Thames Valley: Tech Awards now open for entries
The 2019 Thames Valley Tech Awards is now open for entries. You can enter by downloading nomination forms from the website.
With the awards dinner confirmed for September 19 at the Madejski Stadium, Reading, the TVTA will be the major tech event for the region this year.
Headline sponsors are leading insurance broker Jelf; the largest private tech company in the region, Westcoast; and funding specialists GovGrant.
The inaugural TVTA last year was a major success with a capacity audience at the Madejski, and a raft of high-quality winners and finalists.
Keynote speaker this year is Simon Moores, an applied futurist and a contributor to Sky News and the BBC. Moores is the managing director of Zentelligence (Research) and a former ‘Technology Ambassador’ for the Government. He is a vice president of the Westminster-based Conservative Science and Technology Forum.
Moores is recognised as an authority on information security risk, the influence of social media, the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and emerging field of digital ethics. He has advised and assisted prominent organisations and governments in grasping the impact of the many converging technology challenges shaping the future. He is the author of March of the Spiders and a co-author of A Digital Plan for Britain.
Other news from the 2019 build-up:
- IO Associates will sponsor the drinks reception. An industry-leading tech and digital search firm, IO works for top firms from Rothschild to the NHS.
- Categories this year include Tech Inward Investment, sponsored by Lambert Smith Hampton; Tech Leadership Team, sponsored by Goringe; Thames Valley Tech Company, sponsored by Moore Stephens; Tech Employer of the Year, sponsored by Austin Fraser; International Tech Company, sponsored by Boyes Turner; Science & Technology Award, sponsored by Blake Morgan; Innovative Tech, sponsored by Penningtons Manches; Emerging Tech, sponsored by Barclays; Tech Start-Up, sponsored by Centerprise International; and High-Growth Tech, sponsored by Grant Thornton
- Media partner is Jargon PR, the award-winning PR agency based at Hook in Hampshire.
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