30th November 2004
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead [map]

		One region, one vision With devolution dead and businesses in decline, the north-east of England is in need of a boost. Could broadband be the answer? Alex Greenwood reports Summary of the roundtable [view] Roundtable supplement [view PDF]
		Key speaker Malcolm Wright is ITV Broadcast's advisor on access services and the managing director of ITV SignPost, the UK's largest provider of on-screen British Sign Language services. He is chair of Codeworks, the Centre of Digital Excellence in North East England, and the chair of Skillset's North East Advisory Board. He is also a director of Northern Film and Media.
		Key speaker Herb Kim has been CEO of Codeworks since 2002. Spun out of the regional development agency, One Northeast, Codeworks' mission is to develop the digital economy of Northeast England as expressed in terms of jobs, new companies, wealth creation and inward investment. Previously, Herb has worked as Head of Marketing for source O2, an incubator of leading edge mobile data applications.
		Facilitator Tony Baker is one of Britain's most experienced public affairs journalists. In a career spanning almost forty years, he has written for all of Britain's national newspapers and most regional dailies, and contributed more than 10,000 reports for ITV and the BBC. He has interviewed four serving Prime Ministers, most Cabinet Ministers and Opposition spokesmen since 1975 and covered eleven General Elections.
		Participants David Allison - Director of business and industry, One NorthEast Alastair Balls - Chief executive, International Centre for Life Jonathan Blackie - Regional director, Government Office for the North-East John Bridge - Chairman, Land Reclamation Trust James Burke - ICT strategy manager, Northumberland Strategic Partnership Tom Cosh - Head of the City Technology Office, Newcastle City Council Joe Docherty - Chief executive, Tees Valley Regeneration David Haley - North-east regional manager, BT John Hall - Wynyard Project Spencer Neal - Publisher, New Statesman Isobel Robertson - Director of finance, North-East Chamber of Commerce Geoffrey Robinson - Chairman, New Statesman Ray Smith - Regional director, BT Paul Walker - Chief executive, the Sage Group