Episode 127: Opportunity East & #HackEd

This Week: We bring you an on-location special!  

First, Mike Rigby talks to organisers and key delegates at the East of England Local Government Association (EELGA) & Infrastructure Matters' conference, 'Opportunity East', itself based on EELGA's landmark 2024 report (PDF) and held at the award-winning 'Lab' at ARU Peterborough. 

With us are EELGA Chief Executive Cairistine Foster-Cannan, Charlotte Horobin, CEO of the Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce,  Strategic Director of Transport East, Andrew Summers, and MP for Lowestoft, Jess Asato.  We'll explore the message of Opportunity East and what the output will achieve.  

Then, we head hotfoot (and back in time, technically!) to Norwich University of the Arts for Tech Educators' #HackEd hackathon!  We hear from mentors, Frankie Shreeves, Steve Whitelock of Aviva and Neal Riley of Adaptavist.  We'll dive into why Norwich is such a hotbed for the hackathon!  

In a shock move, we've had to cram in an extra episode due to all the awesomeness going on!  

Links to the various organisations featured are above.

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