Tech Meetup Glasgow - June 2025 - CreateFuture Take Over!
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Join us at Civic House, Glasgow for our free event featuring two talks on tech with soft drinks and pizza.
✨ Speaker 1: Dave Ward - Creative Director @ CreateFuture
5 Ways to Innovate
Corporate innovation is often hampered by its unseen nature, slow development, and the need for organisational transformation. The presentation will focus on closing the gap between innovation aspiration and delivery.
This talk will:
* Address why innovation is frequently overlooked and slow to develop.
* Explain the challenges organisations face in translating innovation ideas into reality.
* Introduce five key strategies to bridge the gap between aspiration and execution in innovation.
About Dave:
An international award-winning Creative Director with over 20 years of experience leading product and experience design for high-growth businesses and global brands.
Dave acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, helping to scale product organisations through strong design foundations, innovation practices and strategic creative leadership. He has supported companies including Disney, BBC, Adidas, Rothschild, Lloyds Bank and Expedia—bringing structure and vision to the design of confident, high-performing digital products.
Recognised by the Webbys, BIMA, The Drum and The Marketing Society, Dave specialises in helping organisations move from reactive approaches to clear innovation led strategy and scalable design frameworks, particularly crucial during periods of significant growth.
✨ Speaker 2: Dan Llewellyn - Director of Technology @ CreateFuture
The Shifting Sands of Startup Scaling: How AI is Changing the way tech companies scale
How is AI changing your engineering team's growth trajectory? With AI driving unprecedented development speed, the traditional playbook for scaling is evolving. This talk examines the shift away from solely expanding core development teams early on, towards prioritizing strategic hires in cloud infrastructure, product management, automation, and data security. Learn how to leverage AI's power while ensuring your foundational systems and strategies can support sustainable, AI-accelerated growth.
About Dan:
As Director of Technology at CreateFuture, Dan Llewellyn leverages his deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and a proven passion for continuous improvement to architect scalable solutions for product businesses.
His insightful approach is built upon a strong foundation as a skilled software engineer and AI specialist with over 15 years of experience in the high-stakes information security and services sector, giving him a unique perspective on the critical challenges of growth.
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All are welcome and there is no requirement to have any level of tech knowledge or experience to attend, just a desire to learn. Come along (bring your friends), network and learn something new with us!
To make Glasgow's Tech Meetup welcoming for people joining for the first time we implement the PacMan Rule.
The rule is:
“When standing as a group of people, always leave room for 1 person to join your group.”
More memorably, stand like Pac-Man! You can learn more about this here.
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📣 Agenda
- 18:00 - 18:30, Drinks and Pizza
- 18:30 - 18:45, Opening
- 18:45 - 19:15, Talk 1
- 19:15 - 19:30, Break
- 19:30 - 20:00, Talk 2
- 20:00 - 20:15, Closing
- 20:15, Drinks
Lastly, Tech Meetup couldn’t be brought to you without our amazing sponsors, so a huge thank you to:
We look forward to seeing you all soon, for great talks, networking and free pizza! 🍕
In the meantime, you could follow us for the latest event updates on LinkedIn! 📣
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😊 FAQ
Who should attend?
Tech Meetup is a generalist event for everyone in the Glasgow tech community. We welcome people with all levels of experience . Even if you are starting your journey into tech as a student or bootcamper or your thinking of starting your development career, you are more than welcome.
Why should I come?
As well as learning from your peers at our talks, you get to meet other developers and expand your network, and we also share what is going on in the wider Glasgow developer community. If you are still not sold, we have free drinks and pizza!
Who are the organisers?
Tech Meetup is run by a handful of organisers that work in the industry and have varied experience across the board:
- Keith Harrison
- Stephen Hill
- Florence Musa
- Rachel McFarlane
- Ibrahim Ha
Is the venue accessible?
Yes. Our event is held at Civic House. The main entrance has a small number of steps but there is a fully accessible entrance next to the main one. Just buzz and someone will let you in.
You can find more information here or contact with any questions: [https://agile-city.com/building/civic-house/ ](https://agile-city.com/building/civic-house/)
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Tech Meetup Glasgow - June 2025 - CreateFuture Take Over!