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Birmingham Tech Week 2026

Birmingham Tech Week is the UK’s largest regional tech festival and conference, convening a complete innovation ecosystem, bringing together technology creators, adopters, investors, policymakers, international delegates and skills providers in one place.

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20Speakers
32Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
50Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Birmingham, in alphabetical order.
Alex Zarifeh
Founder · ATLP Future Readiness
Andy Hague
CEO · TechWM
Charlie Smith
Executive Director · IBM UK & Ireland
Cian Galvin
Head, TechFirst and Cyber Skills Team · Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Emily Stubbs
Head of Policy · Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce
Joanna Birch
Founder · Growthinnk Associates
Karen Newman
Founder · BOM
Karen Rodkin
Operations Director · Netcom Training
Katie Obi
Chief People Officer · OneAdvanced
Kellie Kwarteng
Founder · Halzak | Elevate Women in Tech
Leon Butler
Chief Executive · IBM
Lucy Dimes
Former Non-Executive Director · Babock plc
Nikki Christie
Deputy Director, Creative, Digital, Finance and Business · Skills England
Prashant Aggarwal
Exited Founder · MoneyHero Group
Praveen Jayaraj
Vice President · Goldman Sachs
Prof Roya Rahimi
Professor of Marketing and Leisure Management · University of Wolverhampton
Rachel Moore
Learning and Development Director · OneAdvanced
Richard Billingham
Chief Operating Officer · Aston University
Richard Parker
Mayor · West Midlands Combined Authority
Sara French
Director Trade and Growth · London & Partners
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
6 DegreesSponsor
AgylixSponsor
ArupSponsor
b13Sponsor
BCUSponsor
British Business BankSponsor
Create CentralSponsor
CroweSponsor
CrunchSponsor
Cyber Q GroupSponsor
Good GrowthSponsor
HCRSponsor
HSBCSponsor
IBMHeadline Sponsor
JenstenSponsor
Marks ClarkSponsor
Midlands InnovationSponsor
MPSponsor
NatwestSponsor
Net CompanySponsor
One AdvancedSponsor
P2AVSponsor
Pinsent MasonsSponsor
Pure StorageSponsor
QASponsor
ScalerrSponsor
ShakespeareSponsor
Skills West MidlandsSponsor
SWSponsor
UKTNSponsor
WMCASponsor
WSGRSponsor
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 50 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

50 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
31Sponsoringsponsor only
18Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

IBM

Speakers by seniority

85% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite420%
  • Founder / Owner525%
  • VP-level15%
  • Director / Head of735%
  • Marketing / Brand15%
  • Other roles210%

Of 20 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01IBMSp·H1V
  2. 026 DegreesSp·S
  3. 03AgylixSp·S
  4. 04ArupSp·S
  5. 05b13Sp·S
  6. 06BCUSp·S
  7. 07British Business BankSp·S
  8. 08Create CentralSp·S
  9. 09CroweSp·S
  10. 10CrunchSp·S
  11. 11Cyber Q GroupSp·S
  12. 12Good GrowthSp·S
  13. 13HCRSp·S
  14. 14HSBCSp·S
Sponsors by tier
headline sponsor1
3% of 32
sponsor31
97% of 32
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.