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How Wales Tech Week came to be

From manufacturing in space to armoured polar bears! Wales Tech Week was founded in 2020 to enable the tech ecosystem to come together in challenging times. For two years as a virtual festival, it has put a spotlight on the most innovative, creative and forward-thinking people and businesses in Tech.

Boasting world class speakers, insights, exhibitions and more from global tech leaders, investors, innovators, entrepreneurs, and the supporting Welsh tech ecosystem, both 2020 and 2021 were full of knowledge, inspiration, and connection. Following successful virtual events in 2020 and 2021, Wales Tech Week reached an audience of over 4,500 attendees across 57 countries.

For the first time, Wales Tech Week 2023 will be a hybrid event.

Stats from 2020 & 2021

4500

attendees from over 57 countries

100

hours of content playback in 2021 alone

2.3 million

reached online

90 %

of attendees would attend again

Previous Partners

Watch Highlights

Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister for Wales opens Wales Tech Week before the opening Keynote to kickoff Wales Tech Week 2021.

Aled Miles, president and CEO of Sauce Labs and Welsh Government Envoy to the United States, is joined by Steve Hasker, president and CEO of Thomson Reuters for an in-depth discussion about the growing importance of user experience, the role of AI and machine learning in the data-driven enterprise, and why data is almost an asset on the balance sheet. He shares insights on the importance of digital fluency for modern business leaders. The Wales-Native Miles and Australia-native Hasker also share their thoughts on how Wales can follow in Australia’s footsteps in raising its business and technology profile on the global stage.

Wales Tech Week 2021 – Wales Tech Week: Debunking NFTS with Pranksy

Event Chair: Nicola McNeely, Head of Technology Sector, Solicitor and Partner, Harrison Clark Rickerbys Ltd and Member of Blockchain Connected Council

Event Speakers:
Pre-Recorded interview with:-
Jill Kaur CTA, Senior Associate, Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP
Pranksy, Co-Founder, NFTBoxes

Previous Speakers

Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS - First Minister of Wales

Lord Gerry Grimstone - Minister for Investment

Avril Lewis MBE - Managing Director, Technology Connected

Rob Jones - Co Founder, FanDuel & Flick

Tessa Clarke - CEO, OLIO

Sally Meecham - CEO, Centre for Digital Public Services in Wales

Trudy Norris-Grey - Chair , WISE

Ciaran Martin CB - Founder and former Director of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, NATO advisor

Dr Andrew Rickman OBE - Founder and CEO, Rockley Photonics

Gerhard Watzinger - Chairman of the Board, CrowdStrike

Aled Miles - President and CEO of Sauce Labs, Welsh Government Envoy to the United States

Steve Hasker - President and CEO, Thomson Reuters

Andrew Peters - Managing Director, Siemens Digital Industries

Jeromy Well - CEO & Founder , Whispir

Warren East CBE - Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce plc

Katherine Bennett CBE - CEO , High Value Manufacturing Catapult

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Faheem Azhar - Steering Group Member and International Strategic Advisor, CyberWales

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Colin Batten - Development Bank of Wales

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Dr.Kerry Beynon - Head of Commercial Corporate, RDP Law

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Dr Sarah Louisa Birchley - Toyo Gakeun University

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David Blake - Development Bank of Wales

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Prof Pete Burnap - Professor of Data Science & Cybersecurity, Cardiff University

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David Buttress - Non Executive Chairman Dragons Rugby and Venture Partner, 83North

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Marie Caruso - Sales & Marketing Manager, Arcannum Cyber Security

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Prof. Tom Crick MBE - Professor of Digital & Policy, Swansea University

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Stuart Criddle - Cyber Director, PwC

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John Davies - Director, Pervade Software

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Jason Davies - Director, Pervade Software

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Leanne Davies - Lecturer in Cyber Security and Computing, Wrexham University

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Alison Ettridge - CEO, Talent Intuition

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Adam Hadley - Director, Tech Against Terrorism

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Lyndon Faulkner - Executive Chairman, Pelican Productions

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Carol Fletcher - Head of Academic & Research, Partnerships at BT

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Lee Jones - Head of Welsh Language service, HMRC

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Clare Johnson - Partnerships and Outreach Manager Executive, USW

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Alex Leigh - Senior Investment Executive, Development Bank of Wales

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Prof Stuart Macdonald - Swansea University

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Rob McCargow - Director of AI, PwC UK

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Louise O'Shea - CEO, Confused.com

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Sameer Rahman - Interim Director of Insights, Royal Mint

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Chris Roberts - CEO, Cybata

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Prof. Rob Rolley - Western Gateway Specialist for Technology and Cyber Security, Department for International Trade

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Dr. Erin Saltman - Director of Programming, GIFCT

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Neil Sandford - Business Development Manager, Welsh Government

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Peter Sueref - CTO and Co-founder, Empirisys

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Dan Swygart - CEO and Founder , Alpacr

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Eamon Tuhami - Founder, X8IQ

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Andrew Williams - CEO, Halma plc

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Gareth Williams - VP, Secure Communications and Information Systems (SIX) UK

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Carole Eccles - Centre for Photonics Expertise

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Hazel Hung - Centre for Photonics Expertise

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Tom Johnson - Centre for Photonics Expertise

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Prof. Tony Davies - University of South Wales

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Huw Parry - Founder and Director, Network New Europe

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Dr. Louise Jones - Knowledge Transfer Manager, Innovate UK KTN

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Prof. Caroline Gray - Director , OpTIC Technology Centre

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John Lincoln - Director , Photonics Leadership Group

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Prof Steve Conlan - Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University

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Dr James Abbey - Swansea University

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Prof. Dean Harris - Founder and Director, Cansense

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Rupert Jones - Managing Director, Reinshaw

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Robin Davies - Chief Business Officer , Magstim Inc. & Ltd

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Prof. Jeremy Hall - Director of Division of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Cardiff University

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Fflur Lawton - Head of Public Affairs, Smart Energy GB

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Jon Paxman - Senior Researcher, 2020health

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Louise Harris - Co-founder, TramshedTech

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Ali Anjomshoaa - Programme Manager, Compound Semiconductor Centre

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Andy Sellars - Strategic Development Director, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult

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Chris Meadows - Director CSconnected Ltd, CSconnected

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Iwan Davies - Group Technology Director, IQE

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Max Munday - Director of Welsh Economy Research Unit, Cardiff Business School

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Paul Meredith - Lead at Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials, Swansea University

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Peter Smowton - Managing Director, ICS, Cardiff University

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Sam Evans - Director of Quality & External Affairs, Newport Wafer Fab

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Steve Whitby - Director, MicroLink Devices UK Ltd

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Jon Maddy - Director of the Hydrogen Centre, University of South Wales

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Dr. Paula Carey - Technical Director, Carbon8 Systems