Tayside TechFest 2026
About this Event
🎉 Tayside TechFest is the region’s flagship celebration of innovation, collaboration, and digital excellence. Bringing together startups, scale-ups, industry leaders, students, and tech enthusiasts, TechFest showcases the vibrant digital ecosystem across Dundee, Angus, Perth & Kinross.
Expect a packed programme of: 💡 Inspiring talks from tech pioneers 🤝 Networking opportunities with innovators 🛠️ Hands-on workshops and demos 🚀 Showcases of cutting-edge projects and local success stories
Whether you're building the next big thing, exploring career paths in tech, or just curious about the future of digital, Tayside TechFest is your gateway to connect, learn, and grow.
Join us as we spotlight the talent, energy, and ambition driving Tayside’s digital future.
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrival & Networking Breakfast
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Welcome Remarks
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
CoStar: Tay Create Local Innovation Partnership
Host: Prof Gregor White
Info: Professor Gregor White will present an overview and update on the progress of the partnership project and how local companies can benefit from getting involved. The partnership seeks to engage and support innovative companies that can benefit from R&D and product development support to bring new products that use real time interactive technologies to transform or disrupt existing processes, services and markets. Professor White will present how the project will support companies and how they can access project resources.
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Brightsolid: Sovereign Cloud: Who Really Controls Your Data?
Host: Andy Sinclair
Info: Brightsolid: Growing scrutiny of who controls sensitive UK data has made cloud sovereignty a boardroom issue. Brightsolid's Andy Sinclair and Ethan Owens explain why UK data centres aren't enough, and what real control means: where your data sits, who runs the platform and which laws apply. They will discuss how sovereign, AI-ready cloud supports UK organisations.
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Coffee Break + Innovation Showcase
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Torridon Cyber: Cybersecurity for Growing Businesses
Host: Robbie Tyrie
Info: A practical session looking at the cyber risks that tend to emerge as businesses grow, including ransomware, third-party risk, AI, people and access controls, and what leadership teams should actually be doing about them.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Cylera Inc
Host: David Thompson
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch, Innovation Showcase & Ecosystem Networking
🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Afternoon sessions TBC
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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