Cross-Sector Innovation for SME Growth

As AI adoption accelerates, many SMEs remain at risk of decline despite investing heavily in digital tools. The real challenge is trapped value, underused assets, disconnected processes, and siloed ways of working that limit growth. Using practical examples, this session outlines the strategic shift SMEs need to identify hidden opportunities and unlock value across their ecosystem. To avoid going concern risk, businesses must strengthen interoperability across people, processes, and sectors, enabling more connected, resilient, and scalable ways of working in an AI-enabled economy.

Speaker Bio:

Fatimah Bamisedun is the founder of ANRE Solutions, a systems innovation company helping organisations unlock growth, reduce risk, and build long-term resilience. She designs organisational and technological architectures that enable businesses to innovate and scale with clarity. With experience across 12+ sectors, her work spans cross‑sector innovation, technology‑enabled capability building, and ecosystem development, informing initiatives with KPMG, the Scottish Government, Innovate UK, and the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community. Fatimah has directed multi-region innovation and capability programmes across the UK, Africa, and the UAE, strengthening collaboration between innovation economies and shaping the next frontier of innovation infrastructure.