Programme

Our fascinating panel discussions will run throughout the day, alongside our Expo on the Exhibition Floor full of cutting edge technologies and the people behind them.

15 march 2023

Exhibition Floor

(Panoramic Hall)

Main Auditorium

(Hall 400)

BREAK-OUT sessions

(Hall 300)

8:30 - 9:15

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Arrival and Registration

9:15 - 9:20

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Welcome

9:20 – 9:40

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Opening Remarks

By Lindsay Croisdale - Appleby CMG - UK Ambassador to the EU

9:40 – 10:45

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Keynote and Q&A

By Professor Brian Cox, CBE FRS

10:45 – 11:10

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Coffee Break

11:10 – 12:00

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Panel: Creating the right environment for digital success

With Sue Daley (techUK)

Bojana Bellamy (CIPL)

Sir Ciaran Devane (Coventry University)

@ Break-out Sessions (Hall 300)

Panel: Open and Interoperable Networks in 2023: The Perspectives of UK and European Industry

12:05 – 12:50

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Panel: Untangling the Mysteries of Quantum Technologies

With Andrea G Rodriguez (EPC)

Professor Brian Cox (Royal Society)

Professor Will Drury (Innovate UK)

Brian Vlastakis (OQC)

@ Break-out Sessions (Hall 300)

Panel: Women in tech & The future of technology: ensuring an empowering digital environment

With Sevara Irgacheva (FTI)

Margot Nijkamp (ESTI)

Suw Charman-Anderson (Ada Lovelace Day)

12:50 – 14:20

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Break

14:20 – 14:30

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Welcome Back Remarks

14:30 – 15:15

14:00 – 15:00

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Panel: Artificial Intelligence and the Rules of Interoperability

With Paul Hofheinz (LC)

Axel Voss (MEP)

Dr Florian Ostmann (ATI)

Sam Cannicott (DSIT)

Elinor Wahal

@ Break-out Sessions (Hall 300)

Discovery Hour

With Professor Brian Cox (For Students, by Invitation Only)

15:20 – 16:05

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Panel: Innovation and Interdisciplinarity: Disruptive Technologies and the Creative Industries

With Simon Pickard (SB)

Steven Drost (CodeBase)

Professor Melissa Terras (Edinburgh University)

Laura Garcia-Caberol (Touchlab)

Bea Longworth (NVIDIA Government Relations EMEA)

16:05 – 16:20

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Expo

@ Main Auditorium (Hall 400)

Closing Remarks

By UK Minister Paul Scully (DSIT)

16:20 – 17:15

@ Exhibition Floor (Panoramic Hall)

Networking - Meet the Exhibitors

17:30 – 20:00

After Party with Drinks and Canapés at the UK Ambassador’s Residence

(Registration is separate, attendees will receive an invitation)

*This agenda is still provisional and is subject to change