BOARDWAVE LIVE 2024
IET, LONDON
18TH SEPTEMBER, 2024

08:00 - 21:00 BST

Agenda

Boardwave Live 2024

The Great Acceleration

Sam Glover

Entrepreneur and Atlantic Rower

CEO
HSBC Innovation Banking
Boardwave Patron

Marty Chavez

Board Member Alphabet,
Partner and Vice Chair, Sixth Street

Martha Lane-Fox

Chair, WeTransfer
Patron, House of Lords

Rich Waterworth

Former General Manager, Europe
TikTok
Boardwave Patron

MB Christie

NED
MoneySuperMarket

Alexander Sukharevsky

Senior Partner and Global Leader of QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

Katie Prescott

Technology Business Editor
The Times

Alexandar Vassilev

CEO
WeTransfer

Dr. Rob Archer

Chartered Psychologist & Founder of The Career Psychologist

Elona Mortimer-Zhika

CEO
Iris
Boardwave Patron

Dr. Jack Kreindler

Founder & CEO
WellFounded Health

Jonathan McKay

Chair, Boardwave

Hannah Prevett

Deputy editor of The Times Enterprise Network

Martin Ott

CEO
Taxfix GmbH

Philip Belamant

CEO and Co-Founder
Zilch

Phill Robinson

Co-Founder & CEO
Boardwave

Kath Easthope

Co-Founder & COO
Boardwave

Chano Fernandez

Co-CEO
Eightfold.ai
Boardwave Patron

Jennifer Sundberg

Co-CEO
Board Intelligence

Greg Williams

Editor-in-Chief
WIRED

Joel Pearlman

Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director
Oaknorth

Matt Maude

Lead Facilitator, Director, Producer, Writer & DP – General Magic Workshops

Enter a new era and be inspired...

Welcome to Boardwave Live 2024, where we don’t just envision the future of the software sector - we accelerate it.

Accelerate your success: go further, faster

We're at the dawn of an era where technology, and particularly AI will accelerate our rate of innovation exponentially. This is a landmark moment in human history.

Since the Renaissance in Europe in the 14th & 15th century, society has advanced ever more rapidly, through The Enlightenment, The Industrial Revolution, The Information Age...and now, in the mid to late Information Age, we are witnessing The Great Acceleration.

A period of time where new things become possible, with massive societal change and AI accelerating everything at an incredible pace. Yielding a brave new world of opportunity for all, Software is at the very heart of it. Our sector is changing, and we have an amazing opportunity enabling our businesses to accelerate their growth and success like never before.

A once in a lifetime opportunity, and it's happening now. As European software leaders, let's seize the opportunity and accelerate our growth & success.

Welcome to Boardwave Live 2024

Join us for keynotes from inspiring visionaries, insights from world-renowned global leaders, workshops that explore the detail, as well as mentoring and networking with 450+ of Europe's best and brightest software entrepreneurs. Expect ground breaking insights that will propel your business forwards

An extraordinary gathering designed to unite us in our quest to accelerate growth and for Europe to become a software superpower.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to be part of a movement that is set to redefine the future of software innovation.

Be there to experience, inspire, and be part of the
Great Acceleration

Industry Leading Content

Throughout the day, you will hear from visionary leaders from within the Boardwave community. Over 30 world class speakers, this event is not to be missed.

Full Agenda

Peer-to-Peer Mentoring

Take advantage of one-on-one mentoring sessions. Boardwave Patrons, mentors and experts from the Boardwave community will be available to offer personalised advice to help you with any challenges and to optimise your potential.

Forge Connections

Have candid conversations and create meaningful connections with over 450 software leaders from across Europe. This is your chance to learn from industry pioneers, make strategic connections and be part of the collective effort that is transforming Europe's software landscape.

Make Connections

Evening Networking

Don't miss the evening networking, an opportunity to forge vital connections and celebrate success within our growing community. Join us for refreshments, exciting conversation, and music.

Evening Connections

FAQs

About Boardwave

Connecting leaders across Europe to unite in our vision to become a software superpower.

Launched in May 2022, Boardwave is a mission-driven community with over 1600 members in the UK and European software industry, fostering a powerful network of founders, CEOs, and investors.

Drawing inspiration from Silicon Valley's collaborative spirit, Boardwave is dedicated to propelling the UK and European software industry forward by offering a free membership model to CEOs and Founders that grants them access to a comprehensive ecosystem of support, including networking opportunities, access to expertise, mentoring, and capital.

Backed by a consortium of more than 80 leading investors, Boardwave is committed to facilitating the UK and European software sectors' journey towards becoming global leaders by 2033.

Hear from other Members

Great to see so many faces from the software ecosystem present and be part of the vibrant community of software leaders Boardwave is building.

Sanjit Benawra

Director

Alantra

What these guys are doing is incredible. Building an amazing, supportive, knowledge-sharing and skill-sharing community for the tech founders of Europe so we can give the States a run for its money. And according to some of the world's AI leaders in attendance last night, we are in the right place to be right now.

Neil Smith

CEO & Founder

Mettle

The credit goes to you for having designed and implemented such a meaningful European network . I have the opportunity to give back while learning from these awesome entrepreneurs. So my pleasure!