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 → | Black Bull → |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Coffee | Punchbowl → |
| 11:10 - 11:50 | Free Session | |
| 11:50 - 12:30 | Session 4 → | Black Bull → |
| 12:30 - 13:20 | Lunch | Punchbowl → |
| 13:20 - 14:00 | Free Session | |
| 14:00 - 14:40 | Session 6 → | Black Bull → |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Tea | Punchbowl → |
| 15:00 - 15:40 | Free Session | |
| 15:40 - 16:20 | Session 8 → | Black Bull → |
| 16:20 - 17:00 | Drinks Reception | Punchbowl → |
Speakers
- Keynote Speaker
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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.
- Session 2
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Black Bull
Ammalan Annalingam
Co-Head of Multi-Asset Investments
ArbionMireille Bensimon
Investment Analyst
Legal & General Investment ManagementJack Byerley
Collective Portfolio Service Manager
Verso Investment ManagementJames Calder
Chief Investment Officer
City Asset ManagementJack Rawcliffe
Fund Analyst
EFG Asset Management
- Session 4
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Black Bull
Luca Dal Mas
Multimanager Team Lead
AVIVA InvestorsRichard Philbin
Chief Investment Officer (Solutions)
Hawksmoor Investment ManagementMatthew Stanesby
Head of Collectives
Close Brothers Asset ManagementRichard Warne
Senior Portfolio Manager
Copia CapitalNick Wood
Head of Fund Research
Quilter Cheviot
- Session 6
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Black Bull
Paul Angell
Head of Investment Research
AJ BellPaul Green
Investment Manager
Columbia Threadneedle InvestmentsDavid Jardine
Head of Portfolio Management
STANLIB Multi-ManagerJon Proudfoot
Investment Director
Affinity Private WealthScott Spencer
Investment Director
Square Mile
- Session 8
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Black Bull
Adam Carruthers
Senior Collectives Analyst
Charles Stanley & CoKristian Cassar
Head of Manager Research
Quilter InvestorsJosh Herson
Portfolio Director
Brooks MacdonaldDarren Morgan
Portfolio Director
Cazenove CapitalMark Richmond-Watson
Portfolio Manager
James Hambro and Partners
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
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