UT LONDON CONFERENCE

EDIT: Postponed to 19th November.

UTProsjektet will have their London Conference 25th – 27th March. NBCC’s General Manager Kyrre Haugen will attend and also give a talk.

Agenda

Wednesday 25. March

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – The effects of Brexit on commercial contracts with Marks & Clerk (at Marks & Clerk).

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – CFO seminar with BDO (at BDO).

Thursday 26. March

9:30 AM – Registration and coffee/tea at techUK.

10:00 AM – Vegard and Willy open the conference.

10:15 AM – Kirsteen Gordon (Partner, Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney, Marks & Clerk) welcomes the audience and talks about “Brexit & Intellectual Property”.

10:35 AM – David Reid (Business Development Manager, Scottish Development International) will talk about “the Scottish market and opportunities for Norwegian companies”.

10:55 AM – Krister Kristiansen (Managing Director UK, Attensi) will present “Attensi has continued its high growth over the last year, and this is the story”.

11:15 AM – Coffee/tea.

11:35 AM – Marita Tennebø (Senior Market Adviser, Inward Investment, Department for International Trade) will introduce a Norwegian Tech company that have been introduced to the UK. And the Department will talk about what Brexit means for the companies. Does this mean more help from the British authorities to Norwegian companies?”.

11:55 AM – Kevin Rutter (CFO, Goodwille) will present together with a Nordic customer of Goodwille and talk about “Why did the customer choose UK as a market, and how did they enter the UK. What kind of support/help was needed from local UK companies to succeed?”.

12:15 PM – Pre-lunch mingling.

12:30 PM – Lunch.

1:00 PM – Øyvind Henriksen (CEO & Co-founder, Poq) will share his story “From Trondheim to London – how to build and finance a global Tech company”.

1:20 PM – Kyrre Haugen (General Manager, Norwegian British Chamber of Commerce) delivers “What can Norwegian British Chamber of Commerce do to help you succeed in the UK and here are some successful references”.

1:40 PM – Martin Falch (CEO, 360Leaders) will share his experience on “It is one thing to be successful in Norway, with large companies on the customer list. But it is a very different thing to succeed internationally – having the right team is essential”.

2:00 PM – Stuart Lisle (Tax Partner, BDO UK and member of the firm’s National Tax Executive Board) will gives us the latest update on “BREXIT – its opportunities and consequences for doing business in the UK”.

2:30 PM – Coffee/tea.

2:45 PM – Odd Inge Sandbekkhaug (CEO, Infiniwell) will present “Infiniwell’s strategy for entering the UK market from Trondheim, with some unique products that help healthcare providers deliver better and faster care to more patients, by equipping them with AI-powered diagnostic tools, technology and processes”.

3:05 PM – Lars Christian Lund Størseth (CEO, Stoerseth Holding – Capital Management) will present “How can Norwegian Tech companies attract investors from the UK”.

3:25 PM – Hilde Hukkelberg (Manager, Innovation Norway UK & Ireland) talks about “The focus after Brexit and UK as a global hub towards building a global business”.

3:50 PM – Panel discussion on the topic “How can a Norwegian company achieve global success, starting with the UK, and who are the important helpers in the UK?”.

4:30 PM – Summary by Vegard and Willy.

7:30 PM – 10:30 PM – Dinner and socialising at Strand Palace Hotel.