About us
Oxford Leaders in Tech (OxLiT) is a community of founders, technologists, and aspiring leaders who come together to discuss the intersection of technology and society, share insights on being a strong leader, and explore the challenges and opportunities in the tech start-up world.
Our meet-ups feature successful business leaders who share their top strategies for success and inspire others to take on leadership roles with accountability. Join us to network, learn, and grow as a leader in the rapidly evolving tech industry.
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OxLiT April 2026
Business and Intellectual Property Centre Oxfordshire (BIPC), Queen Street, Westgate, GB‼️NOTE: OxLiT events are moving to Eventbrite, please RSVP via this link
Calling all tech founders, technologists and leaders! Join us to network, learn, and grow as a leader in the rapidly evolving tech industry.
Speaker #1 - Clive Davies
Head of Engineering @ Oxford Ionics
Clive has over 30 years of experience in a range of areas, such as mobile handsets, automotive, FPGA with Altera/Intel, Machine Learning at AWS and now leads the Software Development teams at IonQ in Oxford.Talk Title: Oxford Ionics and IonQ - the journey towards useful quantum computers
IonQ purchased Oxford Ionics in September 2025, the first $1B acquisition of a Quantum computing firm. Clive will talk about why they saw such value in OI’s technology, what they are working on and how they believe they can scale Quantum computers to a commercial reality.
Speaker #2: Neil Stevenson
Head of Engineering @ Caristo Diagnostics
Head of Engineering at Oxford Medtech startup, Caristo Diagnostics. A chartered Engineer with 30 years of experience in software engineering, Neil started in maritime and aerospace real-time embedded systems before moving to healthcare. Has led software engineering teams in both large corporations and small companies, working across cardiology, molecular imaging and radiotherapy. Passionate in growing and leading software engineering teams in the development of cutting-edge medical software products.Talk Title : Medtech Software Engineering in the AI era
The buzz around AI suggests that anyone can use these amazing tools to create working software almost instantly. So, is the profession of software engineer going to die? Describing the work and technology at Oxford University spin-out Caristo Diagnostics, Neil will give an overview of the craft, challenges, and rewards of software engineering in the startup Medical Device world, and how AI can be used safely and effectively.
Event sponsored by:
Humand Talent Solutions - Oxfordshire's leading technical recruitment business
Laburo.io - Making Redundancy Support and Outplacement services available to everyone.Hosted by the BIPC: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/business/business-and-intellectual-property-centre-bipc
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