North of England's premier event for Northern Digital Startups to present their businesses to an audience of like minded individuals made up of entrepreneurs, investors, deal makers and service providers, in an informal setting. This time, we have the pleasure of welcoming Tom Watson, The Cabinet Office Minister

Keynote Speakers

Tom Watson, Cabinet Office Minister

Tom Watson Civil Service Minister Cabinet Office working with fellow ministers Ed Miliband and Phil Hope. Since being elected to Parliament in June 2001 to represent the people of West Bromwich East Tom has served as a Government Whip and Defence Minister as well as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Treasury. Tom is keen advocate of digital entrepreneurship and supporter of Webmission08 and Digital Mission08.

Roy Shelton, Angel Investor and CEO of Next2Friends

Roy Shelton Roy Shelton has spent the last 22 years building international technology and telecoms businesses including Prime Carrier, Azure Solutions & Cerebrus. Working with government, senior industry and investment communities around the world, Roy has gained a reputation as an early evangelist of the emerging technologies that evolve to lead their field.

Roy has an MBA from the Open University Business School and is a member of both the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management.

Company Presentations

1. ScreenReach
2. Facetec
3. edocr
4. Next2Friends
5. i2online

Looking for up to 15 companies for short presentations - no extra cost other than attendance fee.

Programme:Programme:

18:00 to 18:30 Registration & Networking
18:30 to 19:00 Keynote Speech
19:00 to 20:00 Presentations by Northern Stars
20:00 to 21:00 Table top demos to audience and Networking
Kro bar (opposite venue) for networking till early hours

Note: Depending on number of attendees, time allocated for presentations and table top demos may be combined for presentations & Q&A.

Is this event for you? Be part of the Northern ecosystem

Northern StartUp 2.0 is North of England's premier event series for Digital Startups to meet, learn and share experience with like minded individuals made up of entrepreneurs, investors, deal makers and service providers, in an informal setting. Are you a startup or early stage digital technology company? Or have you got a killer idea with some early code you want to tell others about? Are you looking for seedcorn or second round of funding, team members, mentors, partners, and/or ideas to commercialise your product? Do you need help writing your business plan? Have you got loads of money and love to invest in startups? Do you provide support services (e.g. PR)? Are you a blogger or journalist looking for breaking news? Or do you just like to hang out with startups? Or do you want to know how to leverage technologies to achieve a competitive advantage? If so, this event is for you.

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