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Programme

Time Session Location
08:30 - 08:50 Registration Lobby →
08:50 - 09:30 Keynote Address → 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 →

Keynote and Delegates

Keynote Address

Consciousness and Our Evolving Relationship with AI

This interactive session takes the audience on an empowering journey through the mind and deep into our intelligence as we enter this new era of existence. How can new neuroscience knowledge help us achieve human centeredness? How do we better access and deploy the innate human brain power we already have? What role might brain machine interfaces play in our species progression? How do we ensure our relationship with AI and technology evolves successfully whilst playing to our species' innate brain strengths? Join award winning neuroscientist Dr Hannah Critchlow for this interactive session exploring our species future.

Dr Hannah Critchlow

Dr Hannah Critchlow is an internationally-acclaimed neuroscientist, broadcaster, author and Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. She has appeared on BBC, ABC and Korean TV and Radio, most recently on BBC Radio 4 The Life Scientific, and on BBC2 in Family Brain Games with Dara Ó Briain. She has published three books to date: Consciousness: A Ladybird Expert Guide (Penguin, 2018), The Science of Fate (Hodder, 2019) which made The Sunday Times Bestseller list and her latest book Joined up Thinking (Hodder, 2022). In 2022 she received an Honorary Doctorate from Brunel University for her work in neuroscience and communication. She also has a neuroscience research Doctorate from Cambridge University. In 2019 Hannah was named by Nature as a ‘Rising Stars in Life Sciences’. She was recognised as a ‘Top 100 UK scientist’ by the UK Science Council in 2014 and named as one of Cambridge University’s most ‘inspirational and successful women in science’. In 2026 she is scheduled to receive the Rosalind Franklin medal for her work in science communication.

Session 2

Black Bull

James Calder
Chief Investment Officer
City Asset Management

Luca Dal Mas
Multimanager Team Lead
AVIVA Investors

Matt Ennion
Head of Collective Investments
Quilter Cheviot

Matthew Stanesby
Head of Collectives
TrinityBridge

Matthew Wiles
Head of Research
EQ Investors

Session 4

Black Bull

Simon Nicholas
Fund Solutions Specialist
Brown Shipley, a Quintet private bank

Richard Philbin
Chief Investment Officer (Solutions)
Hawksmoor Investment Management

Marc Smith
Deputy CIO
Alder Investment Management

Richard Warne
Senior Portfolio Manager
Copia Capital

Session 6

Black Bull

Madhushree Agarwal
Portfolio Manager
Nedgroup Investments

Ammalan Annalingam
Head of Multi-Asset Investments
Arbion

Jack Byerley
Collective Portfolio Service Manager
Verso Investment Management

Kristian Cassar
Head of Manager Research
Quilter Investors

Adam Carruthers
Senior Collectives Analyst
Charles Stanley & Co

Session 8

Black Bull

Ian Goodchild
Multi-Asset Investment Manager

David Hedderwick
Head of Fund Research
Brompton Asset Management

Darren Morgan
Portfolio Director
Cazenove Capital

Russell Waite
Group Director
Affinity Private Wealth

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: Infusion2025!

Transport

We recommend the following reliable car service:

Addison Lee