On a sunny Wednesday morning over 60 Norfolk businesses joined Norfolk Chamber at Barnham Broom Hotel for networking and an informative talk fuelled by breakfast. As delegates began arriving the tea and coffee flowed to wake everyone up and get them in gear to start making new connections. Once called through to the main event room Chamber CEO Chris Sargisson kicked off the morning by welcoming attendees and setting them up for the agenda ahead. First item was our networking activity, designed to spark conversations amongst the tables and get delegates building relationships. Delegates were given a timeline with key years listed along with a set of images which contained tech items such as the first Macintosh and the Nintendo Wii. The aim was to match the tech to the year it was released which was cause for plenty of debate on the tables. In the end the highest score was 7 out of a possible 12. Following the activity came breakfast served kindly by Barnham Broom Hotel. The conversations continued throughout and gave delegates a chance to really get to know those around them. Our guest speaker for the morning was Tim Robinson, Chief Operating Officer for TechEast. Tim began his talk by telling delegates to continue growing the tech community in Norwich by giving a strong voice and shouting about the amazing things the sector is doing locally. Not only do tech companies need to continue collaborating, but every business needs to join forces with the tech sector – this was echoed throughout Tim’s presentation and by our tech attendees in the audience. Tim also touched on TechEast’s vision to make Norwich become a top 5 digitech cluster by 2020 and highlighted how great the tech community in Norwich is, with it being the number 1 strength in Norwich as discovered by this year’s Tech Nation report. The event came to a close and gave delegates more time to network with those around the room. Our next networking breakfast is in Great Yarmouth on Thursday 21 June. More details.
