Gildersleve

Managing Director of Technology, Sky Betting and Gaming
10:55 am
Break

Coffee Break & Networking

11:20 am
Panel Discussion

Breakout Sessions

Please choose one session to attend from the choices below:-

Breakout 1: A Data-focused Approach to Customer Protection

Using, managing and storing customer data effectively is paramount to all modern technology companies. Not only does strong data management help to build trust amongst consumers in terms of privacy and security, data is increasingly being used by companies to develop solutions that protect their customers from broader online harms.

Sponsored by:

Dan Patefield

Head of Cyber and National Security, techUK

Ben Wade

Head of Gaming, TransUnion

Emma Heatley

Head of Identification and Interventions, Flutter UK&I

Greg Wright

Deputy Business Editor, Yorkshire Post

Breakout 2: Women in Tech: find your path in the digital business world

In this session, our panellists will discuss how we can make tech roles more accessible, women’s health & wellbeing (including the menopause and how it can affect women at work), how we can get people excited about tech, and working with local schools and students.

Sponsored by:

Sue Daley (Event Host)

Director, Technology and Innovation, techUK

Emma Presley-Abbott

Head of Enterprise Insight, DWP Digital

Faye Murdoch

Product Analyst, AND Digital

Suzie Bell

Project Manager, Ahead Partnership

Jo Stansfield

Founder & Director, Inclusioneering

Shav Peynado

Associate Developer, AND Digital
12:15 pm
Keynote

Building a World Class Business Community in Yorkshire

In this session, our panellists will discuss a number of topics including connectivity and infrastructure, innovation, space and satellites, integration and opportunities for us as a region. They will also talk about how we can work together as a community to promote the region as a centre of excellence.

Sarah Tulip

Founder, WILD Digital

Prof. Katherine Royse

Director, The Hartree Centre

Khurram Hussain

Operations Manager , AmbaSat Space Satellites

Paul Connell

Founder, Open Innovations
1:10 pm
Break

Lunch & Exhibition

2:10 pm
Keynote

Tech Talk: This company sucks, why your next cyber risk might be easier to spot than you think!

With the cost of living increasing and people navigating a post-covid world, and other uncertainties in business, there is a potential that we, the security function, could see a surge in risky behaviours that would be detrimental to the security of the organisations we serve. When people are under stress, mistakes happen, and people take short cuts, which leads to them becoming one of the hardest advisories to build resilience against – insider threats. In this session I will discuss how exciting research using Glassdoor for OSINT purposes can be applied to help you predict if your organisation is likely to engage in risky cyber activities, how to embrace grey area thinking to illuminate your blindspots, and how the tools and methodologies of anthropology can give us a strong foundation to build antho-centric security cultures within your organisation that will enable you to be proactive, not reactive to insider threats.

Lianne Potter

Cyber Anthropologist at The AnthroSecurist and Head of Security Operations at a Major Retailer,
2:45 pm
Keynote

The Future of AI

In this session, our panellists will discuss Chat GPT and security, developing technology, regulations and privacy, challenges and opportunities, and what the next 5 years looks like for AI.

Sponsored by:

Stephen Westland

Professor of Colour Science, The University of Leeds

Philip White

Founder & Managing Director, Audacia

Jeff Watkins

CPTO, xDesign

Simon Robinson

Fellow of Information Privacy, Cognizant

Heather Dawe

Head of Data Science, UST
3:50 pm
Keynote

Closing Remarks

Mike Warriner, Chief Technology Officer, Flutter UK&I

Mike Warriner

Chief Technology Officer, Flutter UK&I
4:00 pm
Break

Networking Drinks & Nibbles

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