Lancashire Digital Summit is our first showcase event bringing together Digital leaders and enthusiasts from across the county.

Our theme of Diversity and Inclusion aims to inspire the region's organisations to commit to balancing their workforces. We have a schedule packed full of talks, presentations, panel discussions and breakout conversations.

This event is delivered collaboratively between Lancashire LEP and Lancashire County Council.

This will be a Hybrid Summit, with a number of in-person tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis and a virtual element with the summit Live Streamed.

When choosing your ticket type (in-person or virtual) please only select one type.

Event Schedule

10:30 - Event Opening with Hosts Kerry Harrison and Dan Knowles

10:35 - An Ambitious Vision for Lancashire's Digital Economy - Kam Kothia OBE DL, Board Director, Lancashire LEP

10:55 - Interactive Seminar - Unconscious Bias in Business delivered by Victoria Maxfield

11:55 - Update from the NCF

12:15 - Lunch

1:15 - Welcome back for the afternoon

1:25 - Lightning Talks with Q & A featuring:

Ryan Callihan - Head of AI at Relative Insight

Joey Xoto - Cofounder of Viddyoze

Sarah Cooper - Head of Marketing at Strongdor Ltd

Dr Emily Winter - Lecturer in Computer Science at Lancaster University

2:40 - Panel Discussion - Building a diverse digital business in a post-pandemic world, featuring Zara Waters from Fuuse, and Richard Stoddart from Redmoor Health.

3:30 - Keynote Presentation - Delivered by Emma Young, R & D Engineer at the BBC and Chair of the BBC's WiSTEM (Women in STEM)

3:55 - Thanks, and close