Travolution Start-up Summit 2020

This year’s Travolution Start-up Summit will once again showcase amazing innovation and entrepreneurialism we see in the sector.
 
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s event can’t run in our usual venue in IBM’s headquarters in London, and so we have taken the decision to go virtual. However, it will feature insightful interviews and presentations from speakers who have established and grown start-ups like Rod Cuthbert, founder of rome2rio.com, and Chris Brown, founder of sunshine.co.uk and TrustedTrip.
 
The event will also hear from innovative new open-source distribution platform Winding Tree, entrepreneurs who have used the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to pivot or rethink their strategy and organisations that support start-up as well as what investors think with thoughts from the managing director of jetBlue Ventures.
 
The summit is free to attend and will take place on July 22 from 9.30am. We aim to attract delegates from the UK, Europe and beyond, so please join us for what I’m sure will be a great event.
 
The Travolution Start-Up Summit is a fantastic opportunity for key decision makers in travel to mix with those who will forge the future of our wonderfully inventive and innovative industry. Delegates can expect buzzing energy, vision and vibrancy from the start-up community in travel
9.30-9.45 Welcome and intro from Travolution and IBM
Speakers:
Lee Hayhurst, executive editor, Travolution
Greg Land, global industry leader - aviation, hospitality & travel related services, IBM
 
9.45-10.15 Keynote
Title: A founder’s story
Speaker: Chris Brown, founder, Trusted Trip
 
10.15 – 10.45 Panel Discussion
Title: Creativity in the time of COVID
Speakers:
Alexa-Maria Rathbone Barker, co-founder, TripAbrood
Eddie Robb, founder, Funky Masks and founder of Make It Social
Andrew Watson, founder, Sherpr
 
10.45-11.00
Title: Now we are all in start-up mode
Speaker: Pedro Anderson, founder, Winding Tree  

11.00-11.10 Refreshment Break

11.10 -11.45 Panel Discussion
Title: After the crisis – supporting the start-up sector
Video Intro: JetBlue Ventures Managing Director – Raj Singh
Discussion:
Julie Jones, development director, ABTOT
Anthony Lyall, consultant NOTWICS and chief commercial officer Instaroom
Cat Jones, Founders Factory
Ian Wheeler, travel and technology sector chairman, Vitruvian Partners
 
11.45-12.15 Keynote
Title: Lessons for today’s founders
Speaker: Rod Cuthbert, founder, Rome2Rio & Viator
 
12.15 – 12.30 Wrap Up and Close Lee Hayhurst executive editor, Travolution

Agenda
22nd July 2020