The pop-up café will be staged over two days at the Rotary Bar & Diner in Shoreditch and will explore the hottest topics in the technology industry, with discussions and fireside chats hosted by The Wall Street Journal's editors in Europe.
Subjects include the state of play in gaming; the impact technology has on democracy; emerging online music models with speakers from Deezer and Songkick; and the thorny issue of music copyright with insight from Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, whose band famously unlocked its back catalogue of music on Spotify this year.
The Wall Street Journal staged its inaugural pop-up Tech Café in London last September, and the concept has now gone global with café openings in Berlin, New York and Korea.
"The Wall Street Journal has a strong global reputation for breaking technology news and inspiring compelling industry discussion," said technology editor Ben Rooney. "In London we have one of the world's most innovative and promising clusters of tech companies on our doorstep and the Tech Café brings these exciting, astute minds together for engaging conversation, insight and advice. We saw last year the appetite for learning amongst the creative minds in Tech City and look forward to setting up again."
Additional speakers include influencers from leading venture capitalists Accel, Index and Balderton; Gamesbrief chief Nicholas Lovell; and MP Douglas Carswell. Further topics of discussion will include how to prepare companies for an exit and game-changing European technologies.
The Wall Street Journal Tech Café will be held in the Rotary Room at The Rotary Bar & Diner, 70 City Road, London, EC1Y 2BY from 9am on Wednesday 25 September until 9pm on Thursday 26 September. Access is free to members of the public and those wishing to attend are asked to pre-register for sessions here.
