We've always grown by supporting each other, now partnerships between business and education are delivering real results for the North East.

The North East has always grown by supporting each other, with partnerships between business and education delivering real results across the region.

The next BUSINESSiQ Impact event will look at how those partnerships work and what they are building.

This is about the people coming through our schools, colleges and universities, and the employers who need them. We will ask whether these partnerships are reaching the students, employers and communities they are meant to serve, and what it would take to make more of them happen.

We will bring together business leaders, skills providers and investors to talk about what is working and where the gaps are.

If you employ people in the North East, or you train the people being hired, this is the conversation to be part of.

Our venue will be Culture House Sunderland in the heart of the city.

This landmark building is the National Centre for Creative Smart Cities and home to the City Library, an iconic hub of creativity, bringing together art, technology and culture. We will be in The Exchange, one of the most dramatic spaces in the building.

For those able to stay after we conclude around noon, there will be a guided tour of a building that has changed the city.

Agenda

9:30 Arrival and networking

10:00 Keynote: TBC

10:30 Panel discussion with Impact partners, plus audience Q&A (Host: Mike Hughes)

12:00 Close

As part of registration, you will be invited to submit up to two questions. Where possible, these will be put to the panel and used to steer the discussion.

Important information

Parking: St Mary’s car park is only a few yards away, at the Bridges Shopping Centre.

Upon arrival, please sign in at the main reception.

Tea and coffee will be available.

The Northern Echo’s Impact campaign backs economic, social and environmental change across the North East, helping build a region where businesses do well, communities have a real stake in growth, and the gains reach the people who live here.

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