Speakers, Chairs, & Hosts

Eluned Morgan MS - First Minister of Wales, Welsh Government

Rebecca Evans MS - Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Welsh Government

Chair: Aled Miles - CEO of Intellistack & Welsh Government Envoy to the United States

Matthew Griffin - Globally renowned ‘Fanatical Futurist’

Roy Shoshani - COO Semiconductors & CTO, Vishay

Dr Drew Nelson OBE - Founder and Chairman, NetZero Semiconductors Ltd

Rolf Hellinger - Vice President , Siemens AG Digital Industries, Motion Control Erlangen, Germany

Jutta Meier - Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer, IQE

Host: Chris Jones - Presenter, Podcaster & Events Host

Host: Mariclare Carey-Jones - Presenter & Broadcast Journalist

Host: Jennifer Jones - TV & Radio Presenter

Dave Cole - Chief Technology Officer, Intellistack

Host: Geraint Hardy - Presenter

Stella Peace - Executive Director Healthy Living and Agriculture, Innovate UK

Host: Ameer Davies-Rana - Presenter, Content Producer & Founder

Jessica Dowdall - Head of Data Operations, BBC

Sinead Greenaway - Director for Broadcast and End User Technology, BBC

Jacob Willemsen - President, Tabs inc.

Christi Jackson - Partner & Head of US Practice, Laura Devine Immigration

Ruth Patterson - Managing Director UK and Ireland, HP

Malcolm Joy - Managing Partner, Frazier & Deeter UK

Heather Lowrie - Director, Resilionix

Susi Marston - Head of Public Sector, Wales, BT

Justin Walker - VP Digital Solutions, Thales UK

Sarah Jones - CEO, FinTech Wales

Professor Pete Burnap - Data Science and Cybersecurity, Cardiff University

Dr Nicola Millard - Principal Innovation Partner, BT

Matthew Morgan - Group Director of Intelligence and Cyber, Amentum UK

Chris Williams - Owner, Sustainable Industries Ltd

Caroline O'Brien - CEO, CSA Catapult

Tomos Lewis - Partner, Blake Morgan

Eamon Tuhami - Founder, Investor, UK Government Dealmaker

Dr Lucy Sykes - CEO, MeOmics Precision Medicine

Rick Delbridge - Professor of Organizational Analysis, Cardiff Business School

Huw Evans - Head of Insurance , KPMG

Dr Graham Foster - CTO, Marine Power Systems

Kevin Smith - CEO, Venture Comet

Amanda Widdowson - Head of Human Factors/UX Capability, Thales UK

Oliver Conger - Managing Director , Rototherm

Elke Edwards - Speaker Author Founder, The Ivy House

Bill Cogan - Founding Partner, Seven Legal

Denise Rae-Murray - VP, Global HR BPO, DHL Supply Chain

Matt Lucas - Director of Technology, Digital & Data, Valleys to Coast Housing

James Smith - CEO , Critical Cloud

Sarah Curzon - Partner, MHA

Lesley Williams - Chief Executive Officer, Welsh Innovation Centre For Enterprise (ICE)

Chris Curley - Director of Cloud and Networks, CGI

Morgan Withers - Senior AI & Automation Consultant, CGI

Marloes Pomp - Member of the Welsh Government’s Strategic AI Advisory Group Welsh Government , Welsh Government / Independant advisor Dutch Government

Professor Anthony Bennett - Professor , Cardiff University

Sarwar Khan - Sustainability Director, BT, BT

Mike Brough - Director for Regional Growth and Investment, Cardiff Capital Region

Sonny Kong - Co-Founder & CEO, Ventrix Labs

Daniel Sawko - Co-Founder & CEO, shipshape.vc

Sarah Galyon - Senior Director of Healthcare Solutions, Intellistack

Adrian Coles - Director of Finance Growth, Hexa Finance

Helen Corsi-Cadmore - Business Coach, Helen Corsi-Cadmore

Duncan Gray - Director, Technology Venture Investments , Development Bank of Wales

Barry Kirby - MD & Human Factors Practitioner, K Sharp

Sameer Savani - Transport Managing Director, Connected Places Catapult

Cai Gwinnutt - Co-Founder , Open Moove

Alice Shields - Owner and Director, Solva Group Ltd - eeziQS

Ben Davies - Managing Director, Hexa Finance

Jacqui Murray - Director, High Value Manufacturing Catapult for South Wales

Brandon Jones - Skills Manager, CSconnected

Matthew Davies - Founder & CEO, The Social Work Way

Tom Kinnear - Director, Amey

Helen Crisostomo - Business Development Director, de Novo Solutions

Ghan Varsani - ERP Programme Director, QinetiQ

Joanna Syrda - Lecturer in Business Economics, University of Bath

Stephen Milburn - Founder & CEO, Nellie

Mark Sweeny - Group Chief Executive, de Novo Solutions

Juliette Alban-Metcalfe - Chief Executive , Real World Group

Leatham Green - Transformation Director, Oracle

Stu Higgins - Strategic Advisor - AI, Cisco

Lisa Mytton - Strategic Director, National Training Federation for Wales (NTFW)

