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Networking, lunch, meet the pitching companies and founders
Keynote speaker: Professor Chris Johnson, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Choose one breakout session to attend. Each session will take 45 minutes.
Right capital, right time: connecting university spin-outs with investors
How can universities and investors build stronger relationships, improve investment readiness and create clearer funding pathways from pre-seed to scale-up?
Facilitator: Paul Devlin, Head of Research Commercialisation and Impact, Cardiff University
Deep tech’s next decade: where will the returns come from?
Deep tech has never attracted more attention, but turning breakthrough science into returns remains a long game. Which sectors, models and exits will define the decade ahead?
Facilitator: Maija Palmer, Editor-in-Chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Facilitator: Thierry Heles, Founder/Editor, The Next Leap
Panellists:
Professor Chris Johnson, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Chris Evans, Director of Innovation, Impact & Business and Director of Regional Engagement, University of Exeter
Lucy Sykes, CEO/CSO, Meomics
Drinks reception and networking, closing remarks, SETsquared Investment Awards
Awards host: Serena Giaminardi, Head of Programmes and Investment, SETsquared
Introducing our keynote speakers, facilitators, panellists, and hosts
Professor Chris Johnson, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Professor Chris Johnson is the Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), a role he took up in July 2024. His research focuses on cyber security and safety-critical systems, with particular expertise in aviation, industrial control systems and the ethical introduction of machine learning into military applications.
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