Connected Britain 2026: agenda and talks
143 sessions across 12 theatres. Times and access details as published by the organiser — always check the official programme on the day.
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Checked 2026-08-04 · organiser programme
Wednesday 9 September 2026
- 08:55
- 09:00Keynote address: 'The Connection Project'Keynote TheatreIncluded
Natalie Ceeney CBE, Chair, The Connection Project
- 09:10Keynote interviewKeynote TheatreIncluded
Andrea Donà, Chief Network Officer, VodafoneThree · James Ratzer, Partner, New Street Research
- 09:20Keynote interview with CornerstoneKeynote TheatreIncluded
Pat Coxen, Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited
- 09:35Regulator's addressKeynote TheatreIncluded
Natalie Black, Group Director for Infrastructure & Connectivity, ofcom
- 09:50
- 10:20Networking breakExhibition HallIncluded
- 10:30
- 10:35Introduction to the ZonePeople, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
Leigh Smyth, CEO, ImpactMatch · Tom Kegode, Founder, Sparkshift
- 10:35Presentation from TP-LinkTheatre 10Included
- 10:55The next gigabit upgrade: Commercialising XGS-PON and planning for next-genTheatre 2Included
Graeme Oxby, CEO, Community Fibre · Justin Leese, CTO, Quickline Communications · David Tomalin, Group Chief Technology Officer, CityFibre · Hy Huynh, Vice President of Fiber Products, Harmonic Inc. · Tim Passingham, Chairman, Lightning Fibre
- 10:55Guardrails for growth: Navigating the rapid expansion of AITheatre 6Included
Chris Williams, Chief Information Officer, Community Fibre · Annie Radcliffe, Digital Policy Adviser, Local Government Association · Mark Horgan, CEO, SkillsBase App Ltd · David Jones, Partner, Cambridge Management Consulting
- 10:55Policy and regulatory considerations for the UK’s mobile marketKeynote TheatreIncluded
Shamil Jobanputra, Principal, Regulatory Affairs, BT · George Robinson, Head of Government affairs, VodafoneThree · Andy Sutton MBE, Director of Technology and Mobile, ofcom · Hamish Macleod, Chief Executive, Mobile UK · Matthew Howett, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Assembly Research
- 10:55The AI-driven city: Optimising urban services with data and connectivityTheatre 10Included
Kayla Vondy, Project Manager - AI, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority · Vicky Willett, Deputy Chief Executive, Chorley Council and South Ribble Borough Council · Professor Julie McCann, Federated Telecoms Hubs Co-Director, Imperial College London · Peter Griffiths, UKI & Nordic lead / Urban futurist, BABLE Smart Cities
- 10:55Powering Britain: The importance of data centres for national economic growthTheatre 9Included
Mark Lee, CEO, Deep Green · Iqbal Bedi, Managing Partner, Intelligens Consulting · Allan Bosley, Director, Public Affairs, Ark Data Centres
- 10:55Why Empathy is the High-Performance Engine of 2030People, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
Kamel Hothi OBE, Chief Strategy Officer, GoldenPoint Global - UK & India
- 10:55Data centres demystified: Colocation, hyperscale and edge data centresTheatre 5Included
Mark Sedgley, Chief Commercial Director, Lunar Digital Solutions Limited · Duncan Clubb, Senior Partner, Cambridge Management Consulting · Evan Rogers, Network Architect - Carrier Networks, EMEA, Corning Optical Communications GmbH & Co. KG · Alastair Waite, Data Centre Market Development, CommScope
- 10:55Modernising the grid: The digital utility roadmapTheatre 1Included
Matt James, Head of Strategic Innovation, Smart DCC · Craig Melson, Associate Director for Climate, Environment and Sustainability, techUK · Swetta Coopamah, Head of Smart Energy Systems, BEAMA
- 10:55Digital inclusion: The big pictureTheatre 3Included
Elizabeth Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Poverty Alliance · Rich Thanki, Managing Director, Jangala · Will Plant, Digital Inclusion Lead, Cambridgeshire County Council · Grace Perks, Digital Adviser, Local Government Association · Lorne Mitchell, MD, Objective Designers · Amy Low, CEO, AbilityNet
- 10:55Connected authorities: Did we deliver the digital dream and who benefits today?Theatre 8Included
Ian Inglis, Programme Manager - Digital Infrastructure and Inclusion, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority · Carol Thomas, Director Digital & ICT, Southend Borough Council · Nicola Egan, Director, NSC Digital · Patrick Hannon, Digital Connectivity Relationship Manager, Pembrokeshire County Council · Theresa Searle, Telecoms Unit Manager, Glasgow City Council · Jennie Bayliss, CEO, J Bayliss Consulting Ltd
