Tech Events in Cardiff

🕕 Agenda

6:00 – Arrive 🛬 | Drinks 🍺 | Pizza 🍕 | Product chat 💬
6:15 – Welcome & intro from our host - Future
6:20 – A word from our sponsor - Nous Ventures
6:25 – Rich Barrett
7:00 – Break 🍺🍕
7:20 – Evie Brockwell
7:55 – Wrap-up & prize draw 🏅
8:00 – Close & continue the conversation 🛫

🎤 Rich Barrett, Co-founder & CTO
Rich has spent 18 years building technology businesses as co-founder and CTO, and has sold three of them, including Parcel Monkey and Cloud Fulfilment. Between them they've generated more than £250m in online sales for over a million customers. He lives in Wales and spends a lot of time thinking about the gap between a good product and a good business.

TALK: "A good product is not a good business."
Parcel Monkey and Cloud Fulfilment had the same founders, worked in the same sector and both had strong products. One grew far more easily than the other. Rich will unpick why, and share the questions he now asks up front: can this be sold, delivered and supported profitably? Expect to leave with a few awkward questions about your own product.

🎤 Evie Brockwell, Head of Product, Operation & Experimentation at New Look
Evie leads Product, Operations and Experimentation at New Look, and has led product transformations at several organisations. She also spent four years at Booking.com running hundreds of A/B tests. Alongside the day job, she's a product coach, helping product leaders sharpen their craft and build careers they enjoy.

TALK: "The 92%: How to thrive as a Product Leader amidst the chaos"
Leading a product team was never just about the roadmap. Evie's talk covers the rest of the job: staying clear-headed when your calendar's a mess, backing your own judgement under pressure, and giving your team direction when everything around them is shifting. She'll focus on the inner work that makes leaders effective (confidence, presence and clarity) and how to hold onto it when things get messy. Particularly worth it if your calendar currently looks like a losing game of Tetris.

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• Photography and/or recording will take place during the event
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• Attendance implies agreement with our Code of Conduct

If seeing is no longer believing, who can we trust?

Join AI Wales and Jon Renshaw, Director of Security Research Services at NCC Group, for a discussion about deception, fraud and trust in the age of artificial intelligence.

From deepfakes and voice cloning to impersonation and social engineering, we’ll explore what AI means for the ways people deceive and are deceived. How do we separate the genuine from the generated? What should businesses be questioning? And how can we protect ourselves without becoming suspicious of everything?

An evening for anyone interested in the intersection of AI, security and human behaviour. Come ready to question what you see, what you hear and what you trust.

This event is sponsored by NatWest.

Food: We will provide food (probably pizza!) to suit various diets. If you have a need beyond vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free, please let us know at least a day in advance.

Join us for the Women in Tech Showcase, an inspiring event celebrating the women building the future through tech and innovation

Join us for an inspiring event that brings together women working across technology, innovation and entrepreneurship to connect, learn and showcase the incredible products, platforms and businesses they are building.

Featuring special guest speaker Lucy Heskins, founder of Startup Game, we'll explore the realities of building a business, turning ideas into action and creating solutions that make a difference.Whether you're an aspiring founder, startup leader, tech professional or innovator, this event is your opportunity to discover new technologies, build meaningful connections and celebrate women shaping the future of tech.

Women are driving innovation across every corner of the technology ecosystem, from AI and digital platforms to SaaS solutions, fintech, gaming, healthtech and social impact ventures.This event has been created to shine a spotlight on the women building those solutions.Come along to:

• Meet women founders, entrepreneurs and tech professionals
• Discover innovative products, platforms and services
• Learn from inspiring founder journeys
• Build new partnerships and collaborations
• Expand your network within the tech community
• Gain practical insights into starting and growing a technology business

This is more than a networking event. It's an opportunity to celebrate achievement, share experiences and give women in tech a platform to showcase their work.

Calling Women Founders & Tech Innovators

****Are you building a tech product, platform, app, service or solution?****We're looking for women-led businesses, startups and innovators to feature as part of our showcase.Whether you're:

• Launching a startup
• Growing a technology business
• Building a digital platform
• Developing an app or software solution
• Creating innovative tech-enabled services
• Working on a side project with real impact

We would love to hear from you.Selected showcase participants will have the opportunity to:✅ Demonstrate their product or platform✅ Share their founder story✅ Build awareness of their business✅ Connect with potential customers, partners and supporters✅ Join a growing community of women in technologyTo express interest in showcasing, please register by emailing siwan.rees@natwest.com

Guest Speaker: Lucy Heskins

We're delighted to welcome Lucy Heskins, founder of Startup Game.Lucy is an entrepreneur dedicated to making startup learning more engaging, accessible and practical. Through Startup Game, she helps people explore the realities of entrepreneurship and develop the confidence to turn ideas into viable businesses.In her keynote session, Lucy will share insights from her founder journey, lessons learned from building Startup Game, and practical advice for anyone looking to innovate, launch or grow a business in today's technology landscape.

What You'll Gain

For Attendees

• Inspiration from successful women in tech
• New professional connections
• Exposure to innovative technologies and businesses
• Practical founder and innovation insights
• Opportunities for collaboration and support

For Showcase Participants

• Visibility among the local tech ecosystem
• Direct engagement with attendees
• Opportunities to generate partnerships and leads
• A platform to share your story and innovation
• Valuable feedback from peers and industry professionals