Meet us at Cambridge Tech Week 2024

Event overview

Digital Catapult is a partner of Cambridge Tech Week 2024, which brings together world-leading experts, innovators and investors to fuel growth across the tech ecosystem, establishing Cambridge as a key place where global tech comes to meet.

Attracting entrepreneurs, founders, corporate leaders, investors, government, academia, media and international peers, Cambridge Tech Week offers an unmissable opportunity to share insights and explore future collaborations. This dynamic event serves as an epicentre for showcasing the latest knowledge and cutting-edge technology, positioning Cambridge, the East of England and the UK in the world tech spotlight.

Cambridge Tech Week is powered by Cambridge Wireless, the leading community for companies involved in the research, development and application of wireless and mobile, internet, semiconductor and software technologies.

Hear from us

As part of the Cambridge Tech Week 2024 core events, you will be able to hear from no less than three Digital Catapult’s experts in the AI and Quantum Deep Dives on Day 3, Wednesday 11 September.

Cecilia Nunn, Responsible AI Lead, will chair a panel discussion on “The Stages of Adoption from R&D and spin-outs to enterprise” from 10.00 to 10.40 am at the Pembroke College. This discussion will deep dive into how, why, and where businesses are adopting AI with experts from R&D innovation projects, scale-ups, and big corporate. Cecilia will be joined on this panel by representatives from Dell, Second Mind, University of Bristol and Cambridge Management Consulting.

Following this, Philip Young, Director for Strategy and External Affairs, will take part in a fireside chat alongside a representative of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) around “Government strategy and the UK AI roadmap” from 11.45 am to 12.05 pm still at the Pembroke College.

Later in the day, Paul Ceely, Director of Technology Strategy will discuss “Integrating Quantum into your business”, from 2.30 to 3.30 pm at the Pembroke College as well. This panel discussion, with panellists from UK Atomic Energy Authority, Phasecraft and IBM, is within ‘The practical applications of Quantum Technologies Deep Dive’ agenda.

You can find more about the AI & Quantum Deep Dive sessions here and consult the full agenda of the week here.

Our speakers

Paul Ceely

Director of Technology Strategy

Paul Ceely has over 20 years’ experience in technology and network strategy, covering strategy and solutions for mobile, internet, security, network management and technology evolution in general.

Cecilia Nunn

Responsible AI Lead

As Responsible AI Lead at Digital Catapult, Cecilia works with businesses, government, start-ups, academics and investors to put ethics into practice. She attends the All-Party Parliamentary Group for AI (APPG-AI), the Responsible Quantum Forum and is a member of the the BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) board led by the BBC and the University of Edinburgh. She’s managed multi-million-pound international digital projects for leading technology companies such as Google and as a full-stack software engineer, focuses on integrating trust, safety and fairness into all stages of the AI lifecycle. Mission-driven by programming, design and the use of tech to transform society, she’s extremely passionate about getting more women into STEM. Having originally come from a humanities background in international relations where she worked in India, Guatemala and Chile, she blends this experience with her technical expertise.

Philip Young

Director Strategy and External Affairs

Digital Catapult’s Director of Policy, Research & Strategic Engagement, Philip Young has a strong background in emerging technology policy, research and strategic decision making with both domestic and international experience.