Despite COVID-19 closing global borders, a selected group of Aussie and Kiwi delegates will join London’s most innovative tech festival on a virtual mission
The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) founded the free virtual trade mission to London Tech Week (LTW) in partnership with Global Victoria, working with the different state governments in Australia, and New Zealand. This is the largest Australian and Kiwi delegation attending to date, with 130 tech founders and industry representatives starting their curated programme today.
LTW is Europe’s largest technology festival. In 2019 it attracted over 58,000 attendees from 95 countries, hosting 300 events with a social media reach of 300 million people. The conference has transitioned to a virtual format for 2020.
This year’s delegation, the 2 largest registration cohorts were fintech and digital health, with increased applications in the emerging sectors, cleantech, agritech, and edtech. The delegation also includes those from the traditional tech areas of AI and big data, regtech, and creative tech, mirroring the demands of the current UK market.
Among the online events the delegates will hear from Aussie and Kiwi entrepreneurs who have successfully expanded to the UK on:
There will also be virtual regional visits to Manchester for digital health, Scotland for fintech and regtech, Birmingham for Smart Cities, and Northern Ireland for AI and big data.
British Consul General and Deputy Trade Commissioner Asia Pacific (Australia and New Zealand), UK’s Department for International Trade, Michael Ward said:
Victoria’s Agent General-designate to the UK, and Commissioner to Europe and Israel, Tim Dillon, said:
New Zealand Virtual Mission Delegate, Founder, and CEO of Hursley Limited, Steve Dickinson said:
Australian Virtual Mission Delegate, co-founder and CEO of Presagen, Dr. Michelle Perugini said:
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