Time is running out to register for the official launch event for Tech Climbers in Yorkshire 2024.
Sheffield’s Trafalgar Warehouse will be hosting next week’s event on April 18th between 5pm-7pm and will hear from a mix of tech founders and advisors, who will share their thoughts on the current landscape.
The evening will be attended by business leaders and entrepreneurs from across the region and entries will be open for a coveted space in the Yorkshire Tech Climbers 2024 list.
Spaces are limited so register here
A stellar line up of speakers include Leeds entrepreneur Georgina Fairhall, founder and CEO of Work and Communications, who is aiming to build a £13m turnover business within three years after raising £1m in angel investment.
Fairhall launched WAC in 2020, one week before a national lockdown, after choosing to step away from a potential law career in order to champion low-paid workers.
She’ll be joined by Linda Broughton, director of technology of Contribly; Chris Iveson, CEO, FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics; Glenn Fletcher, CEO, Tribosonics; and James Ridgeway, CTO, The Curve.
As well as question and answer session with Tom Wolfenden, CEO or Sheffield Technology Parks, there will be a panel discussion with Dharam Shadija, head of department of computing at Sheffield Hallam Computing School; Ben Hawley, manager of Digital Media Centre (DMC), Barnsley; Laura Burton, director, TMT sector lead, BDO; and Jonathan Pollard, partner, Ward Hadaway.
Next week’s launch event will be hosted by award-winning editor Chris Maguire and will be followed by a second event when the companies included the Yorkshire Tech Climbers 2024 list and Ones to Watch will be revealed.
The headline sponsors are: BDO, TD Synnex and Ward Hadaway. The ecosystem partners are: Climb24; Leeds Digital; Sheffield Hallam University; West Yorkshire Combined Authority; DMC; Sheffield Technology Parks; UK Tech Week; York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.
The national partners are: techUK; HubSpot; The Data City; and InnovateHer. The event is organised by Active Profile with BusinessCloud and TechBlast acting as media partners.
Register here to attend the event.