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Brazen Summit 2026, Day 1: Technology Leadership in a Changing World
Hosted by techSPARK
When
Monday 9 November 2026
9:30am – 12:30pm
Where
St Nicholas Church
Saint Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UE
Price
Paid
about this room
The opening morning of the Brazen Summit: four sessions for senior technology and business leaders on where technology investment is paying off and where it is not.
It starts with the launch of Ghyston's State of Tech Leadership Report 2027. Ric Hill and Emily Hill present the findings, then a panel chaired by Sam Deacon, with Sue Turner OBE, Richard Potter and Tom Heath, tests them against practice. The second half turns to execution: a fireside chat between Ric Hill and Mike Whitehead on modernising legacy systems without stopping the business, then Liam Maxwell, the UK government's first Chief Technology Officer, closing with a keynote on risk, regulation and resilience. 09:30 to 12:30 at St Nicholas Church. Paid; techSPARK has not published a face price.
this is the CTO and board room of the festival, and Maxwell is a first-hand account of running technology at state scale. Best for technology leaders, CIOs and non-executives.
Liam Maxwell · Former UK Government Chief Technology Officer
Ric Hill · Ghyston
Emily Hill · Ghyston
Sam Deacon · Panel chair
Sue Turner OBE ·
Richard Potter ·
Tom Heath ·
Mike Whitehead ·
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Date & Time
Monday 9 November 2026
9:30am – 12:30pm
Price
Paid
Organiser
techSPARK
About this event
Speakers
Liam Maxwell
Former UK Government Chief Technology Officer,
Ric Hill
, Ghyston
Emily Hill
, Ghyston
Sam Deacon
Panel chair,
Sue Turner OBE
,
Richard Potter
,
Tom Heath
,
Mike Whitehead
,
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