Tech Happy Hour – Closing the gap between building a product and getting it bought

Join scaling tech founders, buyers and the wider tech community in Belfast for an evening on what it actually takes to get a product from build to market.

This event is focused on supporting Tech companies to close the gap between building a product and getting it bought. Building a product is one set of problems. Getting it bought, deployed and adopted is another. The discussion is structured around three lenses on that journey: product and technical readiness, marketing and sales, and buyer engagement.

A founder keynote will kick the session off , with an honest account of what worked and what didn’t on the route to market, ahead of a panel discussion that picks up those themes with voices from across the make-it-to-market journey.

The evening closes with networking and plenty of food and drinks.

The event is designed for tech founders, technical, product and commercial leaders, buyers from across sectors, and the partners that sit alongside them, legal, technology, policy and ecosystem.

We look forward to welcoming you on the night.

Agenda

5pm-6pm
AI Readiness Drop-in Clinic
Advisory sessions for founders and CTOs building AI into their products or operations.
Technical and operational lens - Stephen Walsh, CEO Keeper Solutions.
Risk and compliance lens — Scott Moncur, Head of Technology & Financial Services, Vialex
6pm
Arrival, registration and networking
6:40pm
Keynote: Founder Story — Make it to Market, success and pitfalls
7:00pm
Panel Discussion: Make it to Market Readiness — Product & Technical, Marketing & Sales, Buyer Engagement
Asem Shah, Managing Director, AIMA Opex
Sarah Scullion, Co-Founder, CAST Planning
Jenny Irvine, Raise Venture
Stephen Walsh, CEO, Keeper Solutions
7:45pm
Networking & Drinks
8:30pm
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Thursday 18 June 2026
5:00pm - 8:30pm
Ormeau Labs, Belfast

Ormeau Labs, Belfast

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Laura Walker, FinTech-Tables
Ian Davey, FinTech-Tables

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