Agenda

11 September 2025

09:30 - Housekeeping and Introduction: Tom Taylor, Department for Business and Trade

09:35 - Welcome: TBC

09:45 - Sector Focus: Richard Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Northern Ireland Screen

09:55 - Financing your Export Ambition: Vicky D'Sylva, Head of Strategic Sectors, UK Export Finance 

10:05 - Keynote Address: UK Government Minister

10:15 - Plenary Session Concludes

 

ONE TO ONE MEETINGS

WORKSHOPS

 

10:30-11:00 Meeting 1

10:45 - 11:15 - Meet the Export Experts
(Export Champion Roundtable)    

 

11:00-11:30 Meeting 2

 

 

11:30 -12:00 Meeting 3

11:30 - 12:00 - Protecting your Intellectual Property (IP) abroad
(Kelly Clake, Intellectual Property Office)

 
12:00 -12:30 Meeting 4 12:00 - 12:30 Networking and Exhibition time  

12:30 -13:00 Break for Lunch

ONE TO ONE MEETINGS

WORKSHOPS

 

13:00 -13:30 Meeting 5                       

12:45 - 13:15  Trading Overseas: How to Avoid Legal Pitfalls (and Lawyers)
(Lewis Silkin LLP)

 

13:30 -14:00 Meeting 6

13:30 - 14:00 Creative Sector Update on Doing Business in the US
(Presented by the Department for Business and Trade Commerical Colleagues from the US)
 

14:00 - 14:30 Meeting 7

14:00 - 15:00 Networking and Exhibition time

 

14:30 - 15:00 Meeting 8

   

15:00

Event Closes