Building on the premise that modern economies need enterprise and entrepreneurship to be pursued effectively and innovative companies need to be supported and encouraged, CEC6 created a forum for the development of technology and sustained investor and Government interest in the wealth-creating power of these companies by enabling up and coming technology and knowledge-based businesses to gain early exposure to possible investors and useful allies.

Julie Meyer, Ariadne Capital CEO, joined a panel that included Leonard Brody, CEO Ipreo, Peter Denyer, Founder, The Vision Group and Christopher Ahlberg, CEO Spotfire to discuss start-up lessons learnt in a session entitled THE HARD ROAD TO SUCCESS – DISCUSSIONS WITH TECHNOLOGY CEOs, where conference participants could benefit from the experiences of technology CEOs. The consistent message of the panel was perseverance through difficulty or outright failure will get a good idea through the tough times.