Digital Economy

Connected Britain 2026

Connected Britain is the UK’s biggest digital economy event, uniting leaders from across connectivity. In 2026, it will explore infrastructure strategies, emerging technologies, and how advanced communications can drive growth and positive outcomes f

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28Speakers
0Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
26Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Connected, in alphabetical order.
Andy Bates
CISO · Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited
Armenak Antinyan
Head of Behavioural Economics · Thames Water
Ben Allwright
Owner & CEO · Allwright Advisory
Ben Archer
Head of Business Development & Network Infrastructure Sales · Virgin Media Business Wholesale
Charlie Allen
Head of Business Development (Public Sector) · Believ
Colin Bannon
CTO Business · BT
Dan Ballin
Chief Executive · Ideas Crucible
Daren Baythorpe
CEO · ITS
Dave Axam
Chief Executive Officer · Giggle
David Bailey
Head of Events and Brand Engagement · Police Digital Service
Elizabeth Anderson
Chief Executive Officer · Digital Poverty Alliance
Harry Baldock
Editor · Total Telecom
Helena Anderson
Founder and Chief Operating Officer · Ikigai Capital
Iqbal Bedi
Managing Partner · Intelligens Consulting
James Barford
Head of Telecoms Research · Enders Analysis
Jane Adu
Group Business Support Manager · Department for Work and Pensions
Jean-Francois Allard
Senior Manager Industry Consulting · Octave
Jennie Bayliss
CEO · J Bayliss Consulting Ltd
Mashood Ahmad
CEO · Gigabit IQ
Michael Armitage
Director · Seneca Enterprise
Neil Bartholomew
Managing Director - Consumer · KCOM
Nigel Abraham
Customer CTO UK&I · Nokia
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 26 companies, parsed from the program.

26 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
26Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

79% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1243%
  • Founder / Owner27%
  • Director / Head of829%
  • Manager / Lead311%
  • Engineer · IC14%
  • Other roles27%

Of 28 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Department for Work and Pensions2V
  2. 02Nokia2V
  3. 03Actifai1V
  4. 04Allwright Advisory1V
  5. 05Believ1V
  6. 06BT1V
  7. 07Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited1V
  8. 08Digital Poverty Alliance1V
  9. 09Enders Analysis1V
  10. 10Gigabit IQ1V
  11. 11Giggle1V
  12. 12Ideas Crucible1V
  13. 13Ikigai Capital1V
  14. 14Intelligens Consulting1V
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.