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New Zealand-born Astoralli adds that the event is particularly effective at “ identifying and exploring different areas of value generation ”.
He adds : “ Large organisations will typically use scale-up technology to solve an internal business problem , or they ' ll look at how they can use it as part of their product portfolio or market positioning .”
Astoralli says the event is also vitally important in another regard : giving start-ups and scale-ups access to large organisations .
“ One of the difficulties for start-ups and scale-ups is access into large corporates , which is where the human connection aspect of Arch is important ,” says Astoralli . “ What we ' ve seen with past events is that , when you bring these two worlds together , you can actually become more efficient in terms of product development or the way in which you orientate yourself in building solutions .”
He adds : “ There are panel discussions , thought-provoking keynotes and masterclasses , all driven by thought leaders across many areas , and so conversations and dialogue are very rich .
“ You don ’ t get that when you ’ re sat by yourself , studying technology or a problem . You look at it through a single lens . But when you bring other parties to that discussion , you ' re able to explore where the tech needs to evolve and how it might be consumed by corporations or consumers .”
Curated walk-abouts a feature of Arch Summit Tomorrow Street is mindful that the networking element of Arch Summit is as effective as possible , which is why it stages carefully curated event walk-arounds with corporates and industry thought leaders .
“ We connect such people with those scaleups and start-ups most likely to be of interest to them ,” explains Astoralli . “ Without Arch ,
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