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This group gives our start up and early stage members the opportunity to come together and meet other founders and CEOs of startups, and to learn from experts in topics that are important to you.

Come and hear from other startups across the Scottish tech sector, share your common challenges. We will bring you experts to discuss a wide range of essential topics, from approaching investors to building your talent pipeline and growing your business. No matter what stage you are at.

On 16th June we will be joined by Justin Black, Business Director at HAYS, who will cover scaling your business and the challenges associated with building your team with the right people.

Learn more about:
– Setting up your culture
– Vision / Roadmap for your business
– Clarity on career progression

Register via the ‘Learn More’ link below.

The demand for digital tech skills continues to grow exponentially in Scotland and many employers struggle to recruit the tech skills they need.

Neurodiversity presents an opportunity for employers to unlock strong skills and qualities which can be particularly well suited to digital tech jobs. Neurodiversity is also proven to bring business benefits such as increased productivity and retention.

Join us to learn why neurodiversity is good for business and how you can benefit from a more neurodiverse workforce.

This webinar is an opportunity to hear:

> What neurodiversity is and how it can benefit your business
> The strengths and skills of a neurodiverse profile and fit with digital tech jobs
> How tech employers can better recruit and support neurodivergent individuals
> Where tech employers can get help and support to increase neurodiversity

This webinar is of importance to all employers with a requirement for digital technology skills.

Who should attend from your organisation?
> HR professionals
> D&I staff
> Early careers and talent pipeline staff
> Digital technology business leads

This webinar is brought to you by Skills Development Scotland in partnership with ScotlandIS, CIPD, BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) and Lexxic.

Do you want to find out more about the data driven AI scaleups who are making an impact post-Covid?

Book your free ticket to the University of Edinburgh Post-Covid AI Accelerator Demo Day and discover the 15 exciting high-growth companies who took part in the AI Accelerator – an initiative launched this year to support data driven scaleups to make an impact and drive recovery post-Covid through entrepreneurship and innovation.

The Accelerator Demo Day is part of the EIE Scotland showcase – Scotland’s premier showcase for investors.

What is the agenda?

Throughout the Demo Day, there will be:

• Networking opportunities for investors, scaleups, PhD students and academics
• A keynote speech by Albert King, Chief Data Officer at Scottish Government
• A discussion led by panellists like Dr Poonam Malik, entrepreneurial business strategy leader, and Simon Baker, Startup Developer Advocate at IBM looking at how AI can contribute to recovery from Covid-19

And most importantly, each Accelerator scaleup will have a chance to pitch for investment!

Do you want to invest in the cutting edge data driven technology and AI scaleups coming out of the University of Edinburgh?

Scotland’s future circular economy has a range of vital components to it. Vertical farming, artificial intelligence, data mining and our relationship with the land are some of the most important. This is undoubtedly in one of the most challenging aspects of our journey to carbon neutrality.

Join us on 19th August when our speakers will explore these challenges and opportunities that they present for the tech sector in developing technologies to drive down emissions.

We will be joined by:

– David Farquhar, IGS
– Emma Patterson Taylor, SAOS
– Dr Michael Groves, Topolytics

CmdR ScotSoft is the leading tech conference in Scotland and has been running for more than 20 years. It’s an annual festival of ideas and innovation that showcases the best of the Scottish technology sector and brings you sought after speakers from far flung locations.

We seek to help technology businesses and professionals focus on future trends, opportunities for growth, look at personal development in leadership skills and strategies and help the digital community in Scotland prosper. This year will be no different.

We’ll bring together a community like-minded professionals to learn from the very best within our industry – only instead of connecting in person during the day, we’ll do it in a virtual environment.

We’ll be running parallel sessions throughout the day focussing on things your business can do to recover and grow, taking a deep dive into core subjects including cloud, AI, languages and security, and also looking at how technology can help transform non-tech businesses, highlighting some of the best solutions Scotland has to offer.

Some of our confirmed speakers so far include: Bonnie Dunbar, professor of aerospace engineering and inductee of the Astronaut Hall of Fame; Lars Klint, author, trainer, Microsoft MVP, community leader, and Microsoft Azure expert; and Ali Law, Associate at Hanya Partners and all round digital guru.

So, if you’re a practitioner, leader or just an interested observer, book your space now.

We are delighted that we’ll be able to bring the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards back in person this year.  It’ll be more ‘exclusive’ than past years, with numbers currently limited to account for social distancing.

As always, the YSE Awards showcase some of the brightest minds our universities have to offer.  Nominees are drawn from recent graduates of computer science (and related undergraduate degrees) and the winners decided by our panel of judges, who have over 100 years combined industry experience.  You’ll have the opportunity to meet them all throughout dinner and watch as their dissertation topics are showcased during the evening.

Of course, it wouldn’t be the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards without a champagne reception to kick the night off. We’ll then take our seats for a lavish three course meal, before watching the Awards and hearing from our special after-dinner speaker – world-renowned Social Engineer and keynote speaker, Jenny Radcliffe.

We’re working with the EICC and the Scottish Government to ensure it’s as safe as possible for you to bring your guests to.  We’ll follow all the rules and restrictions in place at the time and will communicate these to you before the dinner takes place.

We’re inviting you to register your interest in a table, at the moment this will be for a maximum of six people and costs will be in line with previous years.  We hope to be able to increase numbers as guidance allows and hope to deliver more clarity on this in the near future.