Unleash your potential and be the best you can be

How do you shape your business for sustainable success? How do you future proof your business model, making your enterprise better equipped to meet the current challenges? How do you grab the many opportunities that lie ahead in the fourth industrial age?

Credit: ICC Wales

The Unleash Conference is here to answer those questions – and more – helping you be the best you can be. It’s the one day in the year created for entrepreneurs and senior managers like you.

Unleash 2023 is free to attend for qualifying SME delegates (maximum of three delegates per company) with breakfast, lunch, coffees and Evening Drinks Reception provided by CCR and our partners. There is a £6.00 car parking charge onsite within the ICC which is payable by delegates who bring their car.

What to expect from Unleash 2023

All in a single day – your day – held in the exceptionally stimulating surroundings of the International Conference Centre, Wales, just off Junction 24 of the M4.

Our confirmed speakers for Unleash 2023

Vaughan Gething MS

Economy Minister

Welsh Government

David TC Davies MP

Secretary of State for Wales

UK Government

Councillor Jane Mudd

Leader

Newport City Council

Councillor Anthony Hunt

Councillor Anthony Hunt

Leader

Torfaen County Borough Council

Councillor Huw Thomas

Councillor Huw Thomas

Leader

Cardiff Council

Rachel Ashworth

Dean

Cardiff Business School

Rhian Elston

Rhian Elston

Wales Investment Director

Development Bank of Wales

Professor Simon J. Gibson, CBE, DL

Chief Executive

Wesley Clover Wales

John Wilkinson

Director

Western Gateway

Stephen Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Chair

Tech Nation

Eleri Gibbon

Director – Services Partners UK

Microsoft

Jan Griffiths

Host

The Automotive Leaders Podcast

Chris Meadows

Director

CSconnected

Professor Sara Pepper OBE

Creative Economy Unit Co-Director

Cardiff University

Phil Sampson

Deals Lead

PwC in Wales

Dr Wil Williams

Dr Wil Williams

CEO

Alacrity Foundation

Dr Yulia Cherdantseva

Dr Yulia Cherdantseva

Director of Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education

Cardiff University

Damon Rands

Damon Rands

CEO

PureCyber Ltd.

Sarah Williams-Gardener

Sarah Williams-Gardener

CEO

FinTech Wales

Eamon Tuhami

Eamon Tuhami

CEO

Hwyl Ventures

Jess Lancaster

Jess Lancashire

Founder

From Another

Noel Mooney

Noel Mooney

Chief Executive Officer

Football Association of Wales

Zara May

Zara May

Head of Community

GlobalWelsh

Giorgia Tomasello

Chief Product Officer

Trovalo

Sharan Johnstone

Head of Cyber Security

University of South Wales

Nigel Griffiths

Nigel Griffiths

Chair

Cardiff Capital Regional Business Council

Kellie Beirne

Kellie Beirne

Director

Cardiff Capital Region City Deal

Rhys Thomas

Rhys Thomas

Chief Operating Officer

Cardiff Capital Region

Nicola Somerville

Head of Business Development & Inclusive Growth

Cardiff Capital Region

The ICC Wales is renowned for its fine dining and all Unleash 2023 delegates will receive lovely a breakfast and lunch in the Unleash Exhibition Quarter. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements while registering for Unleash 2023.  There will also be a complimentary Evening Drinks Reception from 17.30 onwards sponsored by Geldards.

Unleash is brought to you by

Focused on the strategic goals of Innovation, Connectivity, Inclusivity and Sustainability, the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) brings together the ten Local Authorities of Southeast Wales, with a vision to deliver ambition and good long-term sustainable growth across Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and the Vale of Glamorgan.

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