08:30-08:45: A Warm Welcome from Headline Sponsors, BAE Systems
with Theresa Palmer, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, BAE Systems AI

BAE Systems Applied Intelligence – Protecting nations with technology and Progressing Women in technology. At Applied Intelligence we are working to create an equitable and progressive workplace, particularly for women. We work hard to develop scalable and sustainable development and advancement programs internally but it is equally vital that we look to identify and fortify external partnerships that don’t just talk about change, they drive it. These partnerships strengthen our values as well as our long term ambitions by providing robust offerings to our team members. This is exactly why I value our relationship with WeAreTechWomen so much and have worked so closely with Vanessa and the team over the last five years. It is also why I’m so incredibly proud to have Applied Intelligence stand as the headline sponsor for OneTechWorld. The participation of all the speakers, sponsors and attendees at this event is evidence that the drive to continue a global change across the technology industry continues with fortitude and I couldn’t be more pleased to be a part of that movement with all of you. I trust you will be as impressed with the agenda as I am and hope that you dive in and enjoy all that will be available to you over the next few days. My ask and my challenge to you at the conclusion of the event is to please use what you’ve heard every day. Share it all with others and take away with you the sense of partnership and community that the WeAreTechWomen family brings with it. Continue to drive the change with all of us and generations to come with reap the rewards of your involvement.

09:00-09:30: The Tech Tourist: Journeying into the Near Future
with Georgie Barrat, Technology Journalist & TV Broadcaster, The Gadget Show

Join TV presenter and tech journalist Georgie Barrat as she takes you on a trip into the future.

How is tech set to transform the way we socialise, learn and live? What’s the next evolution of Siri? How might video calls be changing?

As a presenter of The Gadget Show, Georgie has first-hand experience of testing the tech that will change tomorrow and will be giving you an exclusive glimpse of what’s in store.

09:45-10:15: The Future is Here: Today’s Realities, and Tomorrow’s Trends
with Emma Kendrew, Cloud, Infrastructure & Engineering Lead, Accenture Technology UKI

Technology has been a lifeline that sustained us through the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is redefining our reality. It also catapulted us into the future, driving years worth of transformation into a compressed timeframe. Many organizations have stepped up to use technology in extraordinary ways to keep their businesses and communities running – at a pace they previously thought was impossible. On the other end of the spectrum, laggards – companies who had postponed digital transformation and those who were pursuing it slowly – were brought face-to-face with their limitations, lacking the digital foundation needed to rapidly pivot.

As we start to emerge from the crisis, we collectively face a new set of realities, and we find ourselves at an extraordinary moment of change. People have changed. Work has changed. Technology is continually evolving. And sustainability is now mission critical. How organisations address and shape these realities will determine the future.

This keynote will explore the pivotal role of technology and technologists as we adapt to our new realities, and how the democratisation of technology can empower all of us to be agents of innovation and change, shaping our world for the better.

10:15-11:00: BREAK

11:00-11:30: The Future of Data: Protecting Data in a Global Economy
with Deborah O’Neill, Head of UK Digital, Partner, Oliver Wyman

Countries across the globe have been looking to increase sovereignty, raising questions around whether free flow of data will persist. Meanwhile, individuals are raising questions about their privacy rights and losing faith in the information they are presented with online. To find out latest trends and potential future scenarios, join Deborah O’Neill as she shares the latest Oliver Wyman Forum research and helps make sense of the complex intersection between data, trust, and access to services we increasingly take for granted.

11:45-12:30: Panel: Technology Trends, Post-Pandemic

Facilitated by Julia Streets, CEO, Streets Consulting with Deborah O’Neill; Emma Kendrew; Sugeeta Bhanoo, APAC Head of Capabilities, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence; and Dzevad Trumic, Head of Site Reliability Engineering, Goldman Sachs

Join us as we look in to the future world of tech and reflect on the technologies that enabled us to get through the pandemic. In this session we look at why data is the new oil, the ethics behind tech, how technology departments will evolve to adapt to the future world of work and why sustainability must be at the top of everyone’s agenda.

