Showcase North East

Be inspired by notable industry leaders, actively promote your business, collaborate with like minded professionals and discover invaluable local sector opportunities. 

Don't miss Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centre - North East COO Rachel Chambers at 10am for the Parallel Sessions, alongside EV North's Ryan Maughan and North East Automotive Alliance's Paul Butler. 

The event has sourced and secured an impressive network of speakers from innovative brands and businesses.

Speakers & Participating companies…

• Dr Andy Aldrin, The Aldrin Family Foundation, on Space Commercialisation

• The European Space Agency talking about supply chain opportunities for space tech.

• Equinor talking about the World’s Largest Wind Farm development project at Dogger Bank

• RWE Sofia Wind Farm project with NOF

• HS2 Ltd. is responsible for building a supply chain one of the UK’s largest ever infrastructure projects

• Leonardo - a £2.3bn UK Aerospace business working with over 1,500 SMEs,

• BP and their drive towards Net Zero & Clean Hydrogen

• BEIS Rail team and Northern Trains

• Net Zero Teesside on the Shell, SSE renewables, BP, Equinor, Eni decarbonisation project in Teesside

• Stadler Rail and procuring the new Nexus Metro Fleet,

• Teesside freeport & logistics

• British Water on the procurement opportunities & innovation needs in the UK Water sector over the next 5 year Amp period (2020 2025).

• Northumbria Water supply chain opportunities

• Decentralised Finance, Cryptocurrency and power of Blockchain, Kate Baucherel

• Atom Bank chair Bridget Roswell CBE on Digital Banking and finance and setting up a major tech business in the North of England

• The Automotive Sector and Driving the Electric revolution

• Britishvolt on procuring its first £2.6bn Battery Gigaplant - one of the largest manufacturing plants in Europe

• Prof. Sir John Burn on the ground breaking work from the Centre for Life.

• Northumberland NHS Trust and the PPE factory

• North East Procurement Portal and United Nations vice consul to the Department of International Trade and World Bank on public procurement opportunities in the UK and overseas

Dr. Andrew Aldrin

In addition to a stellar guest lineup, Showcase North East  are delighted to be welcoming Dr. Andrew Aldrin from the Aldrin Family Foundation for a special talk on / surrounding innovation and the creation of the next generation of space leaders, entrepreneurs, and explorers. 

Take full advantage of this virtual showcase to find out more about the business support available on your doorstep from experienced advisors that have supported so many fantastic brands along their journeys.

What’s On Offer?

Throughout the day delegates will be able to sink their teeth into a range of networking and seminar style activities. The agenda includes...

● Virtual Exhibition Profile – Promote your business and generate leads

● Industry Key Note speakers, opportunities and hear from SMEs who supply those sectors

● Strategic Business Speed Networking

● One to One meetings (With other local businesses, business support professionals)

● Virtual Meet ups (topics)