North East Growth Summit: Full Agenda

North East Growth Summit

Location: 10th October, City Hall Sunderland, Plater Way, SR1 3AA

AGENDA

09.30

10.00
Registration in the Atrium, while a light breakfast is served in the Council Chamber
10.00

10.30
Opening Plenary  
Chair’s Opening Remarks, Joe Docherty
Welcome Address, Cllr Michael Mordey, Leader of Sunderland City Council
Mayor’s Address, Kim McGuinness, North East Mayor  
10.30

11.30
Session 1: Unlocking investment and driving development through devolution  
Chair: Sarah Green, Chief Executive, Newcastle Gateshead Initiative
Dr Henry Kippin, Chief Executive, North East Combined Authority
Patrick Melia, Chief Executive, Sunderland City Council
Lorna Pimlott, Managing Director Local Authority Advisory and Lending, UKIB
Jane Robinson, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Engagement and Place, Newcastle University  
11.30

12.30
Keynote Speech and Q&A:
Rt. Hon. Jonathan Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Julie Elliott, newly-appointed Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sunderland (commencing summer 2025).
12.30

13.45
Lunch served in the Ground Floor Café, and enjoyed in the Council Chamber  
13.45

15.00
Session 2: The role of private and publicly funded infrastructure in unlocking growth   Chair: Hannah Al-Othman, Northern Correspondent at The Guardian
John McCabe, Chief Executive, North East Chamber of Commerce
Prof. Philip McCann, Productivity Institute, University of Manchester
Kamal Patel, Partner and Transport Finance Lead at EY
Henri Murison, Chief Executive, Northern Powerhouse Partnership
15.00

16.00
Keynote Speech and Q&A:
Kevin Hollinrake MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade  
16.00

17.00
Session 3: Transforming left-behind places: Lessons from Germany  
Chair: Joe Docherty, Chair of the North East Growth Summit
Fiona Hill CMG, Chancellor of Durham University and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
Tom Forth, Head of Data, Open Innovations  
17.00

17.10
Closing Remarks Nigel Emmerson, Head of Newcastle Office, Womble Bond Dickinson
17.10
– 18.00
Drinks Reception drinks and canapes served in the atrium  

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