Join us at techUK's office or virtually for our UK-APAC Tech Forum. This event will focus on opportunities for the UK tech sector following the UK's accession into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), featuring a discussion with CPTPP officials working in the Department for Business and Trade and followed by a short market pitch from 8 countries that are in the trading bloc, or are due to join soon.
Agenda:
Keynotes
9.30-9.35am - Antony Walker, Deputy CEO, techUK
9.35-9.40am - The Rt Hon Mark Garnier MP, Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Brunei
9.40-10.00am - Discussion with Matthew Cartwright, Head of Digital Trade for Asia-Pacific, and Hope Hadfield, Head of CPTPP Engagement, from the Department for Business and Trade.
10-10.55am - Market Pitches from a Representative of the following countries:
- Singapore (Yeo Zhihan, Director, Strategic Programmes, SGTech)
- Vietnam (Nguyen Thi Thu Giang, Vice Chairwoman cum General Secretary, VINASA)
- Malaysia (Raj Mendhir, Managing Director, Wippd)
- Canada (Sanjay Purohit, Trade Commissioner, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom)
- South Korea* (Kyeoungseo Ryu, Manager, KOTRA)
- Taiwan* (Roger Liao, Vice President, Taiwan Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association)
- Chile (Nicolas Grimblatt, Investment Promotion Executive, InvestChile)
- Thailand* (Cherdchan Arunat, Director, Thailand's Board of Investment, Paris Office)
- Mexico and Peru (Cristina Irvine-Turner, Latin America Business Specialist, Department for Business and Trade)
10.55 - 11am - Following the market pitches, we will hand over to our partners at Intralink, who will detail their UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme.

Daniel Clarke
Dan joined techUK as a Policy Manager for International Policy and Trade in March 2023.

Sabina Ciofu
Sabina Ciofu is Associate Director – International, running the International Policy and Trade Programme at techUK.