Meet the tech minds who have innovated against the pandemic backdrop, who have raised the bar when we needed it most, who have not only helped businesses survive but thrive.

Those Who Took The Mainstage In March

Our 2023 Mainstage programme will be announced later.

In the meantime, feel free to explore our 2022 Mainstage below:

09:30 10:00

Bold, New Tech Strategies in Times of Change

Main Stage

Over the past months, we’ve seen the Web at its best: enhancing lives, enabling business, and connec ...

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor - World Wide Web
10:00 10:30

Delivery of the UK's National AI Strategy

Main Stage

The UK Government, via the Office for AI, published its National AI Strategy last September, promisi ...

Sana Kharagani, Head - UK Government’s Office for AI
10:40 11:10

The Data Decade in conversation with Dr Mahlet Zimeta, Head of Policy, The Open Data Institute

Main Stage

Dr Mahlet Zimeta, Head of Policy - THE OPEN DATA INSTITUTE

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor - World Wide Web
11:20 11:50

Gen Z – Overcoming the dissonance between the school curriculum and what helps you become a future innovator

Main Stage

... ensuring the next generation have the personal qualities and opportunities to flourish in the te ...

Maggie Philbin OBE, CEO - Teen Tech
12:00 12:30

Field notes from the future and innovative thinking: 6 megatrends and their impact on tech strategy

Main Stage

; distributed ledger tech, vertical cloud, automating at scale, the physical tech stack, data sharin ...

Gideon Kay, Partner, CTO - Deloittes
12:40 13:15

Accelerate AI for digital advantage

Main Stage

Companies in every industry are reinventing the way they do business and engage the world. Learn how ...

Andrew Brown, General Manager, Technology - IBM UK and Ireland
14:05 14:35

Inventing a new work future - tech is not the problem

Main Stage

- what does work look like in a workplace where virtual is hardwired into your business. Getting it ...

Magnus Falk, CIO Advisor - Zoom
14:45 15:15

Convening the Emergent Alliance - using organisations and data citizens to harness AI solutions for economic recovery from Covid

Main Stage

... using organisations and data citizens to harness AI solutions for economic recovery from Covid

Caroline Gorski, Group Director R2 Data Labs - Rolls Royce
15:25 15:55

Data, Geopolitics and the Governance of Cyberspace

Main Stage

There is no doubt that the world is very dependent on the Internet these days. If it wasn’t obvious ...

Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement) and - Executive Director of the Web Science Institute, University of Southampton
16:15 16:45

Building blocks of an Effective Security Programme

Main Stage

Organisations small to large struggle with the same idea, how to embed security by design and by def ...

Zoë Rose, Regional and Supplier Information Security Lead - Canon EMEA

10:00 10:30

Beyond Covid: Leveraging learnings, tools, and networks

Main Stage

Beyond Covid: Leveraging learnings, tools, and networks to innovate in health, restore primary healt ...

Dr Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General, Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact - WHO
10:40 11:10

Supporting the development and deployment of safe and ethical AI in health and care; delivering the NHS AI Lab mission

Main Stage

- upskilling the workforce, increasing the trustworthiness and ensuring regulation by design for saf ...

Eleonora Harwich, Head of Collaborations - NHS AI Lab
11:20 11:50

How to spot a crypto scam: the inside story of a multi-billion dollar fraud

Main Stage

Jamie Bartlett, Author & Broadcaster
12:00 12:30

The Empathy Economy

Main Stage

Dr Jacqui Taylor, UN Advisor & #15 Most Influencial Woman in Tech
13:15 13:45

How can your Technology Adoption support sustainability

Main Stage

Dr Murray Simpson, Global Director – Sustainability Coc - IBM
13:55 14:25

Making it human: achieving the culture of digital transformation

Main Stage

... collaboration, experimentation and continuous learning in a multi-site banking engineering team

Sara Milne, Chief Technology Office - Skills & Community Lead - Lloyds Banking Group
14:35 15:05

Preventing bias: developing fair AI for organisations

Main Stage

–data, governance, transparency and tech strategies to avoid discrimination and ensure success.

Ivana Bartoletti, Global Data Privacy Officer - Wipro
15:15 15:45

Meeting the twenty first century skills shortage head on – what’s the role of employers?

Main Stage

... how are companies making alternate routes into tech a solution to solve the tech talent challeng ...

Tiffany Hall, Chair - Ada. National College for Digital Skills

Debbie Forster, CEO - Tech Talent Charter

09:30 10:00

Bold, New Tech Strategies in Times of Change

Main Stage

Over the past months, we’ve seen the Web at its best: enhancing lives, enabling business, and connec ...

