Graham Anderson - Team Leader – UK R & D, Beko

Graham Anderson is Team Leader – UK R & D at Beko R&D, with research interests focused around novel sensors, improving energy efficiency, and sustainable materials. Previously he worked as a Senior Scientist at Cambridge Display Technology working on the development of ink jet printed OLED displays and organic thermoelectric generators. Graham has a PhD from Leeds University in spintronics.

Richard Anthony - Senior Application Engineer - Northern Europe, Protolabs

Highly qualified in Design and Engineering, over the past 12 years Rich has been an integral part of the team at Protolabs.

His current role is to provide expert advice and support to customers entering their journey from product development to deciding on the best manufacturing solution for their project. With extensive knowledge of the key manufacturing processes at Protolabs (injection moulding, CNC machining and 3D printing) Rich helps customer take advantage of Protolabs’ value, balancing the objective of satisfying customer requests with the potential of downstream risks to deliver acceptable parts on schedule.

With a BA in Furniture Design and a MSc in Engineering by Research, which focussed on the applicability on Additive Manufacturing technologies within creative industries, Rich has a wealth of knowledge and is a go-to Engineer for process and capability advice.

Matthew Bond - REPIC

Matt is a carbon consultant at Small World Consulting, a purpose-driven sustainability consultancy that addresses the urgent climate and ecological emergencies through its research, company carbon assessment, and the communication of climate truths. Matt leads SWC’s research and client work on technology, with a special interest in the recycling industry. He completed a 12-month research project in 2021 with REPIC, the UK’s largest WEEE producer compliance scheme, investigating the carbon footprint of WEEE in the UK, and has since discussed the implications with key stakeholders including DEFRA and several multinational electronics producers.

Sami Gabriel - Distinguished Engineer, Vodafone

Sami Gabriel holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering and IT, with further research in Chemistry and BioPhysics. His work on the characterisation of the dielectric properties of biological materials, is globally used with over 15,000 citations to his work. He has been working and leading in the field of international standardisation for the assessment of RF exposure for over 25 years across several different standards organisations. Working at Vodafone, he is part of the central R&D team with primary responsibility for EMF related work as well as managing one of Vodafone’s labs, The R&D Engineering Hub. This lab is primarily for the evaluation of new technologies, the support of trials and the development of proof of concepts.

Helen Jordan - Sustainability Manager, British Plastics Federation

Helen is the Sustainability Manager at the British Plastics Federation (BPF). Helen oversees all of the BPF’s many sustainability activities including Net Zero and Operation Clean Sweep. Helen also manages the activities of the BPF recycling group which she was previously the executive for. The Recycling Group focuses on issues such as food contact regulations, waste shipment regulations, legacy additives and promoting the development of recycling infrastructure within the UK. Helen worked with a consultant to produce the BPF Recycling Roadmap in 2021 which provided a forecast for what plastic recycling could be like in 2030.

Before working at the BPF Helen spent 7 years in local government working within the Waste and Recycling Team.

Tashiv Ramsander - CTO & Founder, Eyesea Green

Tashiv Ramsander is the CTO of EyeSea Green Limited. He has specialised on the development of research ideas into commercial products particularly in the energy sector, focusing on power generation and turbomachinery. After studying Chemical Engineering in South Africa and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, he has developed novel commercial products in more than ten countries. He is also the lead of a Cambridge Team to be awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering President's Special Awards for Pandemic Service for the rapid development of Africa’s first invasive ventilator.

Nadia Aziz - Innovation Consultant, Unbounded Future Ltd

Nadia is an Evangelist of emerging technologies with an expertise in AR & VR and IoT technologies. She has advised C-level executives in Telecom and Media organisations for digital transformation and M&A projects over more than a decade. While being a SIG Champion of Future Devices and Technologies at Cambridge Wireless, she has recently co-founded Unbounded Future, a Deeptech consulting firm based in London. Previously Nadia led Emerging Technologies at NTT Data UK where she supervised R&D and innovation in Augmented (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR), AI, and IoT. Nadia is a supporter of Women in STEM initiatives and is a mentor at the University College London (UCL) IXN programme. She is an industry advisor to IoTerra, a USA-based B2B marketplace for IoT products and was a co-producer for the GIANT Health Event.

Muhammad Chughtai - Senior Research Specialist (Electronics & Electrical Engineering), Beko

I am a seasoned senior technology and engineering consultant with over a decade of multinational experience in AI & Robotics, MedTech, and thermodynamics. My career seamlessly blends corporate discipline with start-up agility, informed by a deep understanding of system dynamics and a holistic perspective. My expertise centres on empowering companies to gain a competitive edge through innovation, successful solution commercialization & partnerships, and strategic business development, all while upholding industry standards. In addition to my engineering expertise, I hold a PhD in the field, complemented by an MBAE. This dual qualification positions me uniquely at the intersection of advanced engineering and educational dynamics.

Zahid Ghadialy - Principal Analyst & Consultant, 3G4G

Zahid is a technologist with a deep understanding of architecting world-class mobile products and solutions. With over 20 years of experience in the telecom industry in various roles, he has been an evangelist for mobile and wireless technologies. Over the years he has accumulated a vast following on his blogs and social networks with simple explainer posts and videos.

His 3G4G blogs are widely read where he looks at different aspects of mobile technology and especially 5G and 6G nowadays, including the architecture, deployments, use cases, applications, etc. His YouTube channel is also very popular where he explains many new features expected as part of 5G in the future. While his style and content is unique, he also references many industry publications and provides slides that are very useful to view online.

He is also very active on Twitter under his @3G4GUK brand helping disseminate the benefits of 5G and why 5G will be needed in the long run. He covers a very wide portfolio of 5G related information that is hard to find otherwise.

Until recently, Zahid was a Senior Director looking at Technology & Innovation Strategy in Parallel Wireless. As a brand ambassador, he represented the company in various Open RAN discussions and also created tutorials on Open RAN and O-RAN which are being used as reference for new starters on the topic.

David Roberts - CTO - Special Projects, Cambridge Wireless, Founder, Jabooh Software

David is a technology leader with over 25 years experience working in the hi-tech arena. He has recently completed a successful project for ghd in conjunction with CW where he carried out the role of System Architect and facilitator.  Prior to this he worked in in the C-IoT space where he ran a multi-national R&D department that developed silicon and software designed for the burgeoning IoT market. He was also responsible for driving an agile transformation programme and assisting the organisation with their integration into a large Chinese multi-national telecoms company. Having started his career as a software developer working for BT and Acorn Computers, he went on to hold senior roles in a number of world-class organisations such as Symbian, Cambridge University and Citrix in the areas of Software Development, Project Management, Product Management, Research, Consultancy and Architecture. His background includes leading and developing teams involved in the creation of large-scale integrated hardware and software products, web-based services and CE devices. He is also highly experienced in large-scale agile development practices, agile coaching/transformation and creating and executing strategies for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of organisations.

Charles Sturman - CEO, TechWorks

As CEO at TechWorks, Charles is driving collaboration between Deep Tech and Semiconductor companies, Academia and Government in order to promote the sector and grow business opportunities for UK companies.

Previously, Charles was responsible for International Business & Marketing at HiSilicon (Huawei’s chipset business) based in Cambridge UK, with responsibility for product strategy, go-to-market and business development in IoT, edge and smart devices fields. Prior to this he led u-blox’ activities in the fast moving consumer IoT segment (wearables, smart-home and entertainment) following the acquisition of the ARM Software Radio spin-out Cognovo, where we was founder and executive VP Sales & Marketing. Charles has held various positions in system design, business development and product marketing within Acorn Computers, TTPCom, Motorola and ARM.