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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
0Sessions
64Companies · in total

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

Sponsors

The companies 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
Company intelligence

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
20Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

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 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Aston UniversitySponsor · Patron1
2Goldman SachsSponsor · Patron1
3Gowling WLGSponsor · Patron1
4IBMSponsor · Headline Sponsor1
5IntercitySponsor · Patron1
6NetcompanySponsor1
7Netcom TrainingSponsor · Patron1
8University of WolverhamptonSponsor · Patron1
96 DegreesSponsor-
10AccentureSponsor · Patron-
11AdvancedSponsor-
12AgylixSponsor-
13ArupSponsor-
14b13Sponsor-
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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