SEE OUR LINE UP

NPEESS26 SPEAKERS

Oliver Coppard CONFIRMED

Mayor of South Yorkshire
Rt Hon. Lord David Blunkett CONFIRMED

Former Secretary of State for Education
Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe CONFIRMED

Leader, Bradford Council
Henri Murison CONFIRMED

Chief Executive, The Northern Powerhouse Partnership
Tim Riordan CONFIRMED

Northern Growth Corridor Envoy
Will Hutton CONFIRMED

Political Economist, Author, Columnist, Academic, Non Exec
Rt Hon Robert Halfon CONFIRMED

Executive Director, Make UK
Gemma Marsh CONFIRMED

Deputy Chief Executive (CEO) of Skills England
Paul Nowak CONFIRMED

General Secretary, TUC
Fiona Aldrigde CONFIRMED

CEO Skills Federation
Claire McColgan CBE CONFIRMED

Director of Culture for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Naomi Clayton CONFIRMED

Institute for Employment Studies
Sian Elliot CONFIRMED

Director of Organising
Emma Degg MBE CONFIRMED

Chief Executive at the North West Business Leadership Team
Fiona Spellman CONFIRMED

CEO - Shine Trust
Zoe Billingham CONFIRMED

Director IPPR North
Joe Docherty CONFIRMED

Chair, Northern Powergrid Foundation
Ben Lucas CONFIRMED

CEO Metro Dynamics
Tracy Brabin INVITED

Mayor of West Yorkshire
Steve Rotherham INVITED

Mayor of Liverpool City Region
Ben Houchen INVITED

Mayor of Tees Valley
The Rt. Hon Andy Burnham INVITED

Mayor of Greater Manchester INVITED
Kim McGuinness INVITED

Mayor of the North East
Luke Campbell INVITED

Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire
David Skaith INVITED

Mayor of York and North Yorkshire
Baroness Smith of Malvern PC INVITED

Minister for Women and Equalities
Alison McGovern MP INVITED

Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lisa Nandy MP INVITED

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Lord Victor Adebowale CBE INVITED

Non-Executive Director of the Co-op Group, Chair of Social Enterprise UK
Miatta Fahnbulleh MP INVITED

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay INVITED

Chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership
Baroness Anne Longfield CBE INVITED

Chair, Commission on Young Lives