12:45-13:15: Cyber Power – The Shades of Grey
with Dr Mary Haigh, CISO, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

Cyber Power was mentioned in the recent UK governments Integrated Review 22 times! And yet if you asked 10 people what cyber power is, you’d get 10 different answers. It’s getting lots of funding and attention but it’s very much in an early stage of thinking on what it really means. Is there such a thing as good cyber power and bad cyber power, or is it shades of grey? This shouldn’t just be some debate happening in a dark corner somewhere, this is something that impacts all of us. Looking at the last year I think we’ve all realised just how much our digital infrastructure can enrich our lives and underpin some of our most core societal values. Our trust of this digital infrastructure is vital, to our economy, to our way of life, to our core values as a society. Cyber power has the ability to both strengthen our digital infrastructure and weaken it. This talk explores the different forms of cyber power, the light and the dark, the shades of grey, and how it could impact us in our everyday lives.

13:15-14:00: BREAK

14:00-14:30: The Evolution of Cloud and Open Source Technologies
with Rachel Cassidy, Senior Vice President, Global Channel and Cloud, SUSE

The world around us has changed a lot in the past year – which has brought the agility and flexibility that cloud and open source technologies delivers into sharper focus. Join Rachel Cassidy, SVP of SUSE’s Global Cloud & Channels, as she demystifies these technologies with examples from the worlds of retail, autonomous vehicles and video games.

14:45-15:15: Design for the Future of Work
with Adrian Crockett, Chief Product Office, OpenFin and Alice Krenitski, Director, Research & Strategy, OpenFin

In this talk, learn how OpenFin’s suite of products create a unified workspace that enables business owners to deliver on digital transformation. With productivity, efficiency, and employee experience at the center of what we do, we’re always looking to the future of work and the future of the workforce to design solutions that fit not only today’s reality, but also well into the future.

15:30-16:00: Move Slow and Fix Things? Responsible Tech in a Disruptive Era
with Dr Kate Devlin, Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Artificial Intelligence, King’s College London

Silicon Valley seems to have adopted the “move fast and break things” motto and it’s coming back to bite them. How can we be responsible in a world that rewards fast innovation? Despite talk of ethical development, we’re not seeing action. Those who speak out risk being pushed out – and often, that’s women. If we want change then where do we go from here?

16:00-16:45: Panel: AI & Ethics: Making Ethics Our Top Priority

Facilitated by Rob McCargow, Director of AI, PwC UK with Dr Kate Devlin; Professor Aimee van Wynsberghe, Humboldt Professor of Applied Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, University of Bonn; Dr Allison Gardner, Lecturer, Keele University and CEO, AI Aware Ltd; and Rachel Free, Partner, CMS

The pace of development in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to accelerate with remarkable breakthroughs being announced on a frequent basis. But despite all of the eye-catching case studies making the headlines, the downside risks of the technology are emerging at a similar frequency and stories abound of the myriad ethical concerns leading to real-world harm. In this session moderated by PwC’s Director of AI – Rob McCargow – you will hear from a stellar line-up of panelists comprising some of the world’s leading AI ethics practitioners as they highlight the latest issues and debate the practical solutions that will be required to ensure that this powerful technology is appropriately governed and directed towards improving the lives of the many, not the few.

16:45-17:45: BREAK

17:45-18:15: VR is Dead – or is it?
with Jeremy Dalton, Head of XR, PwC UK

The media regularly covers news on disappointing VR headset sales, but how valid are these concerns when considering the mainstream adoption of this technology? In this session, Jeremy will take you on a data-driven journey to try and answer this question.

