BBC North East Tech Hub Meet Up #17

🎒🪪 Please be aware bag and/or ID checks may be in operation by our Security team at the entrance.

Background

The BBC has been broadcasting from Newcastle for over 100 years. Now it's also the base of our North East Technology Hub and home to teams from the BBC's Product Group, responsible for developing world-beating services like iPlayer, Sounds, Sport and Bitesize.

The event is informal, and the doors will open at 17:30, starting 18:00 running through to 20:00.

Every Experience is a Lesson (Chaye Foster - Sage)
Growth rarely follows a straight line, but every experience leaves us better prepared. In this talk, I reflect on my journey from university, volunteering abroad, navigating rejection and uncertainty to becoming a graduate software engineer.

Japanese Trains & Tech (Matthew Tinn - BBC)
We look at some of the amazing technology behind Japanese trains!

Building infrastructures for non-profits, their supporters and conscious consumers (Rousseau Jean-Julien - Nucha)
Online resale, The Cost of Living Crisis and a Charity Shop walk into a bar