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Programme

Time Session Location
08:30 - 08:50 Registration Lobby →
08:50 - 09:30 Welcome & Keynote → Green Dragon →
09:30 - 10:10 Free Session
10:10 - 10:50 Session 2 → Four Swans →
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Punchbowl →
11:10 - 11:50 Free Session
11:50 - 12:30 Session 4 → Four Swans →
12:30 - 13:20 Lunch Punchbowl →
13:20 - 14:00 Free Session
14:00 - 14:40 Session 6 → Four Swans →
14:40 - 15:00 Tea Punchbowl →
15:00 - 15:40 Free Session
15:40 - 16:20 Session 8 → Four Swans →
16:20 - 17:00 Drinks Reception Punchbowl →

Floorplan

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Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Why some ideas take off - and some don't

This session will reveal the underlying principles that drive the spread of ideas and innovations, from scientific discoveries and technological inventions to online trends and marketing campaigns. Using examples and activities to challenge common beliefs about successful (and unsuccessful) ideas, this session will cover the four key factors that influence spread, and how we can target them to boost the chances something will take off. It will also look at how network structure can help - or hinder - uptake of ideas, why some trends are easier to predict than others, and who we should target if we want something to take hold in a community or organisation.

Dr Adam Kucharski

Dr Adam Kucharski is a mathematician, epidemiologist, and author. He is a Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and a Senior Fellow at TED. Adam specialises in the maths of real-life and digital contagion, revealing the patterns and predictions of how things spread. After studying and working at Warwick, Cambridge, and Imperial College universities, he joined the LSHTM.

He has led large-scale studies of social behaviour and immunity, as well as developing new ways to understand and predict outbreaks. Adam has contributed scientific insights to multiple governments and health agencies, been profiled by The New York Times, The Times, and collaborated on research with organisations including Meta, Space X and the BBC.

Author of several books including The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread - and Why They Stop and The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling, an examination of science's on-going battle with luck, Adam has also written for Wired, The Times, the Financial Times, Scientific American, and The Observer and is a regular expert voice on BBC radio and television.

As well as holding the esteemed Medical Research Council Career Development Award in Biostatistics and the Wellcome Henry Dale fellowship, Adam was awarded The Adams Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes in mathematics, for his work on epidemiological methods.

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Session 2

Four Swans

Paul Angell
Head of Investment Research
AJ Bell

Kristian Cassar
Head of Manager Research
Quilter Investors

Darren Morgan
Portfolio Director
Cazenove Capital

Richard Philbin
Chief Investment Officer (Solutions)
Hawksmoor Investment Management

Matthew Stanesby
Head of Collectives
Close Brothers Asset Management

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Session 4

Four Swans

Ammalan Annalingam
Co-Head of Multi-Asset Investments
Arbion

Mireille Bensimon
Investment Analyst
Legal & General Investment Management

Jon Proudfoot
Investment Director
Affinity Private Wealth

Ian Rees
Head of Multi Manager Funds
Premier Miton Investors

Mark Richmond-Watson
Portfolio Manager
James Hambro and Partners

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Session 6

Four Swans

James Calder
Chief Investment Officer
City Asset Management

Adam Carruthers
Senior Collectives Analyst
Charles Stanley & Co

Luca Dal Mas
Multimanager Team Lead
AVIVA Investors

Josh Herson
Portfolio Director
Brooks Macdonald

Richard Warne
Senior Portfolio Manager
Copia Capital

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Session 8

Four Swans

Jack Byerley
Collective Portfolio Service Manager
Verso Investment Management

Paul Green
Investment Manager
Columbia Threadneedle Investments

David Jardine
Head of Portfolio Management
STANLIB Multi-Manager

Jack Rawcliffe
Fund Analyst
EFG Asset Management

Nick Wood
Head of Fund Research
Quilter Cheviot

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Downloads

Information

NGF International was devised and organised by Infusion Events. We will be available throughout the event and we will be happy to help with any queries you may have. Please come and find us at the registration desk or phone us on one of the following mobile numbers:

Sally Doyle  07881 957350

Sarah Ford  07702 331487

Wifi

Should you wish to catch up with the office during your breaks, we have arranged a complimentary and secure wifi connection.

To access the secure connection, please locate the network ‘NGF International’ and use the password: Infusion2024!

Transport

We recommend the following reliable car service:

Addison Lee

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