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Event: Tech and Innovation Summit: Supercharging Innovation into Action, 8 November
It has never been more important to focus on the opportunities of adopting innovation to help the private and public sectors to flourish. This new conference has been conceived to showcase the latest advancements in technologies transforming the UK economy, and to show attendees from different sectors how the application of these technologies can make their promise a reality.
Call for contributions: Supercharging Innovation campaign week!
During this week, we will explore the emerging and transformative technologies at the heart of UK research and innovation. This week will investigate how to leverage the UK's strengths to push forward the application and commercialisation of these technologies, highlighting best practice from academia, industry and Government that is enabling success.
Unleashing the Potential of UK Tech and Innovation
From quantum to gaming, the UK is home to emerging technologies that have the power to revolutionise entire industries and sectors.
By showcasing the potential of emerging technologies, convening key stakeholders and shaping innovation policy, this campaign empowers our members to realise this potential.
Engage with the campaign on social media using the hashtag #UnleashInnovation.
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Rory Daniels
Senior Programme Manager, Emerging Technologies
Rory Daniels
Senior Programme Manager, Emerging Technologies
Rory joined techUK in June 2023 after three years in the Civil Service on its Fast Stream leadership development programme.
During this time, Rory worked on the Government's response to Covid-19 (NHS Test & Trace), school funding strategy (Department for Education) and international climate and nature policy (Cabinet Office). He also tackled the social care crisis whilst on secondment to techUK's Health and Social Care programme in 2022.
Before this, Rory worked in the House of Commons and House of Lords alongside completing degrees in Political Economy and Global Politics.
Today, Rory leads techUK's emerging technologies activity across everything from immersive, web3, AI and robotics to space, gaming & metaverse.
This involves co-running techUK's flagship Innovation campaign, managing four series (including the 'Meet the Innovators' interview series), and launching 4-6-month 'sprint campaigns' on transformative technologies and sectors.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rorydaniels28/
Laura Foster
Associate Director - Technology and Innovation, techUK
Laura Foster
Associate Director - Technology and Innovation, techUK
Laura is techUK’s Associate Director for Technology and Innovation.
She supports the application and expansion of emerging technologies, including Quantum Computing, High-Performance Computing, AR/VR/XR and Edge technologies, across the UK. As part of this, she works alongside techUK members and UK Government to champion long-term and sustainable innovation policy that will ensure the UK is a pioneer in science and technology
Before joining techUK, Laura worked internationally as a conference researcher and producer covering enterprise adoption of emerging technologies. This included being part of the strategic team at London Tech Week.
Laura has a degree in History (BA Hons) from Durham University, focussing on regional social history. Outside of work she loves reading, travelling and supporting rugby team St. Helens, where she is from.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- www.linkedin.com/in/lauraalicefoster