06:00-06:45: How to Win ‘Race to Zero’ with the Help of Green Tech
with Ivana Skerlikova, Global Decarbonization Director and Head of Green Network, Atos

Growing up in Slovakia, winter was my favourite time of the year…that’s no longer the case. Climate change has fundamentally altered the landscape of what used to be a snowy, cold winter and it challenged me on a personal level to explore what I can do in my sphere of influence – IT technologies – to combat what is now the biggest threat humanity has ever faced.

Our session will aim to look at how we can decarbonize our digital technology but also how we can use technology to decarbonize the world around us. We will discuss some of the best sustainability practices and explore how we can work alongside our clients, partners, and supply chain to get closer to Net Zero within the world of enterprise.

I am looking forward to welcoming you to the starting line for this race to zero where emissions will become a concept of the past and digital technologies will lead the way to a brighter future.

07:00-07:30: How the No Code/Low Code Revolution is Transforming the Tech Industry
with Paul McGillivray, CTO and Co-founder at Remote, and Code Assembly

Paul McGillivray has seen many changes in the software industry as he’s watched it develop over his 20+ years as a serial tech founder and CTO. He believes that the emerging No Code/Low Code platforms are set to transform the business landscape once again, as we will see the next generation of the democratisation of technology. In this talk, he explains the key concepts of no code/low code platforms, how they are set to impact the software development industry, and business as a whole. He’ll talk you through the low code/no code revolution we’re about to see, as well as giving his take on the best ways to prepare and take advantage of this exciting new wave of tech.

07:45-08:15: Implementing the National Data Strategy
with Bethan Charnley, Head of National Data Strategy Implementation at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

What does the National Data Strategy aim to do? What have we learned from the consultation on the National – Data Strategy? Next steps for the National Data Strategy?

08:30-09:00: The Wonder of Wearables
with Marija Butkovic, Founder and CEO, Women of Wearables

Marija Butkovic, founder and CEO of Women of Wearables, Forbes contributor and startup mentor and advisor will discuss how the rise of the Women in Tech movement globally has led to women building femtech products that solve real problems using technology as an enabler. Once considered a niche market, femtech is one of the fastest-growing health industries at the moment estimated to reach $50 billion by 2025. With the surge of innovations in fertility, menstrual health, sexual health, pregnancy, menopause, it is delivering next-generation solutions to female health issues that were neglected and under-researched for way too long. But, femtech as an industry goes beyond just female (reproductive) health, which is why this sector is poised for even bigger growth in the years to come.

09:15-09:45: Gender Diversity in Tech in the Post-Pandemic Era
with Didem Un Ates, General Manager, Data & AI Acceleration, Customer Success EMEA, Microsoft

The #Pandemic had a devastating effect on gender diversity in #Tech. Didem will share about her own journey as a woman in tech, followed by the impact on the Pandemic on Women in Tech, both from a professional and personal view. We will wrap up with some tips and calls to action on how we can close the gaps in both areas.

09:45-10:30: BREAK

10:30-11:00: My Journey into FinTech
with Camille McKelvey, Head of Business Development STP, MarketAxess

This session will chart my journey into FinTech from a languages degree, to spending 10 years in investment banking, before moving to MarketAxess, where I have spent the past 7 years working on Post-Trade automation across Fixed Income. I will also talk about my passion for getting females into Technology and Financial Services.

11:15-11:45: How to Embrace and Embed Large Scale Change
with Na Zhou, Partner, Oliver Wyman Digital

Change can be scary. It can be intimidating for an individual making a new career move, and it can be terrifying at an organisational level. To find out how to navigate change at both ends of the spectrum, join Na Zhou as she shares her personal journey of parental responsibilities, career ambitions, and solving firm-wide data problems at a major UK insurer.