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor - World Wide Web
10:00 10:30

Delivery of the UK's National AI Strategy

Main Stage

The UK Government, via the Office for AI, published its National AI Strategy last September, promisi ...

Sana Kharagani, Head - UK Government’s Office for AI
10:40 11:10

The Data Decade in conversation with Dr Mahlet Zimeta, Head of Policy, The Open Data Institute

Main Stage

Dr Mahlet Zimeta, Head of Policy - THE OPEN DATA INSTITUTE

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor - World Wide Web
11:20 11:50

Gen Z – Overcoming the dissonance between the school curriculum and what helps you become a future innovator

Main Stage

... ensuring the next generation have the personal qualities and opportunities to flourish in the te ...

Maggie Philbin OBE, CEO - Teen Tech
12:00 12:30

Field notes from the future and innovative thinking: 6 megatrends and their impact on tech strategy

Main Stage

; distributed ledger tech, vertical cloud, automating at scale, the physical tech stack, data sharin ...

Gideon Kay, Partner, CTO - Deloittes
12:40 13:15

Accelerate AI for digital advantage

Main Stage

Companies in every industry are reinventing the way they do business and engage the world. Learn how ...

Andrew Brown, General Manager, Technology - IBM UK and Ireland
14:05 14:35

Inventing a new work future - tech is not the problem

Main Stage

- what does work look like in a workplace where virtual is hardwired into your business. Getting it ...

Magnus Falk, CIO Advisor - Zoom
14:45 15:15

Convening the Emergent Alliance - using organisations and data citizens to harness AI solutions for economic recovery from Covid

Main Stage

... using organisations and data citizens to harness AI solutions for economic recovery from Covid

Caroline Gorski, Group Director R2 Data Labs - Rolls Royce
15:25 15:55

Data, Geopolitics and the Governance of Cyberspace

Main Stage

There is no doubt that the world is very dependent on the Internet these days. If it wasn’t obvious ...

Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement) and - Executive Director of the Web Science Institute, University of Southampton
16:15 16:45

Building blocks of an Effective Security Programme

Main Stage

Organisations small to large struggle with the same idea, how to embed security by design and by def ...

Zoë Rose, Regional and Supplier Information Security Lead - Canon EMEA

10:00 10:30

Beyond Covid: Leveraging learnings, tools, and networks

Main Stage

Beyond Covid: Leveraging learnings, tools, and networks to innovate in health, restore primary healt ...

Dr Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General, Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact - WHO
10:40 11:10

Supporting the development and deployment of safe and ethical AI in health and care; delivering the NHS AI Lab mission

Main Stage

- upskilling the workforce, increasing the trustworthiness and ensuring regulation by design for saf ...

Eleonora Harwich, Head of Collaborations - NHS AI Lab
11:20 11:50

How to spot a crypto scam: the inside story of a multi-billion dollar fraud

Main Stage

Jamie Bartlett, Author & Broadcaster
12:00 12:30

The Empathy Economy

Main Stage

Dr Jacqui Taylor, UN Advisor & #15 Most Influencial Woman in Tech
13:15 13:45

How can your Technology Adoption support sustainability

Main Stage

Dr Murray Simpson, Global Director – Sustainability Coc - IBM
13:55 14:25

Making it human: achieving the culture of digital transformation

Main Stage

... collaboration, experimentation and continuous learning in a multi-site banking engineering team

Sara Milne, Chief Technology Office - Skills & Community Lead - Lloyds Banking Group
14:35 15:05

Preventing bias: developing fair AI for organisations

Main Stage

–data, governance, transparency and tech strategies to avoid discrimination and ensure success.

Ivana Bartoletti, Global Data Privacy Officer - Wipro
15:15 15:45

Meeting the twenty first century skills shortage head on – what’s the role of employers?

Main Stage

... how are companies making alternate routes into tech a solution to solve the tech talent challeng ...

Tiffany Hall, Chair - Ada. National College for Digital Skills

Debbie Forster, CEO - Tech Talent Charter

GREAT MINDS IN DIFFICULT TIMES.

A mainstage keynote speaker line-up like never before.

We gathered together the leaders who have dug deep and found new levels of creativity, innovation and resource. And who have transformed already agile processes to ensure even more ground-breaking levels of problem-solving.

Technology for business, government, the third sector and the health service is more vital than ever before. And so our 2022 line-up of expert keynote speakers was more unmissable than ever before.

We hope you were inspired by stories of ongoing challenges when it comes to diversity and inclusion, the skills shortage, finding and training the next generation, cyber security, preventing bias, and working with AI.

Listen to the big questions being answered. Learn how to move your strategy forward leaps and bounds. And think more expansively about your data and its impact on the world.

Not bad for just a day or two out of the office.