UK-LatAm Tech Forum: Accelerating Innovation

Guests' arrival and registration

14:00-14:30

WELCOMING REMARKS

Jeremy Browne, CEO – Canning House

Cristhian Rodríguez, President - Google HOLA UK

14:30-14:35

PANEL ONE

Supercharging Innovation: Linking the UK and Latin America’s Tech Hubs

This first panel will explore how hotspots across Latin America and the UK are forging a productive ecosystem for startups to grow and thrive. Questions to be explored include: what are the key innovation hubs in the UK and Latin America and what are their successes and hurdles? What are the benefits of these innovation hubs for entrepreneurs and wider civil society? What are the shared learnings between these different innovation hotspots? What are the investment opportunities in the UK and Latin America and how can startups access them? How can governments, investors, and multinational tech companies help provide a supportive ecosystem for startups and scaleups?

 

Moderator: Tom Redfern, Senior Partner – Redfern Legal

Adolfo Tunon, Senior Advisor, Transaction Banking Practice – McKinsey & Company

Aline Bressan Martins, Global Business and Partnerships Lead – Connected Places Catapult

Bruno Moraes, Managing Director – Wayra UK

Dr Elena Peregrina Salvador, Head of Global FinTech Platform & Consumer Financing Products – Vodafone

 

14:35-15:25

FIRESIDE CHAT

Martín Umaran

Co-Founder and Chairman EMEA - Globant

in conversation with Jeremy Browne, CEO - Canning House

15:25-15:50

PANEL TWO

Driving Productivity and Prosperity: Collaborative Approaches to AI in the UK and Latin America

This second panel will focus on how eclectic stakeholders in the UK and Latin America can join forces to turbocharge the development and adoption of AI. Panellists will address questions such as: what are the biggest opportunities and concerns for AI across the UK and Latin America? How is AI being used by different industries and the public sector? Which sectors are lagging behind and what can be done to accelerate their AI uptake? What are the regulatory frameworks being developed in the UK and Latin America and how are they keeping up with technological advancements? How can we help Latin American AI companies to grow in the UK and vice-versa?

Moderator: John Groom, Partner, IP and Technology – Baker McKenzie

Pablo Sprechmann, Research Specialist – Google DeepMind

Yishai Fransis, Head of EMEA for Technology Investment Banking – Citi

Brigid Evans, Director for Global Policy – Pearson

Dr José Ramón López-Portillo, Director – Lobster Tel

15:50-16:40

CLOSING REMARKS

Jeremy Browne, CEO – Canning House

Cristhian Rodríguez, President - Google HOLA UK

16:40-16:45

NETWORKING RECEPTION

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