Tech Policy Leadership Conference

Coffee Break

Drinks Reception and Networking

Coffee Break

Networking Lunch

As Parliament finalises legislation on the Online Safety Bill this panel will explore how the regime will be put into practice, what the challenges of compliance will be for smaller companies as well as online platforms and how the new regime could result in big changes for online speech.

Amy Jordan, Director of Technology Policy, Ofcom Sam Sharps, Executive Director Technology and Public Policy, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Ruth Smeeth, CEO of Index on Censorship

Chaired by Lulu Freemont Head of Digital Regulation, techUK

Traditionally data policy is viewed through a lens of data protection, however with the significant increase in the generation of data as well as its ever-growing importance to our society and the economy we are transitioning to a more complex landscape of data governance that needs to balance interconnected and possibly competing demands. As the UK begins a period of reform outside the EU, what questions should be front of mind for the UK Government and how can we navigate the challenges and opportunities ahead. This in conversation with event will see techUK’s Director of Technology and Innovation Sue Daley and former UK Information Commissioner and International Consultant and Baker McKenzie Liz Denham CBE unpack the question of how we build a data governance regime that can boost innovation while retaining citizen’s trust.

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The pandemic has forever changed our approach to work, with new working practices and models being adopted across the UK. This discussion will consider what this change in working practices means for communities across the country, the challenges and benefits of more mixed model working and how Government, workers and industry can come together to define a new model of work fit for the 21st century.

Speakers:

Charlotte Holloway, Director of Government Relations, UK and Ireland, Zoom and member of the techUK board Matt Warman MP, for Boston and Skegness and leader of UK Government review into the Future of Work Anthony Breach, Senior Analyst at Centre for Cities Justin Madders MP, Shadow Minister for Employment Rights

Chaired by Antony Walker, Deputy CEO techUK

Focusing on the outstanding questions that remain around the Government’s proposals to deliver a new pro-competition regime for digital markets this panel will examine how we can build a system that enhances competition while also ensuring the regime continues to promote innovation and remain focused on delivering consumer benefit.

Shane Murphy, Privacy Policy Manager EMEA, Meta Victoria Hewson, Head of Regulatory Affairs and Research Associate at the Institute for Economic Affairs David Parker, Director, Competition practice, Frontier Economics

Chaired by Neil Ross, Associate Director, Policy techUK

An in-conversation event with the UK’s Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Chris Philp MP and senior leaders from industry. Chaired by Annabelle Dixon, Political Correspondent at Politico, this event will round up the discussions throughout the day with a focus on how the UK Government can deliver an effective strategy to ensure the tech sector remains the UK’s modern economic success story.

Speakers:

Chris Philp MP, Minister for tech and the Digital Economy Sue Daley, Director for Technology and Innovation, techUK Drew Smith, Government Relations Manager at Zoom

Chaired: Annabelle Dixon, Political Correspondent at Politico

The Government has set out its goal to make the UK a science and tech superpower. However, becoming a science and tech superpower means training and attracting the innovators that the UK needs to build that vision. This discussion will review how the UK is seeking to attract and train the brightest and best and the push and pull factors that motivate the world’s best to come to Britain.

Speakers:

James Uffindell, CEO & Founder, Bright Network Kathryn Baddeley, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Cisco UK Deepak Malhotra, Head of Utilities, Infosys Consulting

Chaired by Nimmi Patel, Policy Manager - Skills Talent and Diversity, techUK