Agenda 25th September 2025

PLENARY SESSION  

09:30 

Housekeeping and intros: Iseabail Mactaggart, DBT Scotland 

09:35  

Local welcome:

09:45 

Sector focus: Stephen Ingledew OBE, Chairman, Fintech Scotland & Non-Executive Director 

NED, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology 

09:55 

Financing your export ambition: Carl Williamson, Director, SME & Trade Finance and Co-Head of Business Group, UK Export Finance   

10:05 

Keynote address: Rt Hon Ian Murray MP, Secretary of State for Scotland  

10:15 

Plenary session concludes 

ONE TO ONE MEETINGS 

WORKSHOPS 

10:30-11:00 Meeting 1 

10:45-11:15 Protecting your Intellectual Property (IP) abroad (Kelly Clark, IPO) 

11:00-11:30 Meeting 2 

11:30-12:00 Services exports opportunities in Australia (Gareth Jones, DBT FTAU & Andrew Sainsbury, Australia High Commission) 

11:30-12:00 Meeting 3 

12:00-12:30 Networking & Exhibition  

12:00-12:30 Meeting 4 

12:30-13:00 Break for lunch 

13:00-13:30 Meeting 5 

12:45-13:15 Exporting services to the West Coast USA  

13:30-14:00 Meeting 6 

13:30-14:00 Meet the Export Experts (Export Champion roundtable) 

14:00-14:30 Meeting 7 

14:00-15:00 Networking & Exhibition 

 
   
15:00 Event Closes