We are a consultancy in the tech industry, doing IT, deep learning and digitalisation in general. We’re looking to move into the petro-chemical industry so we’re at StocExpo to get an idea of the issues in the market and see who we can maybe work with to tackle them. We’ve found the conference really valuable, we’ve seen a few presentations and it is a range of different perspectives; from very detailed and granular to more about macro-economics and how the big picture is going to change in the years to come. It’s been great.

We always come on the second day of StocExpo, the evening networking event is great, people are really nice to you. Everyone knows each other in the industry and StocExpo is the best way to see each other and catch up every year. Face-to-face contact is a different thing and the show provides the opportunity.

I’m glad I made the effort to come despite coronavirus. Just through the fact it’s a bit quieter has given me the chance to talk to people properly and it’s got me confident to exhibit next year. I did a presentation earlier and lots of people wanted to talk to me afterwards and I was able to speak to each of them. It’s really a quality over quantity event this year. Also, I went to the awards show last night and it was a great laugh!