- 11:15Keeping hiring human when everyone is using AILocation to be confirmedIncluded
Nina Buttle, Partner, Page Executive · Mike Daley, Global Director of Technology, Enterprise Solutions from Michael Page
- 11:40
- 11:40Presentation from TeligentTheatre 6Included
- 11:40Recruitment Zone Sponsor PresentationPeople, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
- 11:40Full Fibre Wacky Races 7 – A marriage made in heaven?Theatre 9Included
Richard Tang, CEO and Founder, Zen Internet
- 11:40Putting policy into practice: how front-footed Local Authorities can lead on national digital infrastructureTheatre 8Included
Jo Furber, Digital Infrastructure Relationship Manager, West Sussex County Council
- 11:40Presentation from CalixKeynote TheatreIncluded
- 11:40Engineering the Fibre Infrastructure Behind Hyperscale Data CentresTheatre 5Included
Henson Toland, General Manager, Product & Technology, HFCL Group
- 12:10State of the Industry: CXO Keynote Addresses & InterviewsKeynote TheatreIncluded
Simon Holden, Chief Executive Officer, CityFibre · Rajiv Datta, Chief Executive Officer, nexfibre · Daren Baythorpe, CEO, ITS · Katie Milligan, Chief Executive Officer, Openreach
- 12:35CXO keynote panelKeynote TheatreIncluded
Simon Holden, Chief Executive Officer, CityFibre · Kieran Smith, Deputy Director Digital and Transformation, Financial Times · Rajiv Datta, Chief Executive Officer, nexfibre · Daren Baythorpe, CEO, ITS · Richard Allwood, Chief Strategy & Technology Officer, Openreach
- 14:00The Human Side of Connectivity: Beyond the CablesTheatre 10Included
Parven Kaur, Founder, Kids N Clicks
- 14:00Presentation from ADTRANKeynote TheatreIncluded
- 14:00Case study presentationTheatre 8Included
Geoff Connell, Director of Digital & Transformation, Norfolk County Council
- 14:00
- 14:00The Right Broadband Technology for the Right LocationTheatre 2Included
Ivo Lansky, Business Lead Europe, Tarana
- 14:00From Project Stratum to Gigabit: The Blueprint for Delivering Rural Connectivity in Northern Ireland and CumbriaTheatre 9Included
Jennifer Lennon, Managing Director Hyperfast Networks, Fibrus
- 14:00Meet the judgesTheatre 6Included
Abdalla Kablan, Founder & CEO, DELTA Wealth Partners · Dan Ballin, Chief Executive, Ideas Crucible · Susanne Coles, Deputy Director - Investment Ecosystem, Innovate UK
- 14:20AI trailblazers: Practical applications of AI for local authoritiesTheatre 8Included
Balázs Csuvár, Director of Innovation and Net Zero, DG Cities · Kieran Smith, Deputy Director Digital and Transformation, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- 14:20The neutral host ecosystem: Unlocking investment and coverage across the UKTheatre 2Included
Neil McRae, Chief Technology and Information Officer, CityFibre · Sarah Bazen, Digital Infrastructure Strategic lead, West Sussex County Council · Simon Fletcher, CSO, Small Cell Forum Limited · Chris Hudson, Director, Scottish Futures Trust · Belinda Fawcett, Company Secretary and Director of Regulatory and Public Affairs, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited · Rosalind Craven, Principal Analyst, STL Partners
- 14:20Data-driven planning and mobilityTheatre 10Included
Naomi Hutchinson, Chief Innovation and Growth Officer, Sunderland City Council · David Davies, Vice President - Management Consulting EMEA, Cartesian · James Golding-Graham, Head of Decarbonisation & Innovation, England's Economic Heartland
- 14:20Universal Design: Accessibility and inclusion in a technological worldTheatre 3Included
Robin Christopherson MBE, Head of Digital Inclusion, AbilityNet · Leigh Smyth, CEO, ImpactMatch · Polly Cook, Head of Services, Blood Cancer UK · Karen Blake, Tech Inclusion, Policy & Organisational Transformation Strategist, City of London Corp and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Chris Lewis, Founding Director, Lewis Insight
- 14:20Collaborating with the DWP to build the connectivity workforceLocation to be confirmedIncluded
- 14:20Connected Scotland: Policy, geography, and the R100 legacyTheatre 9Included
Gavin Rodgers, Chief Executive Officer, Highland Broadband · Rachael Darroch, Programme Manager, Scottish Government · Bob Doyle, Investment Specialist, Scottish Development International · Alejandro Cardenas, Associate Partner, Fide Partners
- 14:20Interconnected Britain: Fibre, networks and the new telco – data centre allianceTheatre 5Included
Iain Milligan, Network Development and Infrastructure Director, VodafoneThree · Simon Evans, Principal, Cartesian · Juan Colina, Managing Director, Emtelle · Dwayne Gibson-White, Partner, EY-Parthenon
