january, 2025
14jan1:30 pm2:30 pmDemystifying Cyber Essentials: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Certification Success
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Kick off the new year with expert insights and actionable guidance in our first webinar of 2025. Join Jonathan Bowers, CEO of Secarma, as he interviews Jennifer Williams, our Managing Director and
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Kick off the new year with expert insights and actionable guidance in our first webinar of 2025. Join Jonathan Bowers, CEO of Secarma, as he interviews Jennifer Williams, our Managing Director and one of the longest-serving Cyber Essentials Plus Lead Assessors as well as Neil Furminger, Head of Cyber Essentials at IASME. With unparalleled expertise and years of experience in the Cyber Essentials scheme, Jen has helped countless organisations navigate the certification process successfully.
In this interactive session, we’ll unpack:
How to Scope Your Business for Certification:
- Understand what’s in and out of scope to avoid common surprises.
- Navigating the Self-Assessment Process: Learn practical tips for completing the requirements with confidence.
- Preparing for Your Cyber Essentials Plus Audit: Insights to help you streamline the process and pass the first time.
- Avoiding the Common Pitfalls: Learn from real-world examples of what can go wrong—and how to get it right.
- The April 2025 Scheme Updates:Stay ahead of the curve with a clear understanding of what’s changing and how it affects your organisation.
Whether you’re new to Cyber Essentials or looking to renew your certification, this webinar will leave you with:
- A Clear Plan of Action:Practical steps you can implement immediately and be ahead of the April deadline.
- Expert Insights: Direct from one of the most experienced assessors in the industry.
- Confidence in Compliance: Ensure your organisation is protected and prepared for the future.
Don’t miss this opportunity to simplify the process and position your business for success in 2025 and beyond.
Time
(Tuesday) 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm GMT
Location
Online
16jan10:30 am12:00 pmClean Heat Market and OpportunitiesClean Heat Procurement Webinar Series
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Scottish Enterprise has teamed up with the Supplier Development Programme to run a series of two webinars, to help Scottish based SMEs to win more contracts in the ever-expanding clean
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Scottish Enterprise has teamed up with the Supplier Development Programme to run a series of two webinars, to help Scottish based SMEs to win more contracts in the ever-expanding clean heat market.
What is clean heat? – Clean heat is defined as technologies to decrease carbon emissions from buildings. This includes energy efficiency, heat pumps, heat networks, and associated sensors and controls.
This first webinar will focus on the clean heat market and opportunities. The second online event ( 23rd January ‘25) will build on this with advice on how to win tenders. Please ensure you book to attend both webinars
During this live webinar you will learn about the clean heat market and its growth. The main clean heat framework contracts will be described along with the support that is available to help you to bid for contracts. This will be followed by two case studies from a buyer’s perspective: one from an SME contractor, the other from the public sector buyer.
We will have interactive Polls throughout the webinar and a live Q&A, giving you an opportunity to ask questions while our experts are live online.
Webinar agenda
- Introduction from Supplier Development Programme
- Presentation from Scottish Enterprise to include, what is clean heat? Size and growth of the market.
- Overview from SDP -support available to help to you bid for contracts.
- Clean Heat framework contracts – what frameworks are live and coming soon?
- A buyer’s perspective (private sector)-A case study from a contractor.
- A buyer’s perspective (public sector)-What procurement routes does a Council use
- Live Q&A
Time
(Thursday) 10:30 am - 12:00 pm GMT
Location
Online
Organizer
Scottish Enterprise Scottish Enterprise HQ, Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 6HQ
21jan5:30 pm7:30 pmFeaturedTech Trends 2025 - Edinburgh
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Tech Trends is your opportunity to get ahead of the game and discover the key technologies making an appearance in the coming year. This year we’ll be looking at both pushing
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Tech Trends is your opportunity to get ahead of the game and discover the key technologies making an appearance in the coming year.
This year we’ll be looking at both pushing the limits of the new, some things that help bridge the gap and, as always, we’ll take a peek at what is just hype and how trends from previous years have fared.
