As part of this year’s SVC2UK Summit, this event will explore the transformations that technology is driving in industry and society, and the rising challenge of trust as it does so. An inspirational lineup of speakers from Silicon Valley will be sharing their insights and experiences and leading this discussion.
We will be joined by industry leaders, top CEOs and founders from Silicon Valley. This event will be an opportunity to connect and support the great relationships between Silicon Valley and the UK.
Our speakers include:
- Nicole Quinn, Investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Nicole is focused on early stage consumer technology companies, investing in companies such as Zola, Rothy’s, Daily Harvest, Dote, Brandable, Girlboss and Goop.
- Sarah Hunter, Director of Global Public Policy at X (formerly Google X). Before joining Google, Sarah was a specialist in broadcasting policy and was Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Senior Policy Adviser on Culture, Media and Sport in Downing Street.
- Susan Alzner, Co-Founder, Strategy & Ops at shift7. Prior to joining shift7, Susan was Head of the UN Non-Government Liaison Service. Her leadership at the United Nations included designing and facilitating open, transparent, and participatory processes for civil society to engage with key UN institutions.
- Irina Kofman, COO at Google AI. Irina leads operations across the Google AI and Research teams, and takes a leadership role in key initiatives, including establishment of the Google AI Residency Program (formerly Brain Residency) and program management and launch
Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) is a series of invitation-only events that bring together investors, serial entrepreneurs, students and policymakers and first-time CEOs with serial entrepreneurs and investors from the US and the UK. We would like to thank our partner CognitionX for their support for this event, as well as our broader SVC2UK partners Mastercard, Barclays, Campus London, Bailey Fisher Executive Search, SoftBank, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Herbert Smith Freehills, Fieldhouse Associates and Buzzacott.