- 14:20
- 14:20When Failure Is No Longer an Option: The New Imperative for Fiber Infrastructure QualityKeynote TheatreIncluded
José Luis Gonzalez, Network Architect, CommScope
- 14:20Water works: Digitising the UK's water infrastructureTheatre 1Included
Matt Smith, Programme Manager River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region, Shropshire Council · Josh Turpin, Programme Manager - Telecoms and Net Zero, techUK · Jo Jolly, Director of Environment and Innovation, Ofwat (Water Services Regulation Authority) · Ben Melton, Head of Operational Technology, Anglian Water · Armenak Antinyan, Head of Behavioural Economics, Thames Water
- 14:40Bridging the divide: A national strategy for rural connectivityKeynote TheatreIncluded
Alastair Taylor, Chief Executive, NYnet Ltd · Gareth Elliott, Director of Policy and Communications, Mobile UK · Lesley Cowley OBE, Chair, BDUK · Ivo Lansky, Business Lead Europe, Tarana · Alex Mather, Head, Digital Connectivity Forum
- 14:50From pilots to systems: how cities use systems approaches to scale digital inclusion and device reuseTheatre 8Included
Laura Waller, Digital Services and Inclusion Lead, Coventry City Council · Dana Haidan, Chief Sustainability Officer, Virgin Media O2 · Gary Walpole, Co-Director of the Regional Innovation and Regeneration Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University · Ed Houghton, Director of Research and Insights, DG Cities
- 15:00“Are data centres a benefit or a burden”? Community impact vs. National demandTheatre 4Included
Darren Shenkin, Founder, Shenkin Advisory · Felix Kumi-Ampofo, Director of Inclusive Economy, Skills and Culture, West Yorkshire combined authority · Mariska Van Beukering, Chief Marketing Officer, Stellanor Datacenters · Pete Nisbet, CEO, edenseven
- 15:00Long Haul Infrastructure and the Race for Fibre CapacityTheatre 2Included
Mark Nightingale, Applications Engineering Manager, Hexatronic UK
- 15:00The Path to Cashflow PositiveTheatre 3Included
Rebecca Dobson, Chief People Officer, MS3 Networks Ltd · Lisa Hand, People Director, Cardiff Airport · Helen Datlen, People Director for Telecoms, Independent · Chris Stening, Senior Advisor, Freyloe Ltd
- 15:20Investing in the architects of 2030People, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
Puja Patel, Strategic Programmes Lead, Santander
- 15:25Presentation from eero, an Amazon companyKeynote TheatreIncluded
- 15:25Norfolk’s Digital Inclusion Journey: Connecting People, Breaking Barriers, Tackling Social IsolationTheatre 8Included
Gail Harvey, Digital Inclusion Programme Manager, Norfolk County Council · Karen Robson, Community Tech Coach, Norfolk County Council · Danielle Prostrollo-Hill, Digital Inclusion Project Officer, Norfolk County Council
- 15:25Channel Britain: Evolving commercial strategy to meet enterprise requirementsTheatre 1Included
Toby Shute, Channel Sales Manager, FluidOne · Tom Thornton, Managing Director of Connectivity, Everflow · Richard Webb, Principal Analyst, STL Partners
- 15:25Presentation from TelesteTheatre 3Included
- 15:25Presentation from OctaveTheatre 10Included
Shane Gwilt MCInstCES, GPR Business Development, Leica Geosystems · Peter Larsson, Senior Account Manager, Octave
- 15:25No one left behind - the Liverpool City Region digital inclusion modelTheatre 9Included
Tara Jussa, Digital Inclusion Officer, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- 15:4010 million futures: Fair chance hiring at scalePeople, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
Jonathan Ley, CEO, Make Time Count · Neil Wood, COO, Fair Chance Business Alliance · Matthias Stausberg, Group Advocacy Director, Virgin · Simon Blockley, CEO - UK & Europe, Impellam UK & Europe
- 15:45Change the system, not the person: using behavioural systems mapping to tackle digital exclusionTheatre 9Included
Karolina Majkowska, Digital Inclusion and Training Lead, Royal Borough of Greenwich · George Eckton, Insights Programme, Digital Inclusion Alliance · Ed Houghton, Director of Research and Insights, DG Cities
- 15:455G and private networks: The industrial connectivity revolutionTheatre 10Included
Alessandro Bovone, Chief Technology Officer, JT Global · Damian Cross, Head of Technology and Automation, Peel Ports Group · Mike Lewis, Market Advisor, Enterprise Ireland
- 15:45The unbreakable network: Ensuring resilience against climate, cyber, and power threatsTheatre 2Included
