Boardwave Live Agenda
Beyond Disruption: Shape The Future
A CEO's Story: Disruption and Opportunity
Vishal, founder of AI unicorn Quantexa (which recently raised a £140 million Series F), shared his story on defining the decision intelligence category, the acquisition trail and the path to IPO.
Moderator:
Vishal Marria
Founder
Quantexa
Hannah Prevett
Associate Business Editor
The Sunday Times
How AI is Transforming Industries: The Customers’ Perspective
AI is like a tornado, changing everything in its path. Transforming society and rewriting the rules of every sector. In this session, we heard from leaders of some of the most respected organisations across multiple industries on their view of how AI will transform their business and sector.
Amanda Jobbins
Global CMO & Commercial Director
Vodafone Business
Richard Meddings
Former Chair
NHS England
James Matthews
Deputy CEO
Ocado Group
Carlo Mocci
Chief Business Officer
Deliveroo
Moderator:
Katie Prescott
Technology Business Editor
The Times
Leaders Lives Unplugged with Jean-Philippe Courtois
Former titan of Microsoft and passionate advocate of entrepreneurship for good, Jean-Philippe sat with Phill to discuss leadership, and technology's role in transforming industries and shaping society.
Moderator:
Jean-Philippe Courtois
Former President & EVP
Microsoft
Phill Robinson
Co-Founder & Chair
Boardwave
Moments of Truth: It's Not a Straight Line to Success
Great companies and great CEOs can be set on their course for success (or failure) by their defining moments. Boardwave members shared their ‘Moments of Truth’ – stories of pivotal moments where they made a critical decision. What decision they made and why, what they learnt from the experience, and what we could learn from them.
Duane Jackson
Founder
Sodium
Louise Hill
Co-Founder
GoHenry
Moderator:
Laura Urquizu
President & CEO
Red Points
Hannah Prevett
Associate Business Editor
The Sunday Times
A CEO's Story: The Path to Global Dominance Powered by AI
A fine example of turning a challenge into an opportunity, CUBE's AI-powered solutions are being used in every regulated country in the world. Ben, the 'Rockstar of RegTech', shared why it is important to have global ambition from the start and how he countered the challenges on the way.
Moderator:
Ben Richmond
Founder
Cube
Katie Prescott
Technology Business Editor
The Times
Rewriting the Code: Leading Health Innovation Through Deep Tech
Deep tech plays a crucial role in health innovation by driving breakthroughs in improving healthcare delivery, outcomes, efficiency, and accessibility. Some of our most promising European deep tech founders shared how they are rewriting the code and what they have learnt from other sectors.
Amber Vodegel
Founder
28X Ltd
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Dr Elsa Zekeng
Founder
SökerData
Dr Salpie Nowinski
Founder
Hijack
Dr Vivian Chan
Board Advisor & NED
Deeptech & Healthtech startups
Moderator:
Alex Eavis
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Genomics
Workshops
Our workshops this year explored how to cope with a world of constant change. Attendees joined us for two of the sessions, which provided the tools and techniques to build resilience, and improve collaboration and connection.
Mastering Uncertainty: Transforming a Negative To a Positive
Technology is transforming not just the global business landscape but also how we live and interact as a society. How do we cope with such constant change and build resilience within ourselves and our teams? Based on insights from a groundbreaking interdisciplinary experiment, Sam’s workshop shared how to increase ‘uncertainty tolerance’, and proved why it’s a key skill for writing the future. Backed by Netflix, built with UCL, and beta-tested by firms such as Apple, Lego and Google, this session gave attendees the chance to discover their own uncertainty tolerance level and provided practical takeaways for improving collaboration, connection, problem-solving and more.
Sam Conniff
Chief Uncertainty Expert
The Improv Mindset
In improv theatre, actors use suggestions from the audience to create spontaneous stories, sketches and songs. Its roots are in1920s Chicago when a social worker created games to help under-privileged children to enhance their communication skills. Later it became a form of theatre, from which many actors and writers emerged, not least the stars of ‘Saturday Night Live’. Attending this highly interactive and fun workshop gave us many transferable skills, from collaborating with others to answering questions in a pitch. Not only did our interpersonal skills improve, but also our ability as a leader navigating an uncertain world.
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Neil Mullarkey
Comedy Store Player
Ruth Bratt
Comedy Store Player
Founder Wellbeing & Performance: How to Thrive Under Extreme Work and Life Pressure
Dr Jack and his team at WellFounded are pioneers in health, human performance science and longevity research.
This session, aimed at founders and leaders, explored the very latest in health science, elite performance and survivorship. Topics covered included sleep optimisation, physiological fitness, cognitive performance, state of mind, relationships and metabolic health - a cheat sheet into how elite performers and teams stay in top form in extreme environments.
Dr Jack Kreindler
Physician & Explorer
Founder & CEO
WellFounded Health
Double-Edged Tech: AI, Drones and Cyber
The war in Ukraine and other geopolitical tensions have transformed the way that defence is perceived by investors and startups. Dual-use startups, tech businesses with both defence and civilian applications, offer commercial viability today and in the future. We explored dual-use from the differing perspectives of startup, accelerator and advisor.
Rupert Jones
Advisor
Former British Army Major General
Will Blyth
Founder
Arondite
Ned Baker
Managing Director
Helsing UK
Karl Eze
CEO
Point Zenith
Moderator:
Tanya Suarez
Founder
IoT Tribe
Joe Tidy
Cyber Correspondent
BBC News
A CEO Story: From Oxford Startup to Most Significant UK Exit in Years
Last year, Oxford University-founded identity verification company Onfido, achieved a landmark $650M exit to Entrust. It was the biggest ever reported SEIS exit - second only to Deliveroo’s IPO in 2021. Now its founder Husayn is innovating edTech with his new startup Quench.AI. In this closing session we examined the nature of UK innovation and the importance of not staying in your lane.
Moderator:
Husayn Kassai
Founder
Onfido
Cyber Correspondent
BBC News
Closing Remarks
Kath Easthope
Co-Founder & CEO
Boardwave
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