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Page 1: #GREATforCollaboration 12 December 2018  · 2018-09-27 · Headlines The India-UK FutureTech Festival will be held at the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi on 12 December 2018.A high-impact

12 December 2018 www.great.gov.uk#GREATforCollaboration

Page 2: #GREATforCollaboration 12 December 2018  · 2018-09-27 · Headlines The India-UK FutureTech Festival will be held at the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi on 12 December 2018.A high-impact

Why? Demonstrating real progress for India-UK Tech

Partnership (tech hub, cluster partnerships and healthcare

AI), 8 months from Prime Minister Modi in the UK

Linking the key pillars of the UK’s post-Brexit industrial

strategy and India’s trajectory

Joint thought-leadership on data/ AI governance, cyber,

privacy, future mobility, fintech and State-regional links

Increased trade, investment and tech transfer

Demonstrating the scale of UK-India tech capital, through

the launch of a range of joint tech funds

Inspiring and engaging the decision makers of the near

and immediate future

WORK | PLAY | LIVE

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Headlines The India-UK FutureTech Festival will be held at the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi on 12 December 2018. A high-

impact festival of business engagement and tech thought-leadership

It will be held following the India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO), the last before the UK

exits the EU. The UK Secretary of State Dr. Liam Fox is confirmed to attend

More than 100 of the very best UK and Indian tech companies will explore AI/Data, Future Healthcare,

Future Mobility, Fintech, Createch, Cyber Security

UK company missions covering infratech, medtech and life sciences will visit Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore

Featuring Fintech live hackathon, cyber war games, and the world’s best tech experiences and exhibits

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Ministerial speakers Dr. Liam Fox MPSecretary of Statefor International Trade

• Appointed Secretary of State for International Trade and

President of the Board of Trade on 13 July 2016.

• Overall Cabinet responsibility for International Trade.

• Former Defence Secretary.

Mr. Manoj Sinha MPMinister of Communication (independent charge) and Minister of State for railways

• Appointed Minister of Communication (independent

charge) and Minister of State for railways.

• Responsible for shaping new telecom policy.

• Three-time BJP MP in Lok Sabha.

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Speaker profilesVishalChatrathCEO, Prowler.io

Founder of PROWLER.io, a decision making platform that creates machine learning technologies to help you optimise the millions of micro-decisions that occur in complex, dynamic environments.

Laurence Kemball-CookCEO, PaveGen

Young British CEO of Pavegen, a clean-technology business which harnesses energy from human movement. His main product is a paving slab that generates energy when people walk over it.

DanielFoggCOO, BuffaloGrid

Daniel is on a mission to connect the next billion through mobile power and internet service for the off-grid world. The platform uses solar energy, innovative technology and a cashless payment system.

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Speaker profilesChristopher BrianBakerCoFounder, BBOXX

Co-founder and Chief Technology Innovation Officer of BBOXX, a venture backed company developing solutions to provide affordable, clean energy to off-grid communities in the developing world.

JonathanQuinnChairman, Bullion Tech

Jonathan is a TEDx speaker and serial entrepreneur. Bullion Tech was inspired to become a solution provider for waste management, recycling and industrial factories worldwide.

Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG British High Commissioner to India

Appointed March 2016Former Ambassador to Iraq and Egypt. Judge for the Tech Rocketship Awards 2018-19.

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Speaker profilesElizabethDenhamUK Information Commissioner

Previously Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia and Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada from 2007 to 2010.

Sir MalcolmGrantChairman, NHS England

Appointed Chair newly formed NHS Commissioning Board in 2011. He was previously the ninth President and Provost of University College London. He is the current Chancellor of the University of York.

Carolyn FairbairnDirector General, CBI

DG CBI since November 2015; formerly BBC’s Director of Strategy. Extensive experience of FTSE 100 companies including Lloyds, the Vitec Group and Capita.

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Speaker profilesCrispinSimonBritish Deputy High Commissioner- Western India

Crispin has extensive leadership and commercial experience across both the private and public sectors. He was appointed Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for South Asia in February 2018.

Dan JarvisMP Mayor of Sheffield

British Labour Party politician and former British Army Major. He was elected as Mayor of Sheffield City Region in 2018.

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Contributors include

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Outline agenda 11 December 2018Full day JETCO, followed by business plenary and reception launch of FutureTech Festival at British High Commissioner’s residence (including grand finale of Tech Rocketship Awards 2018-19).

12 December 2018 0830-1000hrs: Televised UKIBC tech and data convention.1000 – Full Day programme of thought-leadership, meetings and events.

Ministerial inaugural to include Dr. Liam Fox, Secretary of State for International Trade. Immediately followed by Tech keynotes by Prof K. VijayRaghavan (Principal Scientific Advisor to the PM) and Carolyn Fairbairn. Sessions on Thought Leadership in Tech, cyber ‘wargames’, Women in Tech panel and a high-impact exhibition.

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Leading edge technologies, speakers, partners, showcasing world-class innovations: examples of India-UK Tech collaborations.

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12 December 2018 www.great.gov.uk#GREATforCollaboration


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