Peter Carter, Senior Business Resilience Manager, VodafoneThree · Elena Parsons, Strategic Business Manager, National Physical Laboratory · Jonathan Fowler, Director Technology and Solutions, Adtran · Alwyn Seeds, Director, National Dark Fibre Facility (NDFF) · Alex Davies, Senior Analyst & Editor, Rethink Technology Research
- 15:45Planning reform and policy readiness: Is the UK fit for the AI data centre boom?Theatre 4Included
John Duncan, Connected Places Lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority · Bart Smallman, Research Analyst, Assembly Research · Daniel Ray, Director of Planning Services & Chief Planning Officer, Slough Borough Council
- 15:45Closing the MDU gap: Regulation, wayleaves, and competitionTheatre 3Included
Laura West, Commercial Committee, British Property Federation & Director, Fieldfisher · Will Goodall, Elevate Wholesale Director, Elevate Wholesale · Mariko Newell, Senior Legal Counsel, Virgin Media O2 · James Robinson, Senior Analyst, Assembly Research
- 15:45AI and beyond: Building a strategy to deliver market-leading CXTheatre 6Included
Jonathan Tree, CEO, Home Unity Ltd · Tiffany Shurr, Vice President Sales, Calix · David Mitchell, Managing Director, Hull Fibre Limited · Jamie Flint, Director Corporate Affairs, Gigaclear · Karen Laycock, Director AI Product & Strategy, former Verizon
- 15:45Shaping the future of fibre: Regulation, policy and outlookKeynote TheatreIncluded
Ben Harries, Policy Director, Competition & Markets, ofcom · Lindsey Fussell, Chair, Digital Connectivity Forum · Gita Sorensen, INCA TAR Advisor, Investor and Founder Director at Digostics & MD, GOS Consulting · Alex Blowers, Director of Regulatory Affairs, CityFibre · James Tickel, Director, Regulatory Policy & Strategy, Openreach
- 15:45Devolution, reform and digital readiness: Is connectivity keeping pace with change?Theatre 8Included
Tom Jenkins, Economic Development Manager, Ashford Borough Council · Lorna Rogers, Director of Digital & Transformation & Board Director for LCR Connect, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority · Freyja Lockwood, Digital Transformation Programme Manager, West of England Combined Authority · Liz Harrison, Head of Broadband Delivery, Kent County Council · Lisa Trickey, Lead Advisor Digital Change LG Horizons, Local Government Association · Ceren Clulow, Managing Consultant, Spirit Public Sector Ltd
- 16:00The ethics of acceleration: Balancing rapid tech innovation with human-centric valuesPeople, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
Annie Hind, Digital Platform Lead, Lloyds Banking Group · Nick Edwards, Group Chief Technology Officer, The AA · Maria Thomas, Learning Delivery Senior Manager, Government Digital Service, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) · Karen Blake, Tech Inclusion, Policy & Organisational Transformation Strategist, City of London Corp and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- 16:05Powering the UK’s EV charging infrastructureTheatre 1Included
Shamala Gadgil, EV Infrastructure Programme Manager, Coventry City Council · Matt Croucher, Chief Commercial Officer, Believ · Alex Gilbert, Head of Energy & Electrification, Places for London
- 16:20Fireside chat: AbilityNet & EdenChase AssociatesPeople, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
Cressida Stephenson, CEO, EdenChase Associates · Amy Low, CEO, AbilityNet
- 16:25Places that clickTheatre 9Included
Aaron Slater, Digital Inclusion Manager, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
- 16:25
- 16:25Buying blind: Why the fibre consolidation and M&A wave will be won or lost on dataTheatre 2Included
Lola Le Fur, Head of M&A, IQGeo
- 16:25Empowering people: Building the workforce to enable the UK’s data centre economyTheatre 4Included
Nzinga Gardner, Founder, ATOZING · Mandie Beitner, Founder Director, SorTTed Ltd
- 16:25Accelerating Small Cell Growth Through Local ActionTheatre 8Included
Matt Smith, Programme Manager River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region, Shropshire Council
- 16:50Connecting social housing: Solving digital exclusion and operational barriersTheatre 3Included
Dave Axam, Chief Executive Officer, Giggle · Ben Mills, Digital Empowerment Officer, Platform Housing Group · Lynsey Telford, Project and Delivery Manager, Glasgow City Council · Hayley O'Brien, Project Manager, Founds Group
- 16:50Scaling connectivity to improve the UK’s road networksTheatre 1Included
Chris Founds, Director & Founding Partner, Founds Group · Haitao He, Director of Transport AI Innovation Centre (TRAICE), University of Loughborough · Tim Bellamy, Assistant Director, Transport, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
