The Mayor of Greater Manchester's Digital and Tech Summit

The Mayor of Greater Manchester's Digital and Tech Summit

Greater Manchester has laid out its ambitions to harness the power of technology and spark a new digital revolution which will connect people, businesses and communities – firmly establishing our region as the UK’s number one digital city.

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham says a landmark summit to be held in July will stake out the city region’s claim to be the UK’s tech leader and will set out a bold programme of skills and infrastructure development. It will bring together Greater Manchester’s tech trailblazers and local people to shape a vision for a genuinely smart city region where technology is used as a vital part of the solution to the biggest issues we face in society.

To ensure the summit is industry-led, Andy has enlisted the support of digital leaders in Greater Manchester to help drive the plans forward, including:

• Sandy Lindsay MBE, Founder and Chair of leading communications consultancy Tangerine, and founder of The Juice Academy, the UK's first industry-led social media apprenticeship programme
• Lawrence Jones MBE, Founder and CEO of UKFast, the largest privately-owned web hosting provider in the UK
• Katie Gallagher, Managing Director of Manchester Digital, the independent body created by Greater Manchester's digital community to represent and champion it
• Kirsty Styles, Head of Talent and Skills at Tech North, a government-backed initiative charged with accelerating the growth of the digital business sector in the North of England.

Update

Thank you for your interest in the Greater Manchester Mayor's Digital Summit. The event has generated a great deal of interest and places are limited. We have a significant waiting list at present and are working to create as many opportunities as possible for people to attend. This event is a precursor to larger ones in the future and there will continue to opportunities to be involved.

If you do have a ticket and don't believe you can attend for entire day, please consider giving up your place to someone who can.