Introduction to the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme
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If you’re joining us at the Future Identity Festival, consider taking part in our exclusive VIP Hosted Meetings Programme. You’ll benefit from everything the event has to offer, plus travel and accommodation reimbursement (up to £300 for UK based attendees and £500 for international attendees), exclusive networking opportunities and access to the hosted meetings VIP lounge.
You’ll be connected to key industry suppliers to help build an invaluable network for your company. Our hosted meetings team generate meetings based on the preferences you make, to ensure only the highest quality and most relevant matches are scheduled.
Benefit from a full VIP experience including
- Travel reimbursement (up to £300 for UK based attendees and £500 for international attendees)
- Exclusive networking sessions with leaders in the fintech and financial services space
- VIP champagne bar
- Access to VIP hosted meetings lounge with lunch
- Networking drinks
- Queue jump at registration
- VIP co-working space
- Complimentary passes for your colleagues to join (must pass our eligibility criteria)
- Passes are limited so be quick and register before they go!
- T&Cs apply
Am I eligible for the VIP Hosted Meetings Pass?
VIP Hosted Meetings Passes are available for senior decision makers responsible for buying or evaluating technology and other solutions for their company.
Previous participating brands
The programme puts the power in your hands, giving you unrivalled sourcing, learning and networking opportunities.
Hear from previous participants
“It was a great way to meet with prospective partners to get the conversation started. And it made a big difference that these were face-to-face conversations happening all in one venue.”
– Ajay Moti, Senior Manager, Fintech Partnerships, Booking.com
“It was a very valuable experience to meet with fintech partners that can help turbocharge our business.”
– Ankur Sisodia, Head of Product, Lending & Savings, N26
“It’s the perfect time to see whether there is a match, and schedule a follow up conversation.”
– Anouk Moll, Founder in residence, Merantix
“I loved the event: the vendors were very relevant and it was great to find them all in a single place. The crowd was great, the show was great!”
– Alexandru Dorobantu, Senior Director, Global Payments, Delivery Hero
Programme commitments
As a hosted meetings participant, your commitment is to attend all your scheduled meetings with event sponsors who you have matched with. You also commit to completing our hosted meetings survey post event and giving constructive feedback on the meetings.
To qualify, individuals must: (a) be responsible for buying or evaluating technology solutions for their company, and (b) agree to take at least six (6) 15-minute onsite meetings with participating sponsors, determined by a double opt-in process. The purpose of which is to create value for all involved.
Meetings Package for the tech and solution providers
We have a brand new opportunity available for you to get involved – get in touch with us at marketing@vcinnovations.co.uk to view our meetings package as part of the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme.
FAQs
The Hosted Meetings Programme is designed to connect those looking for new technology or partners to meet the businesses providing those services. Our hosted meetings team will generate meetings based on your preferences and pre-schedule only the most relevant meetings for you.
A hosted meetings participant is a senior decision maker responsible for buying or evaluating technology and other solutions for their company.
We’ll check your registration and let you know via email if you have been approved as a hosted meetings participant. If you don’t meet our qualifying criteria, you can register for one of our Rockstar passes instead.
Ahead of the event, all buyers will be invited to select companies they would like to meet with via our hosted meetings platform. Using AI, your meetings are generated based on the preferences you make, to ensure only the highest quality and most relevant meetings are scheduled.
The meetings will be 15 minutes long and held between 14:00 and 17:00 on the event days (10th – 11th November 2025) in the hosted meetings lounge.
Double opt-in means that both parties agree to the meeting, so we will only schedule meetings where both yourself and the event partner have agreed to meet.
Hosted meetings participants must commit to making appointments with our event partners via the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme. We ask that you come to the event ready to meet with new potential partners. You must attend a minimum of six (6) pre-scheduled meetings during the event and complete the post-event survey.
The application deadline will be announced soon.
Participants are free to attend content sessions and network on the exhibition floor around their schedule of meetings.
You will be reimbursed following attendance to all hosted meetings, completing the feedback form providing an evaluation of each meeting, completion of the reimbursement form and submission of receipts. The deadline for the form and receipt submissions will be announced soon.
If you attend the event but do not complete your scheduled meetings, you will not receive any reimbursement, we reserve the right to invoice your company for £2399 + VAT for the event ticket as per the authorisation you agree to, and you may also be excluded from qualifying for the event in future years.
If you are approved for the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme but are unable to participate even though you are still with your organisation, you must agree to suggest one or more substitutes from your organisation as your replacement for the programme. Acceptance of any substitute is subject to prior approval via email.
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