YCF Conference 2024 – Internationalisation: Attracting international investors and customers

YCF Conference 2024 Agenda

9:30am – 9:40am: Welcome from Yvette Hopkins

9:40am – 10am: Newcomer investors to the Scottish market – Alison Grieve, Editor, YCF

10am – 10:20am: Unlocking the secrets of Germany – Adam Hill, Stierlink Ventures

10:20am – 10:40am: Pamela Bryer – Marks & Clerk – IP Strategies for International Markets

10:40am – 11am: Overseas business: the challenges, the risks, the rewards

Phil Brown of Howden Scotland will host a panel with:

– Elaine Van Der Berg, CEO, Pufferfish,

– Colin Farquhar, CEO, Vitec

– Dave Hughes, CEO, Novosound

11am – 11:30am – Refreshments with the Showcase Companies

Scottish robots taking over the world: Stories of commercialisation in international markets

11:30am – 11:40am:  Joe Gibson, CEO and founder, Gibson Robotics

11:40am – 11:50am:  Amy Ma, CEO and founder, Danu Robotics

11:50am – 12:00pm:  Natalya Ratner, Marketing Director, Robotical

12:00pm – 12:10pm: Stuart MacLennan, CEO, Peacock Technologies

12:10pm – 12:20pm: Questions for Gibson Robotics, Danu Robotics, Peacock Technologies and Robotical

Scottish robots taking over the world: Stories of attracting overseas investors

12:20pm – 12:30pm:  Gianlorenzo De Santis, Industry Liaison Officer, Crover Tech

12:30pm -12:40am: Joan Kangro, CEO and founder, Kingdom Technologies

12:40pm – 13:00pm: Niall Mackle of Burges Salmon’s Fireside chat with Kingdom and Crover

13:00pm – 14:00pm: Lunch with Showcase Companies

14:00pm – 14:15pm: Fireside chat with Patricia El Jichi, Investment Manager, Par Equity

14:15pm – 14:30pm: Fireside chat with Yvette Hopkins, Portfolio Chair & Board Director, COL (ret’d) and space tech leader

14:30pm – 14:35pm: Questions for Yvette Hopkins and Patricia El Jichi

14:35pm – 14:45pm: Alex Lusty, Digital Programme Lead, Angel Capital Scotland’s Deal Sharing Platform – what it is, and what it is not

14:45pm – 15:05pm: Building teams for global markets

Ewan Anderson – Eden Scott will host a panel with:

– Cathy Grieve, Commercial Director, Alteroak

– Alex Lusty, Head of Operations and Compliance, Equity Gap

– Jim Rae, CEO, Docs 24

15:05pm – 15:30pm: Scottish Enterprise (Sarah Hume, Transactions Team Leader, Claire Partridge, Scottish Enterprise Account Manager, John Semple, Scottish Development International) will host a fireside chat with Eve Hanks, CEO and founder, MI:RNA

15:30pm – 16:00pm: Networking