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It's day 1 of London Tech Week! 🌟

Join us as we're at the @QEIICentre campus for a packed agenda with fantastic sessions to explore the next wave of tech innovation. On today's agenda: the Global Leaders Innovation Summit, @EQLHER, HealthTech Summit and more!

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@RishiSunak, opened London Tech Week this morning with a headline keynote.

"If you’re an entrepreneur looking for funding, I want you to look at the UK and say: that’s where I want to be."

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Great to hear our Deputy Mayor for Business @RajeshAgrawal talk positively about London's #business ecosystem during his welcome address.

"There is no better place in the whole world to grow you business internationally than London."

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A conversation between @DCMS, @getmarshmallow, @awscloud, @MerianVentures and @techUK on scaling the UK tech sector.

"There is a big opportunity to merge the UK’s leading academic institutions and the tech industry to support entrepreneurship" - @UKPriyaGuha

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Anticipating and preparing for risk, with @Darktrace, @RAEngNews, @Netskope and @MicrosoftUK

"If I admit to my team that I don't have the answers, they feel much more able to have a conversation about the things that they also struggle with." - @HughMilward

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@RussShaw1 moderates a panel on #impacttech with @ThisIsCentury, @Snap, and @EDBsg.

"With the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, the AI strategy and the recently launched Future of Compute Review, you can see why tech founders should be in London" - @priyalakhani

Whilst the Global Leaders Innovation Summit is taking a quick break, we're at the #HealthTech Summit where there's a great panel discussion with @TessCosad from @beafertility, @cameronmclain from Giant Ventures and @eileentso from @FertifaHQ on the future of #fertility tech.

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Panel discussion on how emerging technology is solving global challenges, moderated by @techUK with speakers from @Maersk, @Experian and @DCMS. Main takeaway wrapped up by @JdR_Tech: "Let's focus on digital first, not digital only".

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@dr_aliparsa from @babylonhealth and @mursalhedayat from @chatterbox on humanizing tech.

"Not one company can solve global challenges alone. But what any company can do is show a way to solve a challenge and galvanize change" - Dr. Ali Parsa

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With start-up funding being the most tangible gender gap, how can we overcome it? We're back with @EQLHER!

Great to hear more from the initiatives at @SVB_Financial and @GoldmanSachs that support underrepresented founders get access to capital.

.@Erin_Platts, Head of EMEA for @SVB_Financial on building your network ahead of raising your first round of funding as an underrepresented founder:

"Proactively reach out to those people who already have a bias for change."

We're so pleased to be founding partners of @LDNTechWeek ✨From the latest developments in #fintech & #AI, London is a place where game-changing companies and ideas can thrive.

If you're at the @QEIICentre campus — head up to floor 5 to experience some of the latest innovations!

London is the top market for @boltapp to scale in Europe 🚀 Hear from co-founder Martin Villig (@waldec) on how they're expanding their #mobility app to more cities globally.

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Next up: an evening of connecting! 🤝

Our networking reception for international delegations has just kicked off, which we're pleased to co-host with @GlobalPeo.

Fantastic to see so many international senior business leaders attend #LTW2022

"There has never been a better time to invest in London" - @SadiqKhan

Great to have the Mayor of London in the room as many of the delegations present look to fuel their expansion plans 🚀

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We're thrilled to have @LubomilaJ, Founder of #greentech @PlanAearth with us tonight! Plan A announced their London expansion last week and we're looking forward to cheering them on as they grow further in the UK.

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