{"id":25045,"date":"2019-02-05T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/?p=25045"},"modified":"2019-05-08T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T13:46:31","slug":"minister-to-speak-at-impact-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/minister-to-speak-at-impact-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister to speak at Impact Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital minister Margot James is to join us on stage at next month\u2019s DigitalAgenda Impact Awards. The news follows hard on the heels of last week\u2019s announcement that the government is to support DigitalAgenda\u2019s tech-for-good awards programme in the year to come.<\/p>\n<p>Margot James, digital minister at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, is to join DigitalAgenda\u2019s Impact Awards on 7 March as a headline speaker &#8211; reflecting the new support by the government for our tech-for-good programme.<\/p>\n<p>The news follows last week\u2019s announcement by culture secretary Jeremy Wright of official government backing for the Impact Awards, with DCMS joining our 2019 programme as an government partner in supporting projects using tech for good. Wright confirmed the partnership at the Doteveryone Responsible Tech event, as part of a package of measures to help grow UK tech for social purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Margot, the MP for Stourbridge, succeeded Matt Hancock as digital minister in January last year. She was previously small business minister at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Before becoming an MP, Margot was a local councillor in Kensington &amp; Chelsea in London.<\/p>\n<p>With her entrepreneurial background, Margot is well respected in business circles. She was a co-founder of public relations and clinical trials business Shire Health Group, which was bought by WPP Group in 2004, after which she became head of European healthcare for WPP subsidiary Ogilvy &amp; Mather.<\/p>\n<p>Margot also has a strong charity background. As well as looking after corporate responsibility in her last ministerial role, she is a former trustee of African women\u2019s charity Abantu, and she has been a mentor for both The Prince\u2019s Trust and Young Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>As small business minister, Margot was government champion of the industry-led Scale-Up Taskforce, giving her good preparation for the digital startup world.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s wider support for tech for good &#8211; of which our Impact Awards forms part &#8211; promised \u201cmeasures to spark a wave of innovation in tech for social good\u201d, including \u00a3700,000 for a data trust programme, an investment partnership with the Social Tech Trust to establish a fund of up to \u00a330m and \u00a31m in incentives to tackle loneliness and bring communities together.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, DigitalAgenda named the 36 projects to have made the cut as 2019 finalists. Winners of 12 key categories are unveiled on 7 March, along with the winner of our people\u2019s choice poll, open for public voting until 28 February.<\/p>\n<p>The minister joins a 7 March speaker line-up that includes Paul Miller from Bethnal Green Ventures and Tessa Clarke from OLIO. As well as great speakers, the awards event connects good ideas to good money, including at our evening reception. Tickets are on sale now.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Originally posted <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalagenda.io\/news\/minister-to-speak-at-impact-awards\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"btn-container\"><a class=\"btn btn-md btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/insights\/\">More thought leadership <i class=\"far fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital minister Margot James is to join us on stage at next month\u2019s DigitalAgenda Impact Awards. 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