Business Durham Managing Director Sarah Slaven will take to the panel of leading business voices to discuss how rapid changes in technology are reshaping the North East and providing cutting-edge opportunities for young people.
In the latest in a series of free live events run by BUSINESSiQ with The Northern Echo, the business leaders will form a panel at the Cummins plant in Darlington on September 26 for an event called A Global Capital of Technology, which will assess the region's vital role.
The panel for the event, which includes plenty of chances to network at the start and over a buffet lunch, comprises:
Chris Hunter, Deputy CEO of Darlington Building Society
Sarah Slaven, Managing Director of Business Durham
Simon Whitaker, Assistant Director of Strategy and Insight at believe housing
Chris Bowen, Managing Associate at Womble Bond Dickinson
Siobhan McArdle, Chair of the Tees Valley Business Board
Emma Laidler, Test Technology Leader at Cummins
Phil Forster, Managing Director at Teesside International Airport