- 16:50Consolidation, M&A and competition: The changing investment landscapeKeynote TheatreIncluded
Conal Henry, Chair, Fibrus · Peter O'Flaherty, Managing Director, Networks & Digital Infrastructure, Equitix · Michael Weekes, Principal, Oxera Consulting LLP · Oliver Loveless, Principal, Analysys Mason · Rob Hamlin, Chief Strategy Officer, CityFibre
- 16:50Protecting Britain’s new critical national infrastructure: Security, sovereignty & resilienceTheatre 5Included
Áine MacDermot, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics, Liverpool John Moores University · Alan Nichols, Chief Executive Officer, Tekton Limited · Peter Cutler, EMEA Sales Engineering Lead, Corero Network Security
- 16:50Open RAN and cloudification: Moving from trials to mass deployment in the UKTheatre 2Included
Dimitra Simeonidou, Director Smart Internet Lab, University of Bristol · Andrew Miles, Director, Aerix & Liverpool 5G, Aerix · Will Townsend, Vice President & Principal Analyst - Networking & Security Practices, Moor Insights and Strategy
- 16:50Scaling industrial AI across the UK economyTheatre 6Included
Ayesha Hussain, Data Governance and Quality Lead, University of Leeds · Dimitrios Kanoulas, Professor in Robotics & AI UKRI Future Leaders Fellow,, Intelligent Robotics UCL · Stacie Hoffmann, Head of Strategic Growth and Department for Data Science and AI, National Physical Laboratory · Nick Lansman, President, Public Affairs, Clarity Global
- 16:50Greater Manchester and the North-West: A blueprint for digital partnershipTheatre 9Included
Cllr Nick Peel, Leader of Bolton Council Digital Portfolio Lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- 16:50Place leadership in a digital Britain: Are local authorities ready for what’s next?Theatre 8Included
John Duncan, Connected Places Lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority · Isobel Thomas, Head of Community Partnerships, Good Things Foundation · Heather Clark, Head of City Economy, City of Wolverhampton Council · Anna Malone, Operations Manager Transport Franchising, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority · Gareth Williams, Senior Consultant, Intelligens Consulting
- 16:50Rural economies: Connectivity as a driver for growthTheatre 10Included
Hector Gibson Fleming, CEO, Wessex Internet · Simon Laing, Rural Start-up Advisor, Rural Design Centre · Sarah Eynon, Broadband Programme Director, Scottish Government, Digital Connectivity · Tom Rigg, CEO, Broadband for the Rural North Ltd · Oliver Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Point Topic
- 17:30Networking drinksExhibition HallIncluded
- 17:45Connected Britain AwardsKeynote TheatreIncluded
Thursday 10 September 2026
- 09:00Redefining digital participation for the nations through a system based approachKeynote TheatreIncluded
Leigh Smyth, CEO, ImpactMatch · Jemma Waters, Project Director, The Connection Project · Simon Hewitt, Chairperson, Digital Inclusion Alliance
- 09:40UK 2030: AI, innovation and productivityKeynote TheatreIncluded
Tiffany St James, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority · Chris Thorn, Digital & Transformation Director, Working Age Services, Department for Work and Pensions · Anthony Okereke, Leader, Royal Borough of Greenwich · Kellie Beirne, Chief Executive Officer, Cardiff Capital Region · Sophie Greaves, Associate Director, techUK
- 10:20CXO Interview: G.NetworkKeynote TheatreIncluded
David Sangster, CEO, G.Network · Karen Egan, Managing Director, Telecoms, Enders Analysis
- 10:40Networking breakExhibition HallIncluded
- 11:15
- 11:15
- 11:20Belfast 5GIR Grant Scheme: turning connectivity into adoptionTheatre 9Included
Paula Fee, Belfast 5G Innovation Region Programme Manager, Belfast City Council · Guy Middleton, Director, Spirit Public Sector Ltd · Lee Vasey, Director, Spirit Public Sector Ltd
- 11:20The Purpose Pivot: Leadership strategies for sustainable & ethical impactLocation to be confirmedIncluded
Sara Weller, Non Executive Director, BT · Bernie Hollywood, Director/Trustee, Made Impact · Stephen Cahill, Partner, Farient Advisors · Faye Van Flute, Principal, Social Value and Business, BT
- 11:20Presentation from CornerstoneKeynote TheatreIncluded
- 11:20Presentation from CorningTheatre 2Included
- 11:20Delivering better mobile coverage and capacity to cities using small cells - a view from the SCF Local Authority Connectivity GroupTheatre 10Included
Claire Marshall, Chief Operating Officer, Small Cell Forum Limited
- 11:20Solving the power problem: Alternative energy and smart grid solutions for data centresTheatre 5Included