Giving us his rundown of the Top Ten Tech Trends of 2025 will be former Gartner analyst Richard Marshall, whose expertise covers numerous areas of software development including, mobile, low code, web tools, AI and Blockchain.
Join us in Edinburgh in January for an eye-opening evening where you will be privy to the latest developments in the industry and the expert predictions for 2025.
A huge thank you to our partners DLA Piper for returning to host us once again.
The distance between technology leaders and laggards is growing ever greater, with increasing numbers of companies finding themselves in transition.
Don’t get left behind – book your ticket for Tech Trends 2025 today.
Tech Trends is free for ScotlandIS members; non-member ticket price is £30 (inclusive of VAT).
Maximum of two attendees per organisation due to capacity.
If you have any questions about the event please get in touch with Cat Blair at catriona.blair@51jiyangshi.com
Time
(Tuesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm GMT
Location
DLA Piper Edinburgh
Rutland Square, EH1 2AA
Organizer
ScotlandISScotlandIS builds, shapes and supports the digital technologies ecosystem.info@51jiyangshi.com Oracle Campus, Blackness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7LR
22jan12:00 pm5:00 pmCyber Runway: Glasgow - Financial Services and Cyber
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Plexal is delighted to welcome applications for our Cyber Runway:Glasgow pitch day. Do you have a cyber security solution for the Financial sector that you'd like to pitch to investors and
Event Details
Plexal is delighted to welcome applications for our Cyber Runway:Glasgow pitch day.
Do you have a cyber security solution for the Financial sector that you’d like to pitch to investors and industry experts?
We are looking for startups / organisations that are building cyber security solutions for the financial services sector to join us and pitch their solutions.
Of particular interest are products related to data leakage management.
We are pleased to be joined by Lloyds Banking Group and FinTech Scotland who will share their challenges and insights followed by Q&A from attendees.
This event will be a great chance for startups to network with fellow startups, industry experts and investors. Startups will also get to hear about how they can better engage with the local ecosystem and the various innovation programmes on offer.
Our panel of judges from Lloyds Banking Group and FinTech Scotland willl provide feedback to those that are selected to pitch.
About Cyber Runway:
Cyber Runway, funded by the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), is the UK’s largest cyber security accelerator. We work with founders from idea to scale up to fast-track their growth. Over the past two years we’ve supported nearly 200 companies and helped them launch products, raise funding and secure pilots.
How to get involved:
To apply please submit a pitch deck to Arutyun Arutyunyan at arutyun.arutyunyan@plexal.com and Cc in Mary Welton mary.welton@plexal.com . In your pitch deck please include:
- What your solution is
- Why it’s applicable to this sector
- Uses cases and traction (where applicable)
- Team overview
Application deadline – 20th December 2024. If your application is successful, the Plexal team will be in touch asap with information on next steps.
Time
(Wednesday) 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm GMT
Location
The Social Hub
15 Candleriggs, Glasgow G1 1TQ
22jan5:30 pm7:30 pmFeaturedTech Trends 2025 - Glasgow
Event Details
Tech Trends is your opportunity to get ahead of the game and discover the key technologies making an appearance in the coming year. This year we’ll be looking at both pushing
Event Details
Tech Trends is your opportunity to get ahead of the game and discover the key technologies making an appearance in the coming year.
This year we’ll be looking at both pushing the limits of the new, some things that help bridge the gap and, as always, we’ll take a peek at what is just hype and how trends from previous years have fared.
Giving us his rundown of the Top Ten Tech Trends of 2025 will be former Gartner analyst Richard Marshall, whose expertise covers numerous areas of software development including, mobile, low code, web tools, AI and Blockchain.
Join us in Glasgow in January for an eye-opening evening where you will be privy to the latest developments in the industry and the expert predictions for 2025.
A huge thank you to our partners Burness Paull for returning to host us once again.
