About this Event
Innovators Summit 2025
“When you need to Innovate, you need collaboration” - Thomas Edison
Change requires intersection of wildly different ideas, experience and skill-sets.
Innovators Summit aims to unite the Business Minds, Technologists and Creatives in a bid to spark real Innovation and Collaborative Efforts within Brighton and London Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.
The evening will be packed with thought-provoking speeches from our star-studded guest line-up, followed by the Innovators’ Panel, with ample networking and idea exchange opportunities after the fact.
Meet our Speakers:
Soma Pirityi: Using his first-hand experience of working in Venture Capital himself, Soma founded ETA Technologies, forever shifting the way investors evaluate founding teams using psychometric analysis, making the Forbes 30 under 30 list along the way.
Marco Kogler: Marco uses skills and connections built over an undeniable Strategic Consulting career to enable to turn research into scaling companies, with his work spanning DeepTech, Medicine, as well as Commercial ventures.
Mary Kemp: A trailblazer from inception of the AI boom, Mary Kemp has revolutionized the integration of technology in Brighton's businesses through AI Potential, as well as connected and empowered individuals within the space through Brighton AI.
Winn Faria: Winn is an executive with Innovate UK Business Connect with an extensive history of delivering exceptional results with Start-up/Scale-up Advisory, Investment Procurement, FinTech, LawTech, AccounTech, Blockchain, Quantum, and AI.
Rich Palmer: A savante entrepreneur, brand manager and Innovator. Rich invented, grew, and exited the D30 smart material, now widely used by numerous brands such as the North Face, Puma as well as within sports, the military, and tech.
Ken Janssens: With decades of global leadership experience gained during his tenure at J.P. Morgan, Ken Janssens, turned his passion for social impact into Windō, pioneering technology-driven solutions to advance ESG and diversity on a global scale.
Oli Coles: A career purpose-Entrepreneur and visionary, Oli has redefined purpose driven careers by tackling Gen Z’s desire for transparency and value-aligned employers, enacting change in sustainability, diversity, and positive change in the workplace through his co-founding of Windō.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Jubilee Large Lecture Theatre, University of Sussex Business School, Falmer, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 6.00
