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Wednesday, October 8
Thursday, October 9
All
Main Stage
Stage 2
Roundtable Area
Off the Record
All
Main Stage
Stage 2
Roundtable Area
Off the Record

12:15 pm

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12:45 pm

AI & Tech

Driving Innovation and Growth in Teams

Innovation

2:00 pm

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3:30 pm

Cv clinic - Coffee Tables

Just Eat Takeaway CV clinic PM

10:00 am

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11:30 am

Cv clinic - Coffee Tables

Just Eat Takeaway CV Clinc AM

Career

3:35 pm

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4:05 pm

AI & Tech

The Engineer's Compass: Navigating from Problem to Impact

12:00 pm

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12:55 pm

Workshop Space

Workshop: Beyond the Screen: Engineering Banking's Next Era

Engineering

11:00 am

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11:50 am

Workshop Space

Engineering Ethics and Societal Responsibility

Artificial Intelligence

4:15 pm

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4:45 pm

AI & Tech

Drill Baby Drill: Is Data Really the New Black Oil — or Just Fuel for Dumber Decisions?

Product & Marketing

3:00 pm

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3:55 am

Networking Mixer

HR // People ops Mixer

Career

4:00 pm

-

5:00 pm

Networking Mixer

Engineering Mixer

Engineering

2:00 pm

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2:55 pm

Networking Mixer

Product and Design Mixer

Career

12:00 pm

-

12:55 pm

Networking Mixer

Wingstop Networking Mixer

Career

11:00 am

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11:55 am

Networking Mixer

Marketing Mixer

Product & Marketing

4:00 pm

-

5:00 pm

Workshop Space

AI for Job Search workshop

3:00 pm

-

4:00 pm

Workshop Space

AI for PMs workshop

2:15 pm

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2:45 pm

Future of Work Stage

The Human Factor: Building a Winning Sales Culture

2:00 pm

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2:45 pm

Workshop Space

Creator Workshop

Creator Economy

2:55 pm

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3:25 pm

Future of Work Stage

Building Generational Wealth: The Borderless & Belong Approach

Creator Economy

4:15 pm

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4:45 pm

Main Stage

Special Guest from Apple Music

Culture & Entertainment

4:55 pm

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5:25 pm

Main Stage

Creating a movement with an iPhone

Culture & Entertainment

4:15 pm

-

4:45 pm

Future of Work Stage

The Great Exodus: UK Businesses Go Global

Founders

3:35 pm

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4:05 pm

AI & Tech

Engineering

Innovation

3:35 pm

-

4:05 pm

Main Stage

Building Global Brands for the Culture

Creator Economy

3:35 pm

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4:05 pm

Future of Work Stage

Is it time we scrapped "Black" Funds

Creator Economy

2:55 pm

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3:25 pm

Main Stage

DEI - The real truth about the pull backs

DEI

2:15 pm

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2:45 pm

AI & Tech

Fire talk: AI & Bias

Artificial Intelligence

2:15 pm

-

2:45 pm

Main Stage

The Power of Storytelling in the AI-Era

Product & Marketing

2:55 pm

-

3:25 pm

AI & Tech

Vibe Coding: A Revolution or a Riff on an Old Tune?

Product & Marketing

1:35 pm

-

2:05 pm

Main Stage

Building Products for Scale

Leadership

1:35 pm

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2:05 pm

Future of Work Stage

Navigating the Tech Leadership Ladder

Leadership

12:55 pm

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1:25 pm

AI & Tech

How we are defining the tech that is moving the bank forward

Innovation

12:55 pm

-

1:25 pm

Main Stage

In Conversation with Krept

Founders

12:55 pm

-

1:25 pm

Future of Work Stage

Beyond the Résumé: What Managers Really Look For

Career

11:35 pm

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12:05 pm

Main Stage

Building the ideal AI tech Stack

Artificial Intelligence

11:35 am

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12:05 pm

Future of Work Stage

Re/Positioning for Impact: A Recruiter’s Lens on Career Progression

Career

11:35 am

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12:05 pm

AI & Tech

Building the Future: Innovation Through the Power of AI & Society

Artificial Intelligence

10:55 am

-

11:25 am

Main Stage

How to make gaming truly for eveyone

Innovation

10:55 am

-

11:25 am

AI & Tech

Connecting Brands & Fans: Programmatic Advertising with Spotify and The Trade Desk