The distance between technology leaders and laggards is growing ever greater, with increasing numbers of companies finding themselves in transition.
Don’t get left behind – book your ticket for Tech Trends 2025 today.
Tech Trends is free for ScotlandIS members; non-member ticket price is £30 (inclusive of VAT).
Maximum of two attendees per organisation due to capacity.
If you have any questions about the event please get in touch with Cat Blair at catriona.blair@51jiyangshi.com
Time
(Wednesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm GMT
Location
Burness Paull LLP Glasgow
2 Atlantic Square 31 York Street Glasgow G2 8AS
Organizer
ScotlandISScotlandIS builds, shapes and supports the digital technologies ecosystem.info@51jiyangshi.com Oracle Campus, Blackness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7LR
Event Details
Scottish Enterprise teamed up with the Supplier Development Programme to run a series of two webinars to help Scottish based SMEs to win more contracts in the ever-expanding clean heat
Event Details
Scottish Enterprise teamed up with the Supplier Development Programme to run a series of two webinars to help Scottish based SMEs to win more contracts in the ever-expanding clean heat market.
What is clean heat? – Clean heat is defined as technologies to decrease carbon emissions from buildings. This includes energy efficiency, heat pumps, heat networks, and associated sensors and controls.
The first webinar focused on the clean heat market and opportunities; this second online event builds on this with advice on how to win tenders. Please ensure you attend both webinars.
During this live webinar, we will introduce you to the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) portal together with tips on how to complete your tender bid. Speakers from the Scottish Procurement Alliance and Scotland Excel will provide more detail on their clean heat framework contracts, followed by a case study from an SMEs to talk about the supplier perspective.
We will have interactive Polls throughout the event and a live Q&A, giving you an opportunity to ask questions while our experts are live online.
Webinar agenda
- Introduction from Supplier Development Programme
- Presentation from Scottish Enterprise to include, what is clean heat? Size and growth of the market.
- Advice from SDP – Getting tender ready – Top Tips for Tendering
- Scottish Procurement Alliance – clean heat framework contracts
- Scotland Excel – clean heat framework contracts
- How to win tenders – a case study from an SME
- Live Q&A
Time
(Thursday) 10:30 am - 12:00 pm GMT
Location
Online
Organizer
Scottish Enterprise Scottish Enterprise HQ, Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 6HQ
23jan5:30 pm7:30 pmFeaturedTech Trends 2025 - Aberdeen
Event Details
Tech Trends is your opportunity to get ahead of the game and discover the key technologies making an appearance in the coming year. This year we’ll be looking at both pushing
Event Details
Tech Trends is your opportunity to get ahead of the game and discover the key technologies making an appearance in the coming year.
This year we’ll be looking at both pushing the limits of the new, some things that help bridge the gap and, as always, we’ll take a peek at what is just hype and how trends from previous years have fared.
Giving us his rundown of the Top Ten Tech Trends of 2025 will be former Gartner analyst Richard Marshall, whose expertise covers numerous areas of software development including, mobile, low code, web tools, AI and Blockchain.
Join us in Aberdeen in January for an eye-opening evening where you will be privy to the latest developments in the industry and the expert predictions for 2025.
A huge thank you to our partners Pinsent Masons for returning to host us once again.
The distance between technology leaders and laggards is growing ever greater, with increasing numbers of companies finding themselves in transition.
Don’t get left behind – book your ticket for Tech Trends 2025 today.
Tech Trends is free for ScotlandIS members; non-member ticket price is £30 (inclusive of VAT).
Maximum of two attendees per organisation due to capacity.
If you have any questions about the event please get in touch with Cat Blair at catriona.blair@51jiyangshi.com
Time
(Thursday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm GMT
Location
Pinsent Masons Aberdeen
13 Queen's Rd, Aberdeen AB15 4YL
Organizer
ScotlandISScotlandIS builds, shapes and supports the digital technologies ecosystem.info@51jiyangshi.com Oracle Campus, Blackness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7LR