Mark Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, ILI Group Plc · Helena Anderson, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Ikigai Capital · Jamie Shaw-Stewart, Head of Silicon Sands, Blackpool Council
- 11:20From national to local: How to innovate with AI and Data in public servicesTheatre 6Included
Sarah Blackmore, Executive director, Social Work England · Kat Sexton, Deputy Director Local AI, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Nathan Pierce, Director of Essex Digital Service, Essex County Council · Chris Wales, Director of Digital Innovation, Brighton & Hove City Council · Paul Wilson, Chair, advisory board Smart Cities World, Open & Agile Smart Cities & Communities (OASC)
- 11:40Digital dignity: Connectivity, devices, and skills in temporary accommodationTheatre 3Included
Elizabeth Hendry, Head of Programmes, Jangala · Alexandria Morgan, Digital Equity Senior Principal, Greater Manchester Combined Authority · Moses Seitler, Chief Executive, Screen Share UK · Chris Grant, Community Team Lead, AbilityNet
- 11:40Sky-high ambitions: Integrating satellites into the UK’s multi-technology mixKeynote TheatreIncluded
Andrew Walwyn, Founder, Brdy Telecom · Mauro Mortali, Managing Partner - Strategy, Change and People, Cambridge Management Consulting · Ning Wang, Deputy Director of Smart Internet Lab, University of Bristol · Stuart Birchall, Head of Service Development, Zen Internet · Gerry Collins, Director, Product Management, S.E.S. Satellites
- 11:40Connecting the hard to reach: Rural counties, shared infrastructure and what still isn’t workingTheatre 8Included
Richard Walters, Digital Connectivity Relationship Manager, Carmarthenshire County Council · Jonathan Harris, Programme Director, Connecting Cumbria · Ben Allwright, Owner & CEO, Allwright Advisory
- 11:40Next-generation monetisation: Unlocking value in connectivity and beyondTheatre 2Included
Tom Stabb, Customer Development Lead, Ordnance Survey · Bertrand Mazieres, CEO, Lightning Fibre · Francisco de Carvalho, Governing Board Member, Linux Foundation Broadband · Darren Martin, Senior Product Manager, MDS Global Ltd · Clive Quantrill, Senior Partner, Cambridge Management Consulting
- 11:40Inward investment: Competing for capital and driving regional growthTheatre 9Included
Simon Bond, Director, Bath Riverside Innovation District, University of Bath · Stacey McAdie, Digital Champion & Senior Digital Connectivity Lead, South London Partnership · Marvin Rees, The Lord of Easton, House of Lords · Craig Cheney, Managing Partner, Cambridge Management Consulting
- 11:40Smart buildings and the intelligent homeTheatre 10Included
Janette Hughes, Director of Planning and Performance, Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre · Craig Thomas, CEO, Broadband Forum · Mashood Ahmad, CEO, Gigabit IQ · Paul Howard, ISP Pre-Sales Director, TP-Link UK & Ireland · Professor Julie McCann, Federated Telecoms Hubs Co-Director, Imperial College London · Marina Koytcheva, Research director, STL Partners
- 11:40The rail revolution: Delivering high-speed connectivity across the networkTheatre 1Included
Robert Gardner, Technical Solutions Manager, Hitachi Rail GTS UK · Dave Happy MBE, Chair Security EWG & Non-Exec Chair Transport for Wales Fibre, Telint Ltd (5GRural Dorset) · Steve Morris, Founder, Ingram Networks · Ali Nicholl, Data & Digital Strategic Engagement Director, Connected Places Catapult
- 12:00The AI bubble: Are we overthinking the infrastructure boom?Theatre 4Included
Thibault Contat Desfontaines, Co-Head of Infrastructure Equity Europe, UBS · Michaela Eschbach, CEO, Cambridge Wireless
- 12:00Engineering the future: The evolution of apprenticeships and early career talentPeople, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
Sarah Chowdhury, Group People Transformation and Skills Director, OSB Group · Chris Mann, Director of Learning & Assurance, ECITB · Dan Tingle, Head of Development Programmes, National Grid · Giles Hudson, Apprentice Project Manager, National Grid
- 12:20The augmented workforce: Redesigning the organisation for the AI eraTheatre 6Included
Sarah Golley, Executive Coach & Business Advisor, WICT UK & Ireland · Stuart Pearson, Head of Innovation, Citizens Advice Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford · Catherine Colloms, NED for Gigaclear, Industrial Development Advisory Board (DBT) & Board Advisor for Labour Digital, Independent
- 12:20Network Sovereignty in the United Kingdom: Impacts on Security, Economy and AutonomyKeynote TheatreIncluded
Jan Oetjen, CEO, FRITZ!