Product & Marketing

10:15 am

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10:45 am

Future of Work Stage

The ladder is still there - How to get that first role

Career

10:15 am

-

10:45 am

AI & Tech

AI-Native Architecture: Designing Systems for a Post-GPT World

Artificial Intelligence

10:55 am

-

11:25 am

Future of Work Stage

The Silent Code No More: Black Women Reclaiming Tech

Leadership

10:15 am

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10:45 am

Main Stage

In conversation with Munya Chawawa: Philanthropy, Creativity & The Future

Culture & Entertainment

9:00 am

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5:30 pm

Registration Desk

Registration & Badge Pickup

General

10:00 am

-

10:15 am

Main Stage

Welcome Address

General

4:15 pm

-

4:45 pm

Main Stage

Special Guest from Apple Music

Culture & Entertainment

4:55 pm

-

5:25 pm

Main Stage

Creating a movement with an iPhone

Culture & Entertainment

3:35 pm

-

4:05 pm

Main Stage

Building Global Brands for the Culture

Creator Economy

2:55 pm

-

3:25 pm

Main Stage

DEI - The real truth about the pull backs

DEI

2:15 pm

-

2:45 pm

Main Stage

The Power of Storytelling in the AI-Era

Product & Marketing

1:35 pm

-

2:05 pm

Main Stage

Building Products for Scale

Leadership

12:55 pm

-

1:25 pm

Main Stage

In Conversation with Krept

Founders

11:35 pm

-

12:05 pm

Main Stage

Building the ideal AI tech Stack

Artificial Intelligence

10:55 am

-

11:25 am

Main Stage

How to make gaming truly for eveyone

Innovation

10:15 am

-

10:45 am

Main Stage

In conversation with Munya Chawawa: Philanthropy, Creativity & The Future

Culture & Entertainment

10:00 am

-

10:15 am

Main Stage

Welcome Address

General

12:15 pm

-

12:45 pm

AI & Tech

Driving Innovation and Growth in Teams

Innovation

3:35 pm

-

4:05 pm

AI & Tech

The Engineer's Compass: Navigating from Problem to Impact

4:15 pm

-

4:45 pm

AI & Tech

Drill Baby Drill: Is Data Really the New Black Oil — or Just Fuel for Dumber Decisions?

Product & Marketing

3:35 pm

-

4:05 pm

AI & Tech

Engineering

Innovation

2:15 pm

-

2:45 pm

AI & Tech

Fire talk: AI & Bias

Artificial Intelligence

2:55 pm

-

3:25 pm

AI & Tech

Vibe Coding: A Revolution or a Riff on an Old Tune?

Product & Marketing

12:55 pm

-

1:25 pm

AI & Tech

How we are defining the tech that is moving the bank forward

Innovation

11:35 am

-

12:05 pm

AI & Tech

Building the Future: Innovation Through the Power of AI & Society

Artificial Intelligence

10:55 am

-

11:25 am

AI & Tech

Connecting Brands & Fans: Programmatic Advertising with Spotify and The Trade Desk

