Agenda
Registration
Session
Registration
8.45am – 9.15am GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 30 mins
Session
techUK opening and launch of Seven Tech Priorities for the new Government and industry polling
Session
techUK opening and launch of Seven Tech Priorities for the new Government and industry polling
9.15am – 9.30am GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 15 mins
Session
Speakers
AI in the decade ahead: what are the opportunities and challenges for the UK?
Panel
AI in the decade ahead: what are the opportunities and challenges for the UK?
9.30am – 10.15am GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 45 mins
Panel
AI presents enormous opportunities for the UK in the decade ahead from boosting economic growth to transforming the delivery of Government and public services. However, there will also be challenges such as how we ensure the technology is governed to underpin trust and what action the UK needs to take to lead in a fiercely competitive race to harness the power of AI technologies.Speakers
Dr Saira Ghafur
Lead for Digital Health, Institute of Global Health Innovation Imperial College London
Coffee break and networking
Break
Coffee break and networking
10.15am – 10.30am GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 15 mins
Break
Keynote address and fireside chat with the Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Rt Hon, Michelle Donelan MP
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Keynote address and fireside chat with the Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Rt Hon, Michelle Donelan MP
10.30am – 11.30am GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 1 hour
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Join Nicola Hodson, UK and Ireland CEO of IBM and Deputy President of techUK for a special in conversation event with the Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MPSpeakers
How good at tech are we? Ensuring our tech sector remains globally competitive
Panel
How good at tech are we? Ensuring our tech sector remains globally competitive
11.30am – 12.15pm GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 45 mins
Panel
From an innovative start-up economy to excellent academic institutions to a strong tech business environment, the UK is widely seen as a leading economy for the tech sector. However, how good are we really? And what do we need to do across business incentives, skills, infrastructure and regulation to ensure that the UK remains globally competitive in the years ahead?Speakers
Saqib Bhatti
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Deepfakes and disinformation in an election year what will it mean for democracy in the UK and abroad?
Panel
Deepfakes and disinformation in an election year what will it mean for democracy in the UK and abroad?
12.25pm – 1.10pm GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 45 mins
Panel
In 2024 over half the world’s population, around 4 billion people, will go to the polls. At the same time new technology has made the creation of deepfakes and the spread of mis and disinformation easier than ever before. How should Governments politicians, technology companies and the public respond to ensure that our democratic processes in the UK and around the world are protected?Speakers
Does the UK need an industrial strategy for tech? And how do our strengths shape the UK’s global role
Panel
Does the UK need an industrial strategy for tech? And how do our strengths shape the UK’s global role
1.45pm – 2.45pm GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 1 hour
Panel
In a world where competition over key strategic technologies has never been fiercer does the UK need an industrial strategy that takes a selective approach to double down on our strengths? What are the risks and opportunities of an industrial strategy for tech and what role would this industrial strategy play in shaping Britain’s role in global affairs and the world economy?Speakers
Nicola Smith
Head of the Rights, International, Social and Economics Department, Trade Union Congress (TUC)
What is Britain’s role in a more complex and uncertain world of great power competition and fast technological change?
Panel
What is Britain’s role in a more complex and uncertain world of great power competition and fast technological change?
2.45pm – 3.45pm GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 1 hour
Panel
The mid and late 2020s will be dominated by shifting global power, fast technological change and a race by the global powers to harness and use technology to boost their own security and drive greater living standards for their people. In this world the UK will have an important role, however the extent of our influence will be shaped by how we leverage our strengths in key strategic technologies and how we utilise our alliances and relationships from the United States and Europe to East Asia. How should the next Government plan for this and what should Britain’s role be in an ever-changing world?Speakers
Coffee break and networking
Break
Coffee break and networking
3.45pm – 4.15pm GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 30 mins
Break
Keynote address and Q&A with Shadow Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle MP
Session
Keynote address and Q&A with Shadow Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyle MP
4.15pm – 4.55pm GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 40 mins
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A keynote address and question and answer session with Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle MPSpeakers
Peter Kyle MP
Shadow Secretary of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Closing remarks from techUK
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Closing remarks from techUK
4.55pm – 5pm GMT, 11 March 2024 ‐ 5 mins
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