Expo sunderland talking points

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"We need the expertise of global brands to support us, so we’re delighted to have companies such as Microsoft and Boldyn Networks coming to Sunderland and helping shape and deliver our ambitious plans."

🗣 Liz St Louis, Director of Smart Cities at Sunderland City Council.

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Could people please comment and so can post more if interested but if the page doesnt get a comment all my posts just morph into one and dont make sense
 


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Just twiddling my thumbs at work and getting notifications on Linkedin of when the speakers are saying their bits at the Expo, If I cant start a new post after comments all my posts just morph into one page and it doesnt allow multiple pictures on one post - anyhow heres the next speaker

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Great to hear from Charles C. O'Reilly, B Business (Hons) International Business Commercial Director for Smart Places - Boldyn Networks about how Sunderland is putting the foundations in place now for success across all communities in the future:

"Connectivity is fundamental to what we’re doing and where we’re going, and we have to make sure that we bring everyone on this journey.

"There are things we’ll be doing and achieving in the coming years that we aren’t even aware of now."

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Day 2 of Expo Sunderland is well underway and first up is Sunderland City Council Leader Graeme Miller with a stirring welcomer for delegates:

"For too long the proud people of our city have had to look to the past for inspiration, but through new investment, we’re creating hope, opportunities to grow and helping them satisfy their dreams.

"The challenge now is how we take this remarkable transformation to the next level. How do we create more career opportunities, more social value, support business growth and unlock strategic investment to create new industries and redefine the future of our city.

"The city has shown great resilience to go from an economy built on the industries of old into a global city. It is now at the centre of the automotive industry, Europe’s leading manufacturer of clean electric vehicles. Known for ships, known for coal, but look where we’re put ourselves now at the leading edge of the industries of tomorrow. It shows we can do anything when we put our minds to it!"

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Great to hear how our city is taking the lead on recycling fro Jordan Lacey, business development director at @Viridor Polymers

"The new plastic recycling plant at Port of Sunderland will be a UK-first and will recycle around 90,000 tonnes of plastic waste each and every year.

"It will use new technology and produce new, raw materials which can then be used for new products."

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To build the homes of the future...or retrofit the ones we have now, we need the skills of the future today - David Pierpoint CEO of The Retrofit Academy CIC:

"I’m incredibly excited to be here in Sunderland and seeing everything going on, it certainly won't be my last visit that’s for sure.

"Sunderland – like many cities – has lots of housing that were built years ago and are unsustainable, so we must look at how we retrofit them and make them greener and more affordable.

"We have an enormous construction skills gap. Most of the industry are on new build sites and huge commercial developers. It used to be a case of ‘where do we get the money to build’ now it’s ‘where do we get the people'.

"The academy has trained 5,500 retro fitters in the last five years. They’re learning the skills that aren’t taught at college and university."

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Chester King CEO of British Esports is already embedded in the city - he spoke about how he became aware of Sunderland's potential and how we're just scratching the surface of it at the moment:

"We realised early doors that to have future careers, we needed future skills, which is why we launched our own eSports qualifications and now have 16 universities offering them.

"We are seeing incredible attendance rates at our colleges and universities. Be it esports business, esports production or esports events and we expect Sunderland to massively benefit from that.

"If we can use esports as a way to get young people into business, marketing and tech, then that would be great. It’s all about ensuring they have the skills needed to fill the jobs that will be created here in the future.

"We have partnerships with Sunderland College and the University of Sunderland and have our first students now working with us in the city. We’re also looking to work with the police to keep young people off the streets, and this is all happening right here in Sunderland."

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The last session of #ExpoSunderland proved the perfect finale, with positivity coming from an experienced panel of business leaders.

Henry Kippin – Chief Executive of North of Tyne Combined Authority, who even matched his socks with Patrick Melia for the event (see pics):

"Devolution will deliver greater investment in housing, transport and technology. It’ll be huge for the North East."

"We need people in Barnard Castle to be able to get to Newcastle and up to Alnwick at a cost that is affordable and in an easy manner. The devolution of transport will allow us to make changes like that."

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6inarow said:
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The last session of #ExpoSunderland proved the perfect finale, with positivity coming from an experienced panel of business leaders.

Henry Kippin – Chief Executive of North of Tyne Combined Authority, who even matched his socks with Patrick Melia for the event (see pics):

"Devolution will deliver greater investment in housing, transport and technology. It’ll be huge for the North East."

"We need people in Barnard Castle to be able to get to Newcastle and up to Alnwick at a cost that is affordable and in an easy manner. The devolution of transport will allow us to make changes like that."

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do you work for the council, or in the development sector in sunderland?
 
tunstallhill said:
Good stuff. I'm thinking of a career change and sunderland seems to be quite exciting at the moment with everything that's going on
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Yeah - fair question tbh...Its just great listening to the ambition and seeing it happen on an unprecedented scale in our home town! (city)
 

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