UT Conference 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Marks & Clerk will be hosting the UT Conference 2024 from 6-8 November at our London office, in collaboration with UT Prosjektet, Goodwille, Sparebank 1 SMN, and Global Made Possible.

This exclusive event will bring together a range of companies from Mid-Norway, offering attendees valuable opportunities to network and gain insights from industry leaders, investors, and government officials.

Attendance is by invitation only and free of charge for participants. If you're interested in joining, please reach out to UT Prosjektet here for more information.

Agenda

Wednesday 6. November (parallel seminars)

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM - CFO seminar by Goodwille, Sparebank 1 SMN and Sparebank 1 Regnskapshuset SMN.

• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM - Arrival at Goodwille Offices (Address: 20 Red Lion Street).
• 2:10 PM – Welcome and Agenda by Kevin Rutter (CEO, Goodwille) and Saga Palmer (Senior Partnership Executive, Goodwille).
• 2:15 PM - Goodwille & Sparebanken/Regnskapshuset continuing collaboration on Finance & accounting by Johanna Aaker Lindstad (Regional Head Accounting, Sparebank 1 Regnskapshuset SMN).
• 2:35 PM - The UK landscape today by Kevin Rutter.
• 2:55 PM - The journey to the UK for Norwegian scale ups led by Dom Morris (Head of Finance, Goodwille), supported by Sparebank 1 Regnskapshuset SMN).
• 3:15 PM - Tea/coffee break
• 3:45 PM - Case study: Vespa.ai by Kim Omar Johansen (COO and founder, Vespa.ai).
• 4:15 PM - Thank you and summary.

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM - IP and AI seminar by Marks & Clerk

• 2:00 PM - Welcome to Marks & Clerk (Address: 15 Fetter Lane).
• 2:10 PM - Michael Barrett (Partner - Chartered Trade Mark Attorney (UK), Solicitor, Marks & Clerk) and Simon Portman (Of Counsel, Marks & Clerk) will present the topics
• Trade mark protection and strategy.
• Avoiding copyright and trade mark infringement.
• Misleading advertising.
• Contracts with PR and web design companies.
• The benefits and risks of using generative AI.
• 3:00 PM - Tea/coffee break
• 3:25 PM - Challenges and possibilities by use of a good IP strategy presented by Bjørnar Gorm Karlsen (CEO. Framti).
• 3:50 PM - Peter Singstad (CEO, Cybernetica) will present an exciting and relevant case for discussion.
• 4:15 PM - Thank you and summary.

5:00 PM - Participants at both seminars will meet at Old Nick Pub to socialise.

Thursday 7. November 

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM - UT London Conference by Marks & Clerk, Goodwille, Sparebank 1 SMN, Sparebank 1 Regnskapshuset SMN and G-P.

• 10:00 AM - Registration and coffee/tea at Marks & Clerk (Address: 15 Fetter Lane).
• 10:30 AM - Vegard and Willy open the conference.
  
  
• 10.40 AM - Matthew Pinney (Partner - EP & UK Patent Attorney) from Marks & Clerk welcome the audience.
  
  
• 11:00 AM - Setting (yourself) up for success – key steps when entering the UK by Kevin Rutter (CEO, Goodwille).
  
  
• 11:30 AM - Coffee/tea and networking.
  
  
• 12:00 AM - Making international business - by electricity simplified presented by Magnus Rosenving Hjelle (CFO, Elekt)
  
  
• 12:20 PM - TEA was launched by Innovation Norway in London 2013 with a goal to build a portfolio of Norwegian tech companies with global appeal, aiming for one of the strongest growth portfolios in the Nordics within 10 years. Hilde Hukkelberg (Managing Director UK and Ireland, Innovation Norway) will share why TEA is such a powerful program.
  
  
• 12:40 PM - World at work by Dhaval Gore (Partner Director, G-P). Dhaval will present the latest findings on global employment patterns, and how the use of tech is shaping roles and workflows.
  
  
• 01:00 PM - Lunch and networking.
  
  
• 1:30 PM - Stella Smith (CEO & Founder, pirkx) is sharing her experience in building a global company. Stella is an entrepreneur, investor and human rights and inclusivity advocate. She is founder and CEO of pirkx, a disruptive force in the global employee benefits industry providing affordable wellbeing benefits to those historically excluded from corporate benefits schemes due to employment status, company size or budget.
  
  
• 1:55 PM - Arvid Vasskog (CEO, SocialScreen). Arvid will share how SocialScreen has acquired international customers from their office in Trondheim. How did they find them and how do they sell to them? At last, how will they become a global player in the years to come.
  
  
• 2:15 PM - Vibeke Schei Solberg (Regional Bank Manager, Sparebank 1 SMN) will present new arrangements for the companies to access funds in the growth phase.
  
  
• 2:30 PM - Coffee/tea and networking.
  
  
• 2:50 PM - Meghna Misra-Elder (Senior Sustainability Manager, London & Partners) will talk about how London & Partners work with Norwegian companies that seek to establish presence in London.
  
  
• 3:00 PM - Jørgen Skogan (Head of Growth UK, Consigli) will present how the company from Norway are building presence in the UK.
  
  
• 3:20 PM - Creating Value from Waste. Christian Hvamstad (Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder, Wastefront) will present Wastefront and how they are building an international company from its origin in Norway.
  
  
• 3:40 PM - Panel discussion on how to build a successful international company. The panel consist of Kevin Rutter, Christian Hvamstad, Arvid Vasskog and Stella Smith. The panel discussion is lead by Vegard.
  
  
• 4:00 PM - Summary by Vegard and Willy.
  
  
• 4:15 PM - Socializing in the pub Editor’s Tap.

Friday 8. November

• 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Individual meetings.