ScotlandIS Cyber

Do you have an idea for an innovative cyber security product or service? Are you looking to perfect and get feedback on your pitch for investors or customers? Would you like advice from experienced cyber experts?

Our first Cyber Innovation clinic will be a friendly forum allowing Scottish cyber companies to practise their business pitch and receive insights and feedback from our panel of cyber experts.

The panel:

• Peter Jaco, Co-Founder Scottish Tech Army, Cyber Board member and Chair and cyber investor
• Andy Williams, DIT Cyber Advisor
• Federico Charosky, Founder of Quorum Cyber
• Steve McKee, Cyber Security Specialist at Cisco
• Nicola Cooper, Information Security Manager at Virgin Money UK
• Bill Buchanan, Professor of Cryptography, Edinburgh Napier University  
• Paula Douglas, Start-up/scale-up Business Advisor, Scottish Enterprise

Criteria for applying:

• You need to be a start-up, a company emerging into the cyber security sphere or a scaling cyber security company 
• You need to have a clear ask from the panel – i.e. feedback on pitch/products, introductions etc. If you do not need anything from the panel then please do not apply

To apply please send in the following to Ciara.Mitchell@scotlandIS.com :

• A brief description of your company covering size and focus with a brief history. 
• Why do you want to apply? (One line response is fine!)
• What are you hoping to get from participating? (one line response is fine)

The increase in the use of AI brings with it the risk that results are biased. To achieve public trust, the outputs of an AI algorithm need to be explainable, particularly when an algorithm is making decisions about people.

The recent guidance published by the ICO on Explainable AI also makes it clear that there is a legislative requirement for explainability.

Join ScotlandIS Data on 28th October for a roundtable discussion about what exactly is meant by Explainable AI, how it can be achieved and the implications for companies of making AI explainable.

We will be joined by Dr Andy Starkey, University of Aberdeen, and Mark Graham, Product Manager, Sharktower, to lead the discussion but we encourage delegates to participate for an open dialogue and debate on the topic.

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) and eurobits e.V. – European Competence Centre for Information Technology Security (Bochum) have the pleasure of inviting you to the 8th Cyber Investor Days, taking place on 30 November – 1 December 2020 in Bochum, Germany.

Despite the challenging times, the most promising European cybersecurity startups and SMEs will have a chance to pitch their innovative solutions and hold B2B meetings with the leading investors and corporates from Europe and beyond.

8th Cyber Investor Days will be organised as a hybrid event, allowing physical (in-person) and virtual (remote) attendance. Participants will receive further information closer to the event date.

The last edition of the ECSO Cyber Investor Days took place on 13-14 May 2020 and was organised as an all-virtual event. It proved to be a great success – the record number of investors and corporates attended the event, around 150 virtual B2B meetings were held.

PROGRAMME

30 November 2020 – Afternoon workshop for investors (physical and virtual). Investors will be invited to attend an exclusive afternoon workshop, aiming to discuss the European cybersecurity funding and the concrete strategies for strengthening investment activities in the EU. Investors from Europe, Japan, Israel and the United States are expected to join the workshop.

1 December 2020 – Pitch sessions and B2B meetings (physical and virtual). The day will start with the pitch sessions of the pre-selected European cybersecurity startups and SMEs, as well as participating investors and corporates. After the pitch sessions, the B2B meetings will follow. The catalog of the pre-selected startups and SMEs will be shared with the investors and corporates before the event. The B2B matchmaking platform will be available to schedule the meetings before the event.

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) and eurobits e.V. – European Competence Centre for Information Technology Security (Bochum) have the pleasure of inviting you to the 8th Cyber Investor Days, taking place on 30 November – 1 December 2020 in Bochum, Germany.

Despite the challenging times, the most promising European cybersecurity startups and SMEs will have a chance to pitch their innovative solutions and hold B2B meetings with the leading investors and corporates from Europe and beyond.

8th Cyber Investor Days will be organised as a hybrid event, allowing physical (in-person) and virtual (remote) attendance. Participants will receive further information closer to the event date.

The last edition of the ECSO Cyber Investor Days took place on 13-14 May 2020 and was organised as an all-virtual event. It proved to be a great success – the record number of investors and corporates attended the event, around 150 virtual B2B meetings were held.

PROGRAMME

30 November 2020 – Afternoon workshop for investors (physical and virtual). Investors will be invited to attend an exclusive afternoon workshop, aiming to discuss the European cybersecurity funding and the concrete strategies for strengthening investment activities in the EU. Investors from Europe, Japan, Israel and the United States are expected to join the workshop.

1 December 2020 – Pitch sessions and B2B meetings (physical and virtual). The day will start with the pitch sessions of the pre-selected European cybersecurity startups and SMEs, as well as participating investors and corporates. After the pitch sessions, the B2B meetings will follow. The catalog of the pre-selected startups and SMEs will be shared with the investors and corporates before the event. The B2B matchmaking platform will be available to schedule the meetings before the event.

The quarterly S.E.L.F grouping provides a forum for software engineering leaders, CIO’s and CTO’s across the Scottish tech sector to share ideas and explore common challenges. The meetups also provide opportunities for informal mentoring and potential opportunities for joint working.

The topic for this meetup is building a talent pipeline.

This event is exclusive to ScotlandIS members only 

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