National CEO Conference: Technology and Innovation
24 September 2021 08.45 – 12.45 BST
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Agenda
8.45am Welcome - Arti Halai
9.00am Keynote: Mike Walsh - Rules for the New World
09.55am Coffee Break
10.00am James Alexander - Innovation Matters
10.40am Coffee Break
10.45am Keynote: Lisa Bodell - Killing Complexity
11.45am - 12:45pm The Breakouts:
Vistage Member Breakout Sessions:
Vistage Members Only
Exclusively for Vistage members, the chance to join breakout rooms to take a dive into the Keynotes presentations and share your perspective in conversation with peers.
Experience Vistage Breakout Session:
Vistage Guests Only
If you are a guest of a Vistage Chair you have the opportunity to join a Experience Vistage breakout session.
Sponsor Breakout Sessions:
Are you Missing out on Free Money?
The Government recognises the importance of R&D, innovation, exploitation of IP and capital investment to ensure that UK businesses remain globally competitive and attractive. The Government provides an array of incentives and stimulus to UK businesses to invest in these areas. This can be perceived to be ‘free money’ as many businesses ordinarily have to make these investments when starting the business, scaling the business or even protecting their position within the market.
Innovation – Your Roadmap to Growth
We live in an era where technology underpins business and transforms industries. We are often overloaded with stories of innovation from the famous tech giants. However, in this inspirational session, Gerry will describe some of the key ways to find the seeds of innovation in your business. He will then shine some light on them with examples of real smaller and mid-sized businesses, who have levelled up their success.
Speakers
Arti Halai
This National CEO Conference will be hosted by Vistage speaker, Arti Halai. Arti spent more than fifteen years working as a Television Presenter, Reporter and Producer for some of the UK’s largest organisations including BBC, ITV1, ITN News Channel and Carlton.
Mike Walsh
Mike Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. For the past twenty years, he has been a leading authority on disruptive innovation, digital transformation and new ways of thinking. A global nomad, futurist and author of three bestselling books, Mike advises some of the world’s biggest organisations on reinvention and change in this new era of machine intelligence.
James Alexander
James Alexander is a Director of FutureAgenda.org, an open-source think tank and advisory delivering foresight, strategy and innovation to some of the world’s leading organisations (e.g. Amazon, BP, Mastercard, WWF). James leads the Strategy practise where recent work includes leading whole organisation strategy development for WWF and Which?
Lisa Bodell
FutureThink CEO Lisa Bodell ranks among the Top 50 Speakers Worldwide and is the best-selling author of Kill the Company and Why Simple Wins. She’s a global leader on simplification, productivity, and innovation, whose keynotes leave audiences inspired to change and arm them with radically simple tools to get to the work that matters.
Sponsors
Are you missing out on free money?
The Government recognises the importance of R&D, innovation, exploitation of IP and capital investment to ensure that UK businesses remain globally competitive and attractive. The Government provides an array of incentives and stimulus to UK businesses to invest in these areas. This can be perceived to be ‘free money’ as many businesses ordinarily have to make these investments when starting the business, scaling the business or even protecting their position within the market.
The incentives that we will cover during this session include:
R&D tax incentives
Capital incentives
Patent box
In relation to each of these incentives, we will discuss the benefits (‘free money’), who can claim and how one makes a claim.
Presenters from Smith & Williamson:
Alistair Shaw – Partner, Corporation Tax, Business Tax – Smith & Williamson
Alistair works with a range of businesses from small start-ups to large privately owned or publicly listed complex businesses. He also regularly works with businesses carrying out transactions or as they prepare for an exit/IPO. Alistair can introduce you to and then oversee the provision of services from other specialist tax advisors within our firm, to the extent required. Alistair joined Smith & Williamson in 2017 from EY, having worked in their mid-market team for 10 years. Prior to EY, Alistair worked for PWC, again in their mid-market tax team.
Harry Pettifer – Assistant Manager, Business Tax – Smith & Williamson
Harry has significant experience within the Construction and Civil Engineering industries. Similarly, he has numerous years’ experience working on complex R&D claim delivery, working on large scale claims within all scientific and technological industries. Having worked within the wider Tax world, he utilises advanced financial knowledge to support the delivery and remuneration of R&D claims.
Innovation - Your Roadmap for Growth
We live in an era where technology underpins business and transforms industries. We are often overloaded with stories of innovation from the famous tech giants. However, in this inspirational session, Gerry will describe some of the key ways to find the seeds of innovation in your business. He will then shine some light on them with examples of real smaller and mid-sized businesses, who have levelled up their success.
Presenter from Freeman Clarke
Gerry Lawrence, Director at Freeman Clarke
Gerry Lawrence is an Innovation Expert, Entrepreneur and Speaker. He spearheaded technology at the UK’s first ISP and founded the UK’s first Internet based CCTV company. He is now a Director at Freeman Clarke.