Speakers
M-Z
Evan Maindonald
Managing Partner, Hyperlight Ventures
Patrycja Maksymowicz
Open Solutions Global - Growth Acceleration and Market Strategy Expert, Startup Grind
Tony Mallet
Author, Coach and Motivational Speaker
Director, byDiffusion
Sat Mann
Hemant Mardia
Co-Founder and Director, Headlight Technology Partners
Emma Marshall
Innovation Ecosystem Lead, Plexal
Sherin Matthew
Founder & CEO, AI Tech UK
Gemma McCall
Co-Founder & CEO, Culture Shift
Nicola McConville
Partner, Mishcon de Reya
David McKee
CTO & Founder, SLINGlSHOT SIMULATIONS
George Mensah
Principal, Sure Valley Ventures
Chris Meredith
Managing Partner, AiM Consultancy & Exec Chair, CG Hero
Gareth Mitchell
Technology Journalist, BBC
Dr Linda Mizun
Emergency Doctor & Founder, Hero of Health
Zandra Moore
CEO & Co-Founder, Panintelligence
Phin Mpofu
Interim Chief Growth Officer at BYP Network
Pete Mills
Executive Director of Crysp & Chair Place Making and Inward Investment Partnership Board Bradford City & District
Chair in Robotics and AI, Birmingham University & Director of the Robotics Institute, Birmingham University
Samia Nefti-Meziani OBE
Esther O'Callaghan OBE
Co-Founder, hundo.xyz
Ian O'Donnell MBE
Deputy Chair of UK Policy, Federation of Small Businesses
David Olsson
Head of M&A, Navima (Market leading M&A software)
Roelof Opperman
VC -> RE and Everything in Between
David Owens
Founder, EVERYANGLE
Joe Pack
Director of Growth, The Tech Dept & Host of ‘Quick Start Founder’ podcast.
Freja Petrie
PhD Researcher at Swansea University, investigating concussion in women’s rugby.
Rob Powell
Co-Founder, Digital Sport North
Cliff Prior
CEO, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment
Phil Parkinson
Head of Commercial and Data Law, Blacks Solicitors LLP
Zainab Qasim
Start-Up and Venture Lead, Seraphim Space Accelerator
Chris Quickfall
CEO, Cognassist
Sharon Rice Oxley
Partner & Co-Founder, Q5
Stephen Rimmer
Founder & CEO, Tickets for Good
Tom Riordan CBE
Chief Executive, Leeds City Council
James Roberts
CEO and Founder, mOm Incubators
Fabien Rolland
Managing Director, Losonnante
Adam Roney
CEO and Founder, Calls 9
Eve Roodhouse
Head of Culture and Economic Development, Leeds City Council
Daniel Rooke
COO and Co-Founder, Start Codon
Stuart Rowson
Founder, WhizzBang Media & Children’s author.
Nigel Sansom
Executive Chairman, PinPoint Data Science
Adam Schoff
CEO and Founder, Act Media Ventures
Kelly Sharp
Director of Entrepreneurship and Investment, Scottish Enterprise
Andrew Sheffield
VC Associate, Playfair Capital
Sophia Shlugler
Advisor, Angel Investor & Venture Partner, VNTR Capital
Ahmed Shosha
Senior Security Software Engineer, Microsoft
CEO/Co-Founder, Niftyz & Lecturer for Blockchain in Business, MedieInstitutet (Stockholm) & Co-Chair of the Startup Working Group, Crypto Valley
Sara Simeon
Howard Simms
Co-founder/Director Of Strategic Partnerships, Apadmi Ltd
Emma Sinclair MBE
CEO, EnterpriseAlumni
Katie Skelton
Owner & MD, Little Green Duck
Jane Slimming
CEO, Zeal
Douglas Sloan
Managing Director, Impact Venture at Big Society Capital
Vikki Sly
Chief People Officer, Coincover
Josh Smith
Venture Investment Manager, Big Society Capital
Sam Smith
CEO & Founder, finnCap Group
Eva Speakman
Co-Founder, The Speakmans
Nik Speakman
Co-Founder, The Speakmans
Rebecca Stenson
Head of Marketing for Yorkshire Sustainability Week
Rose Stewart
Client Account Director, RasDigital
Richard Stubbs
CEO. Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network
Anna Sutton
CEO & Co-founder, The Data Shed
Bobby Thandi
Founder & CEO, XR Games
Dave Tucker
Founder & CEO at Glean
Peter Tonagh
Chairman/Non-Executive Director, Quantium
Annabel Tonge
Director, Q5
Indra Torr
CEO and Co-founder, EZ 24 Ramen
Aleksa Vukotic
CTO, The Startup Factory
Philippa Wagner
Creative Strategist & founder, PeoplePlacesSpaces - a future-first creative strategy studio
Check Warner
Co-founder and Partner, Ada Ventures & Co-founder of Diversity VC
Sam Whitehouse
CEO & Executive Chairman, Lightox
David Willbe
Corporate Finance Lawyer at Lewis Silkin
Neil Wilks
Chief People Officer, DRONAMICS
Rich Williams
Radio & TV Broadcaster
Mike Wilson
Chief Engineer, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Carl Wong
Co-Founder, DCW Ventures
Matt Ward
Head of Leeds, xDesign
Thuria Wenbar
Co-founder and CEO, e-Pharmacy
Julian Wheeler
Partner, Shard Capital Partners LLP
Neville Young
Director of Enterprise & Innovation, Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network
Larry Zenter
Managing Director - UK, HTEC Group