The DLA Piper European Technology Leaders Summit will bring together business leaders in the European technology industry with counterparts responsible for shaping the regulatory and financial landscape, to discuss the key issues affecting growth of a world class technology industry in Europe. This invitation-only event follows the successful Global Technology Leaders Summits, convened by DLA Piper in Silicon Valley in 2008 and 2010.
Keynote speakers Lord Green, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord George Robertson, Former NATO Secretary General and Senior International Adviser of Cable & Wireless, Fracesco Caio, CEO of Avio along with Dörte Höppner, Secretary-General of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and Secretary Cohen, Former US Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Cohen Group, will join other business and political leaders in providing insights into the opportunities and challenges facing today's European and Global technology industries.
Through keynote addresses, plenary and breakout panels, the summit will explore areas and issues presenting particular growth potential for the European technology market, including:
- Social media and e-commerce
- Green and renewable technology
- Venture financing
- Innovation and talent
- Cloud computing
- Europe's relationship with the US and emerging markets
DATE
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
LOCATION
The Landmark Hotel
222 Marylebone Road
London NW1 6JQ
SCHEDULE
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Registration |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Welcome and morning keynote |
| 11.00 - 11.30 |
Blackberry check |
| 11:30 - 12:20 |
Concurrent sessions |
| 12:20 - 14:00 |
Lunch and presentation of Tech Index Survey |
| 14:15 - 15:15 |
Concurrent sessions |
| 15:15 - 16:15 |
Plenary panel |
| 16:15 - 16:45 |
Networking break |
| 16:45 - 17:45 |
Plenary panel |
| 17:45 - 19:15 |
Cocktail reception |
MORNING KEYNOTE (return to top)
10:00 - 11:00
European Technology Landscape - Opportunities for Growth
This session will look at efforts to promote the technology industry in Europe and the UK.
Keynote
Sir Nigel Knowles
Joint CEO & Managing Partner
DLA Piper
Simon Levine
Partner & Global Technology Co-chair
DLA Piper
Ambassador Richard A. Boucher
Deputy Secretary-General
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
BLACKBERRY CHECK
11:00 - 11:30
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
11:30 - 12:20
Social Media and Online Channels to Market
This session explores the recent shift to internet-based channels and services and how social media tools are changing and shaping businesses of today, whilst considering the commercial and legal implications in order to help organisations exploit the huge opportunities that exist - whilst avoiding the inherent pitfalls.
Moderator
Cathy Pittham
Managing Director
Europe - Racepoint Group
Panelists
Geert Desager
COO
DDB Brussels
Hein Pretorius
CEO
MIH Internet Europe
Ian Drew
Executive Vice President of Strategy
ARM
Developing Green Technology
This session will focus on green and sustainable technologies and what governments and businesses are doing in the 'green space' and some of the implications that face technology companies.
Moderator
Teresa Hitchcock
Partner
DLA Piper
Panelists
Professor Carlo Carraro
Professor
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Stephen Hockman
QC
Six Pump Court
Kate Craig-Wood
Co-founder and Managing Director
Memset
LUNCH AND PRESENTATION OF TECH INDEX SURVEY (return to top)
12:20 - 14:00
Dr. Jan Geert Meents
Partner
DLA Piper
Andrew Dyson
Partner
DLA Piper
CONCURRENT SESSIONS (return to top)
14:15 - 15:15
Encouraging Innovation and Talent
This session explores areas that will drive the entrepreneurial spirit in the technology sector which include good education, good taxes (both corporate and individual) and flexibility in the job market. Legal, recruitment, tax and regulatory issues will also be explored.
Moderator
Professor Pierre-Jean Benghozi
Professor
Ecole Polytechnique – CNRS
Panelists
Shane Burgess
Partner
Odgers Berndtson
Richard Timperlake
Group Sales Director
Qlikteck
Marc Weedon
Global HR Director
Monitise
Cloud Computing
This session focuses on 'the cloud' and its benefits such as ease of access, removal of geographic boundaries and increased Business intelligence. The risks involved with Cloud computing such as global security, privacy and also local versus global regulation on data sharing will also be explored.
Moderator
Mark O'Conor
Partner
DLA Piper
Panelists
Paul Daugherty
Chief Technology Architect
Accenture
Derek Kay
IT Advisory Director
KPMG
Dr. Dierk Schindler
Managing Director EMEA Legal
NetApp Germany
Phil Wainewright
Vice President
EuroCloud
Venture Financing in the US - Lessons for Europe?
The US has created an environment that is very friendly towards both investors and technology start ups. This session looks at why the Silicon Valley is such a great hot spot for investment, why it is important for Europe to have a successful venture capital industry, the challenges faced by venture capitalists in Europe and what can be learned from the US model.
Moderator
Dörte Höppner
Secretary-General
European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Panelists
George Rehm
Managing Partner
aeris Capital AG
Tim Lafferty
Managing Director
Global Corporate Venturing
Anne Glover
Chief Executive and Co-founder
Amadeus Capital Partners
PLENARY PANEL (return to top)
15:15 - 16:15
Europe and the Emerging Markets
This session brings together key emerging market players and considers areas such as: the role of governments; talent attraction/retention; disruptive innovation; and what happens when emerging market companies globalise?
Moderator
Christy Kulasingam
Business Consultant
Panelists
Tim Watkins
Vice President
Huawei Europe
Andrew Wajs
CTO
Irdeto
Saul Singer
Author
NETWORKING BREAK
16:15 - 16:45
PLENARY PANEL (return to top)
16:45 - 17:45
The EC and the Technology Sector - What does the future hold?
An important aspect of the European technology sector going forward, will be the regulatory framework in which it operates and how this may impact on areas, such as: competition, consumer rights and innovation.
Speakers will be European policy makers, high profile investors and leading lawyers who will provide a policy and regulatory perspective in the light of the success of start-up companies in the US and the threats presented to the sector by emerging markets, such as China.
Moderator
Lord Tim Clement-Jones
Office Managing Partner
DLA Piper
Panelists
Francesco Caio
CEO
Avio
Lord George Robertson
Former NATO Secretary General and Senior International Adviser
Cable & Wireless
Cohen Group
Dr. Patrick Van Eecke
Partner
DLA Piper
COCKTAIL RECEPTION (return to top)
17:45 - 19:15
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