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ScaleUp Summit 2026

ScaleUp Summit 2026 is designed for founders and leadership teams scaling beyond startup mode. The event tackles the operational realities of growth, focusing on AI-enabled growth, scaling operations, leadership, investment readiness, industrial innovation, climate technology, and international expansion. Attendees will gain practical insights from operators…

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30Speakers
44Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
64Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at ScaleUp, in alphabetical order.
Alex Zarifeh
Founder · ATLP Future Readiness
Amanda Brock
CEO · OpenUK
Amber Strickland
Principal Associate · Gowling WLG
Amelia Kallman
Futurist · Kallman Communications
Andy Hague
CEO · TechWM
Caroline Hildreth
Principal – Transport & Logistics · Netcompany
Charlie Blakemore
CEO · Intercity
Charlie Smith
Executive Director · IBM UK & Ireland
Cian Galvin
Head, TechFirst and Cyber Skills Team · Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Dave Sharpe
Co-founder & CTO · Chiron.ai
Davies Okeowo
Founder · PitchHub Ltd.
Dr Anneloes Smitsman
Founder · EARTHwise
Emily Stubbs
Head of Policy · Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce
Hannah Proffitt
Hardware Engineering Leader · GE Aerospace
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
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
6 Degrees
AccenturePatron
Advanced
Agylix
Arup
Aston UniversityPatron
b13
BCU
British Business Bank
Create Central
Crowe
Crunch
Cyber Q Group
Goldman SachsPatron
Good Growth
Gowling WLGPatron
HCR
HSBC
IBMHeadline Sponsor
IntercityPatron
Jensten
Marks & Clerk
Midlands InnovationPatron
Millennium Point
NatWest
Netcompany
Netcom TrainingPatron
P2AV
Pinsent Masons
Pure Storage
QA
Rigby GroupPatron
Scalerr
SCCPatron
SF RecruitmentPatron
Shakespeare Martineau
Skills West Midlands
Smith & Williamson
UKTN
University of BirminghamPatron
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 64 companies show up, and 8 bet on three roles at once?

64 companies. eight 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
8All threespeak · spons · exh
36Sponsoringsponsor only
20Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Aston University·Goldman Sachs·Gowling WLG·IBM·Intercity·Netcompany·Netcom Training·University of Wolverhampton

Speakers by seniority

77% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite723%
  • Founder / Owner723%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of827%
  • Manager / Lead27%
  • Marketing / Brand13%
  • Other roles413%

Of 30 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Aston UniversitySp·P1V
  2. 02Goldman SachsSp·P1V
  3. 03Gowling WLGSp·P1V
  4. 04IBMSp·H1V
  5. 05IntercitySp·P1V
  6. 06NetcompanySp1V
  7. 07Netcom TrainingSp·P1V
  8. 08University of WolverhamptonSp·P1V
  9. 096 DegreesSp
  10. 10AccentureSp·P
  11. 11AdvancedSp
  12. 12AgylixSp
  13. 13ArupSp
  14. 14b13Sp
Sponsors by tier
headline sponsor1
2% of 44
patron13
30% of 44
unspecified30
68% of 44
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.

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