- 12:20Case study presentation: London investment challengesTheatre 9Included
Davina Fell, Digital Connectivity Lead, Central London Forward · Stacey McAdie, Digital Champion & Senior Digital Connectivity Lead, South London Partnership · Robin Bosworth, Digital Lead, Local London · Fin Kelly, Strategic Lead - Digital, West London Alliance
- 12:20Presentation from The Next Path Device ConsortiumTheatre 3Included
Freddie Quek, Co-Director, The Next Path Device Consortium
- 12:20Launching Coop Mobile: Building a digital-first, member-led brandLocation to be confirmedIncluded
David McGrath, Chief Marketing Officer and Membership Officer, COOP Mobile
- 12:20Presentation from VyntelligenceTheatre 2Included
- 12:20Economic security risks in telco technology: A comparative study of legacy, hybrid and cloud-native architectureTheatre 10Included
Liam Mcphee, Senior Solutions Architect, University West of Scotland
- 12:40Making consolidation a reality: integration and value creationTheatre 2Included
Sean Royce, Strategic Board Advisor, Quickline Communications Limited · Neil McRae, Chief Technology and Information Officer, CityFibre · Steve Glendinning, NED and Independent Consultant, IDNet · Sajan Parikh, CTO, COS Systems · Alexander Ohlsson, Principal, Analysys Mason
- 12:40The Future of Trusted Communications: Regulation, Innovation and Cross-Sector CollaborationTheatre 4Included
Dario Betti, CEO, Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) · Nicholas Rossman, Programme Director, Mobile Ecosystem Forum · Stefano Nicoletti, Head of UK SID Registry, Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) · Jaroslava Folvarska, Fraud Systems Specialist, VodafoneThree
- 12:40Business case for a Connected SocietyLocation to be confirmedIncluded
Leigh Smyth, CEO, ImpactMatch · Helen Burrows, Controller, Distribution, BBC · Ed Leighton, Director of Strategy, The Connection Project · George Eckton, Insights Programme, Digital Inclusion Alliance
- 12:40Celebrating inclusive employment success across telecoms and green energyPeople, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
- 12:40Customer strategy: Shifting the focus from acquisition to retentionKeynote TheatreIncluded
Tim Stranack, Regulatory & Trade Director, Community Fibre · Neil Smith, Chief Operating Officer, TalkTalk · Hayden Shaw, Insight Director, FDM CCS Insight · Vasa Babic, Head of EMEA, Actifai · Sylwia Kechiche, VP Industry Analysis, Opensignal · Lutfu Kitapci, Chief Customer Officer & MD of ISP, Hyperoptic
- 12:40The evolution of MVNOs in the UK connectivity marketTheatre 1Included
James Gray, Managing Director, Graystone Strategy Ltd · Gary McCready, Commercial & Strategy Director - iD Mobile, Currys Plc · Kester Mann, Director, Consumer and Connectivity, FDM CCS Insight · Ross Devereux, Professional Services Director, Lifecycle Software
- 12:40Workshop session with DWPTheatre 9Included
- 12:40Telecoms needs new voices: Winning the talent battle in a changing workforceTheatre 10Included
Lauren Croxson, Snr Sales Director/Co-Chair of WiT, Sangoma · Laura Jenkins, Digital Connectivity Relationship Manager, City and County of Swansea Council · Iain Sinnott, CEO, SMECO Ltd · Julie Mills, Neurodiversity Practitioner & CEO, Support to Win.tv Ltd · Maxine Eunson, Head of Public Sector, 8x8
- 12:40Roundtable workshop: From strategy to reality: Building credible use cases for local authoritiesTheatre 8Included
Naomi Hutchinson, Chief Innovation and Growth Officer, Sunderland City Council · Chris Founds, Director & Founding Partner, Founds Group
- 13:00Presentation from Dr Abdalla KablanTheatre 6Included
Abdalla Kablan, Founder & CEO, DELTA Wealth Partners
- 13:35Leading through uncertainty and protecting your organisation’s cultureKeynote TheatreIncluded
Steve Wilson, CEO, 4th Utility / Rise Fibre · Rebecca Dobson, Chief People Officer, MS3 Networks Ltd · Lucie Smith, Chair of techUK's Telecoms Council & Director of Programmes, Mova · Katie Heenan, Programme Manager, Digital Connectivity Forum · Mark Detre, Founder & Senior Communications Consultant, Northbrook Advisory
- 13:35From funding to delivery: Unlocking digital value through partnershipsTheatre 8Included
Melissa Middleton, Economic Policy Advisor, Gateshead Council · Shelley Bowyer, Business Applications Manager for Adults and Children, Buckinghamshire Council · Jessica Ellis, Advisor, Digital Places · Donal Denvir, Vice President, IDA Ireland
