VISION31: Sunderland
A FRESH CHAPTER OF CHANGE Change is sweeping across North East England. From historic devolution deals to multi-sector commercial advances helping reshape the world, the North East is leading the way. And by focusing on those achievements, and the future promise provided by the area’s two mayoral-led regeneration bodies, Why the North East? will showcase the region’s innovators and their transformative moves. The event will take place in Sunderland’s City Hall, a striking venue created through a headline private and public sector partnership that has converted former brewery land into the sprawling Riverside Sunderland business, community and residential hub.
FOCUSED ON SUPERCHARGING GROWTH The Sunderland event marks the latest phase of NET’s flagship VISION 31 campaign.
Founded in 2021, and spearheaded by a programme of high- level roundtable and panel discussions, VISION 31 aims to supercharge North East industrial and economic growth across the next decade.
A number of events took place across 2022 and 2023, focusing on topics including the built environment, devolution, energy transition, funding and investment, healthcare, manufacturing, skills and technology.
In 2024, the programme was led by a London summit that united North East business leaders and entrepreneurs with City investors and sector experts.
Each and all stirred colourful and in-depth conversations that were captured across multi-platform publisher NET’s print and digital channels, which include the national daily business news platform Bdaily bought by NET last year.
And the Wearside event will build on that progress, highlighting the moves being made to lay foundations for further investment and job creation.
It will amplify Sunderland and the wider North East through panel discussions that will celebrate the game-changing advances the region is hothousing, the highly-skilled workers it is nurturing and the transformative projects it is leading.
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Time: 8.30am – 12pm Location: Mayor’s Parlour, City Hall, Plater Way, Sunderland, SR1 3AA Parking: Available at Riverside multi-storey and St Mary’s car parks The day’s itinerary:
8.30am Coffee and networking
9am Introduction from NET editor-in-chief Steven Hugill
9.15am Panel discussion – The North East: A launchpad for growth Join NET editor-in-chief Steven Hugill as he leads a high-level panel discussion with business figures who have expanded beyond the region to enjoy national and global success. Hear about their growth strategies, innovative focus and the platform created by the North East’s commercial ecosystem that is charging their progress.
10am Refreshments break
10.15am Panel discussion – The North East: A smart investment Join NET editor-in-chief Steven Hugill as he leads a high-level panel discussion with North East business figures on the region’s commercial magnetism. Hear from sector leaders whose organisations chose the North East as a hub for expansion, and how the region is continuing to shape their advances.
11am Audience questions and closing remarks from NET editor-in-chief Steven Hugill
11.15am-12pm Extra networking and event close
(Timings are subject to change)
| Date | 8:30am on 18 Mar 2025 to 12:00pm on 18 Mar 2025 |
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| Venue | Mayor’s Parlour, City Hall, Plater Way, Sunderland, SR1 3AA |
| Cost | Invitation only. Please email dawn@netimesmagazine.co.uk |
| URL | Find More Information Here |
| dawn@netimesmagazine.co.uk |