Keynotes and Seminars

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Mark Stephen, Journalist & Broadcaster, BBC Scotland

HOW WE ALL BECAME NAVIGATORS...

Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google

AI AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF INTELLIGENT DIGITAL EXPERIENCE

Gary Crawford, CIO, Waracle

BATTLING THROUGH BAD DATA: HOW TO SUCCEED IN AI

Dr Janet Bastiman, Chief Data Scientist, Napier AI

BUILDING LEADERSHIP CHANGE BY HARNESSING THE POWER OF ‘COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE’

Ayorinde Thompson John, Executive Director: Head of Agile Transformation, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

PANEL: TEAM LEADERSHIP: BUILDING HEALTHY AND HIGH-PERFORMING TECH TEAMS

Caroline McDowall, Head of Technology, M&G & Trustee, SWiT
Shalini Goyal, Engineering Manager, Amazon
Myra Fulton, VP of Engineering, Skyscanner
Rich Wilson, CEO, Gigged.AI
Lianne McGrory, VP, ServiceNow & Board Member, SWiT

BITS & PIXELS: HOW THE INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION CAN DRIVE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Alison B Lowndes, Senior Scientist: Global AI, NVIDIA

QUANTUM COMPUTING & SUSTAINABLE ADAPTION TO ENTERPRISE

Faisal Kamran, Principal Technology Analyst, Sony

THE KEY TRENDS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF INFRASTRUCTURE

Cheryl Hung, Senior Director, Arm

CLOSING REMARKS

Mark Stephen, Journalist & Broadcaster, BBC Scotland

TECH FOR GOOD: SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION

BIODIVERSITY VIEW: HELPING NATURE COUNT WITH REMOTE SENSING
Lily Bell, CTO, Map Impact

THE POWER OF COMPUTING IN CHANGING LIVES AND CAREER PROSPECTS IN AFRICA
Dr Sofiat Olaosebikan, Lecturer, University of Glasgow & Founder, CSA Africa

HEALTHTECH INNOVATION

DIGITAL HEALTH REVOLUTION
James Maciver, CTO, Phlo

USING LLMS TO SURFACE THE INTELLIGENCE FROM HEALTH DATA
Elizabeth Fairley, COO, Talking Medicines

SPACE INNOVATION

FROM SMALL SATELLITES TO BIG DATA
Andrew Strain, CTO, AAC Clyde Space

FROM STARTUP TO THE DELIVERY OF A €17M SPACE MISSION
Hazel Jeffrey, Head of Systems, Craft Prospect

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DATA INNOVATION PANEL: BUILDING DATA TEAMS IN AN EVOLVING WORLD

Euan Wielewski, Machine Learning Lead, NatWest

Elizabeth Hollinger, Consultant & Data Specialist

Mark Hunter, VP Analytics & Product Operations, Wise

Athena Zitrou, Head of Business Analytics, Scottish Water

Rob Huggins, Director of Client Services, MBN

FINTECH INNOVATION

AI – YOU’VE GOT TO BELIEVE THE HYPE, RIGHT?
Nick Cousins, CEO, Exizent

TRANSFORMATION THROUGH PERSONALISATION: USING AI & ML FOR ENHANCED CUSTOMER INSIGHT & EFFICIENCY
Marika Lohmus, Head of Risk & Payments, Cleo

Keep off the front page - why a managed SOC will keep your organisation out of the news

Kevin Robertson, Chief Operating Officer, Acumen
Nic Palmer, Principal Solutions Architect, Elastic

GenAI to Enhance your Cyber Incident Response: Thinking in Chains Like an Attacker

Jordan Schroeder, Managing CISO, Barrier

Stories from the frontline...cyber threat insights from Unit 42

Dave Rowell, Consulting Director in Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks

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Humans; your weakest link or your greatest asset?

Debra Cairns, Managing Director, Net-Defence

Beyond the Checkbox: Building a Robust Cybersecurity Posture

Zac Warren, Chief Security Advisor, Tanium

Droplet NeverTrust™ Why Zerotrust just isn’t enough

Derek Steele, Technical Specialist, Droplet
Barry Daniels, COO, Droplet

AI post deployment: What happens when the machine does what we want it to?

Simon De Timary, Head of Data and AI, BJSS

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Innovation on Tap with Heineken. From Theory to action: Adopting AI for a competitive edge.

Ross Wilson, CEO, Vidatec
Jim MacGregor, Head of Change Enablement in Digital Transformation, Heineken
Nick Welch, Chief Technology Officer, Vidatec

Building Cyber Resilience: Prioritization In A Rapidly Shifting Threat Landscape

David Meredith, Northern Territory Manager, SonicWall