All this week on TechSPARK we’ll be highlighting a couple of events from this year’s Bristol’s Technology Festival – just in time for you to sign up for the next day. If you’d like to see all the events hosted each day head to the BTF website.
Monday morning at Bristol Tech Fest
How to be a great ally
9.30 – 11.45, Monday 4 November @ Watershed: The Worksop at Studio 5
At this session, you are invited to discuss the role of being a ‘Great Ally’, focused in the context of the Black Girl Movement within technology, digital and creative. Hear from black women about their experiences in these industries firsthand and what they desire from allyship; find out how the Black Girl Movement also benefits you and how you can support each other to be great allies.
This is a purposeful discussion and exploration space, led by inspiring speakers and facilitators. It includes lots of room for small group discussion, creative thinking and Q&A.
Monday Afternoon at Bristol Tech Fest
DisruptSW Index 2019 The Diversity Edition.
The purpose of the 2019 Diversity Edition of DisruptSW is to feature the top businesses, services, products, initiatives, projects and organisations which are addressing diversity challenges we see within tech teams and the technology sector in the South West.
To do this, we are curating and publishing our third Disrupt SW index which this year, will focus on diversity.
Monday Evening at Bristol Tech Fest
The Future of Rovotic Process Automation
John Harvie (Director, Protiviti), Harrison Jardine (Senior RPA Consultant, Protiviti) will be leading the presentation and demonstration of what RPA is, how it can be implemented and the core benefits it can provide as well as what the future looks like.
Also on Monday evening:
- A Digital Future for the Health and Life Science Sector, 18.00 – 20.30 @ Paintworks

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