Leigh Hughes - Managing Director, Felicitas Consultancy Ltd

Zoe Davidson - Research Technical Manager, BT

Timothy Barnett - CEO, Credas

Alex Coldea - Founder, Dill

Kellie Beirne - Chief Executive, Cardiff Capital Region

Iwan Davies - Group Technology Director, IQE plc

Louise Harris MBE - Co-Founder & CEO , Tramshed Tech

Dr Imtiaz Khan - Associate Professor of Data Science , Cardiff Metropolitan University

Gina Neff - Professor of Responsible AI, Queen Mary University London

Dr Hazel Hung - Business Development Manager, CS Connected

Dr Mike Pitts - Deputy Director, Innovate UK

Dr Jon Blackburn - Deputy CTO, HVM Catapult

Richard Theo - CEO & Cofounder, Zero Fintech Ltd

Jay Ball - CEO, Flotek

Prof. Patricia Mawuli Porter OBE DL - Managing Director, Metal Seagulls Ltd

Ifan Evans - Executive Director of Digital Strategy, Digital Health & Care Wales, NHS Wales

Greg Stephens FCCA - Client Manager, Xeinadin

Ruby Godrich - Investment Manager, Foresight Group

Elliot Thornton - Space Resilience Manager, UK Space Agency

Joe Miles - Founder , Atamate Ltd

Emma Hayhurst - CEO & Co-Founder, Llusern Scientific Limited

Nick Tune - CEO , OptimiseAI

Owen Wilce - Senior Innovation Manager , Senior Innovation Manager

Rhian Blake - National Business Development Manager, Euroclad Group

Mark Sterritt - Senior Investment Director, British Business Bank

Anke Lohmann - Director, Anchored In

Sally Fuller - Mobile and Unified Mobility Director, BT

Mat Thomson - CEO & Co-Founder, Gopher Zero

Dr Tom Wantock - Community Energy Consultant, Challoch Energy

Luke Alexander - Chief Digital and AI Officer, Four Agency

Brogan Williams - ServiceNow Consultant, de Novo Soultions

Joaquin Perez-Grande - Space Ecosystem Manager, Satellite Applications Catapult

Tina Owen - Account Executive, Microsoft

Grant Day - ESA Business Applications UK Regional Ambassador, ESA Regional Ambassador Programme

Lucy Murray - Junior Business Analyst, Companies House

Simon Drinkwater - Founder, The HR Partnership - Your People and AI Conscience

Jayne Brewer - CEO, 2B Enterprising

Charlie Boundy - Chief Date Officer , Companies House

Rohan Gye - Director of Digital and Technology, Companies House

Will Roberts - Managing Director, WebBox

Eloise Bond - Senior Etch Process Engineer, KLA

Kamal Ali - Founder, My ABC Piano

Elliot Riley-Walsh - Founder & CEO, Valart

Amy Hubbuck - Mental Health Lead , Hidden Strength Foundation

Andy Silcox - Chief Technology Officer, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Dr Gary Walpole - Director, Circular Economy Innovation Communities, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Fran Lucraft - Founder, CEO, Grace & Green

Chris Butt - Founder & CEO, DeepLearn Human Science

Dr Declan Hughes - Research and Development Engineer, Microlink Devices UK Ltd

Howard Rupprecht - Managing Director, CS Connected

Gareth Llewelyn - Chief Commercial Officer , IE Hub

Tara McNeil - Head of Statistics, Companies House

Lawrence Walker - DevOps Engineer, Companies House

Rita Akonobi - Cyber Security Change Lead, Admiral Group

Dr Paul Ellsmore - Programme Manager, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Steph Locke - Co-founder, Nightingale HQ

Clive Williams - Group Environmental Manager, Sinclair Group

Cyril Charron - Head of Data Science, Companies House

Dr Phylis Makurunje - Researcher - Nuclear Fuels for Space, Nuclear Futures Institute, Bangor University

Katherine Hooper - Software Development Engineer in Test, DVLA

Nick Ray - Chair, Finchetto Limited

Nicolas Pitrat - CEO & Chairman, BRUSH Group

Heba Bevan OBE - Founder & CEO, UtterBerry

Ashley Rogers - Investment Manager, Foresight

Laura Gemmell - Founder & Technical CEO, Taught by Humans

Phoebe Radford - Senior Interaction Designer, Companies House

Brad Davies - Survey and Consents Manager, Celtic Sea Power Ltd

Bill Whyman - Commercial Manager, Hyppo Hydrogen Solutions

David Sadler - Director , Sadler Recruitment

Jessica Walton - Tech Founder, Software Developer , Mintr