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Spotlight

Tuesday, Sep 17
10:00am — 11:30am
Spotlight Track- Commons on Champa
119 attending

Innovation is GREAT - British Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Disruption

What do you think of when you imagine the UK? Harry Potter, James Bond, the Beatles, tea and crumpets? Well, all of those things are great, but there’s so much more.

Did you know that the UK is one of the world’s fastest growing tech hubs? With more than 60,000 tech businesses and over 14 billion dollars in investment in the last 5 years, the UK has quickly become one of the digital capitals of the world. And not only that, the UK is the number one destination in Europe for inward investment, tech talent, and home to more unicorns than any other European country.

Whether you’re just starting your business or you’re already looking at international expansion, come join us to learn about what makes the UK’s tech ecosystem thrive and how you can benefit from it.

Our experts will talk about events you can get involved in such as London Tech Week, opportunities for accessing capital in the UK, disruptive trends in the British tech sector, and hot topics like Brexit and GDPR. We’ll also have the lead pilot from the Red Arrows (think the UK’s version of the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds) talk about important skills that he uses – like communication, teamwork, and resilience – which can help anyone starting a business.

Oh, and we’ll have some tea and crumpets too, because it wouldn’t be a British event without them…!

Panel 1:

• Frannie Matthews, CEO, Colorado Technology Association – Moderator
• Shail Mehta, CEO/Co-Founder, The Last Gameboard
• Chris Mayo, Head of Primary markets - Americas, London Stock
Exchange Group
• Jeffrey Peel, Sector Specialist, UK Department for International Trade
• Martin Pert, Lead Pilot for the Red Arrows

Panel 2:
• Caroline Davies, Strategic Alliance Director, The Frank Group
• Nick Tierney, Sales Director - West, Matillion
• Steve Rodda, COO, Cherwell Software
• Aine Mallaghan, VP Intl. Business Development, Invest
Northern Ireland

This event is in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Trade, the Denver Office of Economic Development & Opportunity, the Colorado Technology Association, and British Airways