Mike Addison leads a Lean Innovation workshop to help SMEs get their innovation market ready.

For North East SMEs keen to find out how their business can benefit financially from their development work around products or services.

Showcasing immersive tech, VR, AR, AI, machine learning, and robotics.

Exploring how local authorities and global companies are both alike utilising SME supply chains to deliver smart city technologies and solutions.

How SMEs can identify and act on the opportunities that come with increased tech adoption and the use of tech-based solutions to live well, feel well, and age well.

What might transport in the North East look like in future?

Urban Foresight leads a workshop to highlight innovative ways satellites, drones, space data is being used to plan, monitor and protect buildings and infrastructure.

A discussion about the future of ageing and how the places that people inhabit will need to adapt to a growing older population, with Professor Rose Gilroy.

Professor Mark Tewdwr-Jones presents.

Researchers at Newcastle University explore how technologies, such as remote sensing and 3D printing, are used to safeguard the world’s cultural heritage for future generations, with Dr Maria-Valasia Peppa.

A workshop outlining challenges and opportunities in increased tech adoption and the use of tech-based solutions to live well, feel well, and age well.

A workshop exploring the future of the creative industries, areas for collaboration, and turning potential disruptions into definite opportunities.

A workshop exploring how the latest advanced technology can help create smarter design, while using less energy and fewer resources.

Showcasing major game publishers and independent developers working in the north.

Exploring how emerging technology can meet the challenges of today and unlock the potential of transport to provide a safer, greener and more efficient world tomorrow.