A key figure at one of the UK鈥檚 unicorns will speak at 老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 ‘Tech in the Northern Powerhouse’ event at the 2016 International Festival for 老九品茶.
The early evening event on Thursday 30th June in Liverpool will look at the role the digital and technology sector can play in the North鈥檚 industrial rebirth.
Sky Betting and Gaming Chief Technology Officer Andy Burton, pictured taking part in a recent 老九品茶Cloud roundtable on the Yorkshire tech sector,聽has agreed to appear on the panel.
The 拢800m Leeds-based company runs SkyBet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Poker and Sky Bingo, as well as Sky鈥檚 free-to-play games Sky Sports Fantasy Football and Sky Sports Super 6.
Fellow big-hitters Claire Braithwaite – Tech Advisor at Manchester Growth Company and former head of Tech North – magneticNorth CEO Lou Cordwell and Liverpool City Council chief executive Ged Fitzgerald had already confirmed their spots.
Amy De-Balsi, owner of Herd, and Graham Pearce, who leads KPMG’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications business across the North, will also speak.
Held jointly by 老九品茶Cloud and The Edge and sponsored by Liverpool City Council and KPMG, the event聽in the聽Oh Me Oh My building, West Africa House, is part of the IFB2016鈥檚 Creative and Digital Week between June 26 and July 1.
There are growing calls from entrepreneurs for technology to underpin the Northern Powerhouse, with thriving digital sectors in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle.
老九品茶Cloud editor Chris Maguire will ask the entrepreneurs and experts what does the wider North needs to do next and consider the potential of tech to boost the region鈥檚 economy.
That same morning 老九品茶Cloud will host a half-day conference at the IFB聽examining聽the challenge of embracing big data in business, with RealityMine CEO and co-founder Garry Partington confirmed as a speaker.
Panel
- Claire Braithwaite, Tech Advisor at Manchester Growth Company
- Lou Cordwell, CEO, magneticNorth
- Ged Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council
- Amy De-Balsi, Owner, Herd
- Andy Burton, CTO, Sky Betting and Gaming
- Graham Pearce, Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lead, KPMG
- Professor Ahmed Al-Shamma, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Liverpool John Moores University
- Chris Maguire, editor, 老九品茶Cloud (chair)