techUK and UBM Announce 2015 Interop CIO Summit

LONDON, April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

- CIO Summit to be headline event within Interop London and London Technology Week

techUK, the voice of the UK technology industry, today announces a partnership with UBM EMEA to host a one day CIO conference at Interop London on 18 June. The Interop CIO Summit in partnership with techUK will bring together many of the UK's leading CIOs to discuss and debate the key technology and transformation issues facing today's and tomorrow's CIO leaders.

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Made up of four panel debates, chaired by CBR Editor in Chief Ambrose McNevin, the event will focus on the transformational power of mobile, digital leadership, and the changing role of the CIO.

Julian David, CEO of techUK commented: "We look forward to hearing from some of the UK's leading CIOs about the issues and challenges that will fundamentally change their jobs over the next five years. The summit promises a lively debate about the short and long-term disruptive factors affecting CIOs."

The CIO Summit draft agenda is available here. techUK and Interop London will be selecting key speakers for the CIO Summit during April.

Interop connects the IT and technology communities around the world with events in Las Vegas, London and Tokyo. The London edition is the flagship event of London Technology Week and will take place at ExCeL London from June 16-18 2015. Serving tomorrow's enterprise IT leaders, Interop London will feature a world-class education programme and hundreds of solution providers demonstrating how emerging technologies and innovation are reshaping the enterprise.

The event will also showcase leading innovations from within the London tech scene and startup ecosystem through its Future of Tech programme and the London Technology Week Arena.

London Technology Week is a week of face-to-face events celebrating London's global position as a hotbed of tech innovation, business successes, entrepreneurship and creative talent. Organised by UBM EMEA, London Technology Week's founding partners are London & Partners, Tech London Advocates and ExCeL London.

About techUK

techUK represents the companies and technologies that are defining today the world that we will live in tomorrow. More than 850 companies are members of techUK. Collectively they employ approximately 700,000 people, about half of all tech sector jobs in the UK. These companies range from leading FTSE 100 companies to new innovative start-ups. The majority of our members are small and medium sized businesses.

techUK is committed to helping its members grow, by:

• Developing markets
• Developing relationships and networks
• Reducing business costs
• Reducing business risks.

About UBM EMEA 

UBM EMEA  connects people and creates opportunities for companies across five continents to develop new business, meet customers, launch new products, promote their brands and expand their markets. Through premier brands such as Routes, CPhI, IFSEC International, London Technology Week, Interop London, Ecobuild, Seatrade, and many others, UBM EMEA exhibitions, conferences, awards programs, publications, websites and training and certification programs are an integral part of the marketing plans of companies across seven industry sectors.

SOURCE Interop London, UK

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