12:00-12:30: In the Lounge with Russ Shaw CBE, Founder of Tech London Advocates & Global Tech Advocates talking Community Networks, Diversity and Inclusion and Brexit

In this session we join Julia Streets and Russ Shaw CBE as they talk about his work as the founder of Tech London Advocates and Global London Advocates. Both organisations, which he runs pro bono are comprised of a diverse group a community of volunteers who give their time to support start-ups and scale ups in the tech ecosystem. There are over 50 working groups that form Tech London Advocates including Tech London Women, Black Tech London Advocates, Tech London GBT and Tech London Disability. Russ shares his views on how we need to do more work in the inclusion space to better reflect the customers the tech industry serve and his belief that London has the right mix in terms of talent, innovation and education programmes to become a world leader in Technology. During this discussion Russ shares his reflections of the pandemic and the hyper acceleration of digital transformation that took place globally. Russ also alludes to a pivotal moment of change and how he feels there are mass opportunities for businesses in the near future.

12:20-13:00: BREAK

13:00-13:30: In the Lounge with Charlotte Crosswell, CEO, Innovate Finance

In this session, Julia talks to Charlotte about how Innovate Finance, the UK’s industry body for Fintech provides support to both UK startup’s and large corporates through their various programmes. Charlotte also talks about why Fintech matters, how Fintech played a major role during lockdown and the recent results of the Kalifa review of Fintech in the UK. We also hear Charlotte’s thoughts about future innovations such as digital ID’s and financial passports as well as the challenges the industry faces around data.

The Kalifa review can be accessed here – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-kalifa-review-of-uk-fintech

13:45-14:15: The Growth of Cloud Native Ecosystem: Interoperability and Interfaces
with Katie Gamanji, Ecosystem Advocate, CNCF

Within its 7 years of existence, Kubernetes has been the gravitational center of the Cloud Native landscape, elevating a pluggable system that contributed to the diversification of the entire ecosystem. To accommodate the expanding space of cloud-native tooling, it was necessary to introduce interoperability, standardization, and automation.

This talk will focus on the evolution of interfaces within the Kubernetes landscape, including networking, storage, service mesh, and cluster provisioning. Attendees will acquire an understanding of why the interoperability of open-source tools is pivotal in the modern infrastructure and drives the growth of the cloud native ecosystem.

14:30-15:15: Panel: Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Story of Digital Currencies from Bitcoin to De-Fi to Central Bank Digital Currencies and What it Means for Us

Facilitated by Bridget Greenwood, Founder, The Bigger Pie, with Teggy Altankhuyag, Co-Director and COO, Coinfloor; Dr Amber Ghaddar, Founder, AllianceBlock; Jannah Patchay, Founder, Markets Evolution; and Devina Paul, CFO, Zumo

15:15-16:00: BREAK

16:00-16:30: Health Tech Apps: How Do We Know What’s Real?
with Liz Ashall-Payne, Co-founder and CEO, ORCHA

Join Liz to explore the current state of play with health apps and technologies. We’ll discuss the importance of health app evaluation and accreditation, including the most important factors to consider when developing your own health app. Liz will also share some of her founding story, including how ORCHA came to be and her journey growing the business.

16:30-17:00: Innovating the New Normal
with Gerty Bester, Director Global Product Management, Sage

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of life, from the personal (how people live and work) to the professional. Every successful solution starts with an idea — a lot of ideas, actually… Listen as we take you through the 6 ideas that has helped Sage prioritize and nurture innovation to unlock postcrisis growth.

17:00-17:30: Drones, Technology and Storytelling
with Dr Pippa Malmgren, Founder and Chairman, Datifly

In this fantastic talk, Dr Pippa Malmgren, a chief economist and former presidential advisor, shares her thoughts and predictions for the future economy and how tech will play a pivotal role. Pippa explains how she believes that we are seeing a huge boost of capital for entrepreneurs and how the pandemic will lead to incredible opportunities for businesses as we build back better.

Pippa also shares her expertise on Drones as a CEO of a drone company and shares some amazing insights in to the journey of drones since 1946 and electric cars in the 1800’s.

Pippa talks about the democratisation of air space, how governments are using drones to gather data and how biotech companies are using the smallest drones to deliver medicines inside the body.