Tom Gray, CTO at Kainos presented Belfast as part of the Startup Cities programme at the Me Convention 2018 in Stockholm featuring 20 cities, hosted by Sam Michel. More at: https://toodlepip.co.uk/2018/20-startup-cities/

1. Tom Gray
tom@tdgcs.tech
@thomas_d_gray

2. @thomas_d_gray
Group CTO & Director of Innovation @ Kainos
Director @ Digital Catapult NI.
• http://www.kainos.com
• https://www.digicatapult.org.uk/
Tom Gray

3. Technology
Innovation

4. You Know Belfast
• Air Conditioning
• Pneumatic Tyres
• Streetcars and Trams
• Department Stores (and Mail Order)
• Tractors
• Portable Defibrillator
• aptX codec (for Bluetooth)
• DTS Sound
• Large Hadron Collider
• Milk Chocolate
• Viagra (seriously)

5. Belfast 101
City = 350k
Metropolitan = 600k (11th largest)
Students = 78k
34% pop with Degree or higher
#1 Fintech Investment Destination
#1 Location for new software projects in EU
2 Film Studios
2 Universities
#1 Uni spin out revenues in UK
#1 Lonely Planet Destination

6. Places

7. Programmes

8. Universities
Cyber Security
Health & Life Sciences
Artificial Intelligence
Animation

9. Local Strengths

10. Local Strengths

11. Programmes

12. Supporting Organisations

13. Events

14. Case
Studies

15. Modius

16. See.Sense

17. Kainos
Tom Gray
CTO, Kainos
About Kainos
Kainos Group plc is a Belfast-headquartered provider of Digital Services and Platforms, including full
lifecycle development and support of customised services for enterprise customers, and specialised
digital products for mobile healthcare and automated software testing. Kainos has over 1,150 people
across eleven offices in Europe and the USA.
Why Belfast?
Strong digital tech community. Incredibly talented people and high calibre of graduates from local
universities. Great rail and air transport infrastructure. Awesome gigs.
Founded: 1987
Market cap: 458.74m GBP

18. Tom Gray
tom@tdgcs.tech
@thomas_d_gray

19. https://investinbelfast.com/key-
sectors/creative-and-digital/
https://www.investni.com/about-us/where-we-
are.html
https://www.ormeaubaths.com/
tom@tdgcs.tech
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