- 13:35Rewiring government services: Building the interoperable public sectorTheatre 1Included
Johnny Wolf, Head of Enterprise Architecture & FinOps Lead, Metropolitan Police Service · David Bailey, Head of Events and Brand Engagement, Police Digital Service · Alexander Iosad, Government Innovation Policy Expert, Independent
- 13:35Connecting the crowd: Delivering flawless coverage in high-density venuesTheatre 10Included
Dimitra Simeonidou, Director Smart Internet Lab, University of Bristol · David Crawford, 5G Projects Director, University of Strathclyde · Gareth Thomas, Digital Project Manager, Swansea Bay City Deal · Harald Haas, Federated Telecoms Hubs Co-Director, University of Cambridge · Richard Webb, Principal Analyst, STL Partners
- 13:35The analogue switch off: Protecting the vulnerable in a digital transitionTheatre 3Included
David Brown, Business Relationship Manager, Digital Office For Scottish Local Government · Neil Bartholomew, Managing Director - Consumer, KCOM · Frederik van Randwyck, Head - Telecoms Modernisation Programme, techUK · Chris Hockley, Senior Engagement Manager, BT · David Christie, Senior Regulatory Policy Advisor, Virgin Media O2 · Phil Laws, Partner, Cambridge Management Consulting
- 13:35Defining 6G: The UK’s role in shaping future services and spectrumTheatre 2Included
Simon Cotton, Director, Centre for Wireless Innovation · Tales Gaspar, Programme Manager, UK SPF and Satellite, techUK · Mathini Sellathurai, Professor, Heriot-Watt University · Janette Stewart, Partner, Analysys Mason Limited
- 13:35“Will AI break the network?” Fibre innovation vs. Infrastructure limitsTheatre 5Included
Neil Geary, Director Network Integration & Planning, CityFibre · William Webb, Chief Executive Officer, Commcisive
- 13:35The resilience mandate: Putting cyber risk and security on the boardroom agendaTheatre 6Included
Nicole Wong, Operational Technology Product Manager, Darktrace · Stuart Seymour, CISO, Virgin Media O2 · Manoj Bhatt, Director, Cyberhash
- 13:35Digital Wales: Accelerating growth through connectivity and innovationTheatre 9Included
Sally-Anne Skinner, CEO, Ogi · Natalie Strange, Managing Director, RPS Telecom · Owain Taylor-Shaw, Head of Sales, Business Development & Marketing, Transport for Wales · Dija Oliver, Project manager, Swansea Bay City Deal
- 13:50Personality – The new currencyPeople, Skills & Recruitment ZoneIncluded
Tom Simpson, CEO, StartingPoint · Matt McKay, Founder/CEO, GOALD
- 14:20Designing the net-zero network of the futureTheatre 2Included
Dede Tavares, Head of Sustainable Networks Operations, BT Networks · Cara Boccieri, Sustainability Expert, Hexatronic · Lee Jones, Senior Manager Energy Solutions, VodafoneThree · Nick Falkowski, CEO, Meaningful Planet Ltd · Krsna Singh, Research Analyst, STL Partners · Kate Sandhu, Head of Strategic Initiatives & ESG, CityFibre
- 14:20Resilient by design: Securing the UK’s national infrastructureTheatre 1Included
Mark Fermor, Founder, Firevault Ltd · Jonathan Stevenson-Paul, Estates Manager / Vice Chair - RICS Telecoms Advisory Forum, Arqiva / RICS
- 14:20Healthcare industry technology, transformation and inclusionTheatre 3Included
Glenda Cook, Interim Head of Planning and Strategy, Glasgow City Health & Social Care Partnership · Michael Watts, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Blum Health · Gita Sorensen, INCA TAR Advisor, Investor and Founder Director at Digostics & MD, GOS Consulting · Imogen Hailstone, Director of External Affairs, Health Tech Alliance
- 14:20Capital and connectivity: Funding growth zones and strategic investmentTheatre 4Included
Charlie Evans, Investment Banking Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners Llc · Susanne Coles, Deputy Director - Investment Ecosystem, Innovate UK · Ignacio Gomez, Founder & Managing Partner, Fide Partners
- 14:20The 2030 roadmap: What’s next for the UK connectivity market?Keynote TheatreIncluded
Amy Jordan, Strategy and Delivery Director, ofcom · Matt Warman, Former Minister for Digital Infrastructure & Board Member, UKAI · Emma Buckland, Research Director, STL Partners · Kushal Ghuwalewala, Telecoms General Manager, RVU
- 14:20The Regenerative High Street: Economic vitality and the "Phygital" town centreTheatre 10Included
Jenna Ingoe, Innovation Manager, Sunderland Software City · Davina Fell, Digital Connectivity Lead, Central London Forward · Michael Armitage, Director, Seneca Enterprise