Product & Marketing

10:15 am

-

10:45 am

AI & Tech

AI-Native Architecture: Designing Systems for a Post-GPT World

Artificial Intelligence
Banke Balogun
Solution Engineer, Docusign
Karen Emelu
Founder & Business Consultant, Black Girls In Tech
Kenneth Thomas
Principal, BackFuture Ventures
Zina Alfa
Head of Startup & VC Lead, Colorintech
Nasir Qadree
Founder & Managing Partner, Zeal Capital Partners
Dionne Condor-Farrell
Senior Application Development Manager at Transport for London & Founder of Techfidence
Keji Mustapha
CMO, Partech
Abshir Ahmed
Founding / Principal Engineer, Popp AI
Maru Asmellash
Co-founder, The New Originals
Adel Nasseri
Senior Sales Manager, Finden
Alex Rodriguez
Vice President - People Experience, Electronic Arts
Rodney Appiah
Managing Partner, Cornerstone VC
Titus Nderitu
Lead Product Designer, Goldman Sachs
Samarth Gulyani
Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Parris Small
Software Engineer, Goldman Sachs
Osaruoname Igiehon
Associate Software Engineer, Goldman Sachs
Ayana Douglas
Software Engineer, Goldman Sachs
Sim Chiwanza
Engineer, Goldman Sachs
Beatrice Bergami
Security Architecture VP, Goldman Sachs
Daniel Alumona
AI Product Manager (Copilot), Goldman Sachs
Dotty
Host of The Dotty Show & Lead Cultural Curator for Black Music, Apple Music
Ebro Darden
Host of The Ebro Show & Rap Life Radio Global Editorial Head of Hip Hop and R&B, Apple Music
David Lynam
Product Manager, Founder, Kaizen - General Assembly
Jade Beason
Founder - Social People Agency
Abbi October
Creator Engagement Co-ordinator EMEA/APAC @ Youtube
Rosemon Meissner
AWS Global Account Manager
Adetola Adeleke
Senior Vice President - Citi Commercial Bank- Digital Tech & Comms Banker & Team Lead,
Lizette Stephens
Director, Cloud Solution Architecture
Guy Richards
Director, Independent Developers & Digital Publishers at Xbox
Leo Olebe
Chair - Games for Change
Nasir Qadree
Founder & Managing Partner, Zeal Capital Partners
Randeep Wilkhu
Chief Revenue Officer, i.am+
Maria Purcell
Partnerships Specialist
Marvin Rogers
Head of Business Development, Sage
Claudette Bedeau
SVP People, Regulatory Services BSI
Imani Artwell
Senior UX Researcher, JP Morgan Chase & Founder, The ISLA Gift Cambridge University
Shantelle Awomoyi
Co-Host, Glowing in Tech
Yasmin Ferdousbarin
Global Product Director, Just Eat Takeaway
Nathaniel Okenwa
Developer Relations, Twilo
Subomi Salami
Senior Product Manager, Microsoft AI
Abdi Timer
Advisory Data Scientist, IBM
Justice Williams MBE
Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief, Black Business Magazine
Edson Sabajo
Co-founder, Patta
Maru Asmellash
Founder, The New Originals
Abadesi Osunsade
Founder & CEO, Hustle Crew
Jeff Osei
Co-Founding Director, Daily Paper
Richard Cummins
Product Monetisation, Spotify
Akama Davies
GM - Client Services, The Trade Desk
Amy Harms
Global Head of Observability and Site Reliability Engineering, Goldman Sachs‍
Nicole Ayesu Nelson
Leadership Consultant, Ayesu Consulting
Rumbi Mtsambiwa
Customer Relationship Manager - Cybersecurity, OpenText
Michaela McCollin
Customer Success Account Director, Microsoft
Dominic Smith
Senior Recruiter, DigitalOcean
Charmaine Hayden
Investor & Strategist
Charlotte Stavrou
CEO & Founder, SevenSix Agency
Ebele Okobi
Principal, Revolutionary Projects
Payal Jain
Global Head of Application Engineering & Platforms, Citi
Khalifa Idris
Senior Software Engineer, Apolitical
Arinze Ibekwe
Senior Software Engineer, Monzo Bank
Hosanna Hali
Founder, The Tech Cornr
Toyib Ahmed
Senior Software Engineer, Phorest Software
Tola Adeleke
Senior VP - Digital Tech & Comms Banker, Citi
Amber Shand
Founder, She Bytes Back
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Writer & Social Advocate
Donna Otchere
Co-founder, SiSTEM UK
Elijah OIanipekun
Co-Founder, Black Apprentice Network & Black Undergrad
Caleb Oniwinde
Cloud Security Engineer, Tech Certified
Arsema Fessehazion
Founder & CEO, Black Recruiters Network
Mark Tilley
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Citi
Hanna Naima McCloskey
Founder & CEO Company, Fearless Futures
Ben Vanlint
Talent Acquisition Partner, Treatwell
David Knott
Government Chief Technology Officer, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Storm Fagan
Chief Product Officer, BBC
Yomi Popoola
Software Engineering Manager, Samsara
Remi Burgz
Host
Ama Annan
Infra Transformation Specialist, Accenture
Shore Delano
CEO & Founder, The Rendition
Abi Mohamed
Community Manager, Diversity VC
Stephen Adeoye
Founder, Beyond Education
Dr Abigail Otchere
Co-founder, SiSTEM UK
Patricia Williams
Lead Business Analyst, Just Eat Takeaway
Colin Bannon
CTO, BT Business
DJ AG
The People's DJ
Avion Grey
CEO at Belong
Zeella Labram
Senior Product Manager, Microsoft 365 AI Experiences at Microsoft
Munya Chawawa
Comedian
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu
CEO at Definely
Joe Kinvi
Founder and CEO at Borderless
Kumari Williams
Chief VIBE Officer at Workday
Dupsy Abiola
Non Executive Director Essentra and former Monzo VP
Yvette Schmitter
CEO at Fusion Collective
Leila Seith Hassan
Chief Data Officer at Digitas UK
Lamide Elizabeth
CEO at WNB Group and Host of Building Wealth with No Borders Podcast
Detria Williamson
Marketing Futurist and Former CMO at IDEO
Casyo 'Krept' Johnson
Co-Founder Nala’s Baby
Karen Blackett CBE
CEO
Usha Raghavachari
Executive Director, Human Centred Design Europe at Ford Motor Company
Lee Rudolph
VP of Platform Engineering, Quality & Productivity Engineering at Uber
Timnit Gebru
Founder & Executive Director, FAIR
Lisa Marena
VP of Information, Just Eat Takeaway
Cv clinic - Coffee Tables
Networking Mixer
Workshop Space
Registration Desk
Future of Work Stage
Career & Skills
Off the Record
Roundtable Area
AI & Tech
Main Stage
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