Leeds Digital Drinks × Hey!: Why learning doesn't stop when you graduate
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Hey! Talks. Lectures. Conferences. A platform for the tech community.
We're excited to be holding our next event on the 13th February at Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen in collaboration with Leeds Digital Drinks. For this special collaboration, we will be exploring why learning doesn't stop when you graduate, drawing from the the experiences and insights of our guest speakers.
Join us from 7pm and no tickets required! Make sure you click 'Attending' on MeetUp.
Our guest speakers:
- Scott Perry (Scott Perry Magic)
- Row & Nook (Eat Fish Design)
- Ellie MacDonald (MacComms)
- Amul Batra (Northcoders)
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Speaker info
Scott Perry (Scott Perry Magic)
Professional Magician.
Scott Perry is a professional magician catering for corporate events, private events and special events. Scott has worked with royalty on a number of occasions and provided entertainment solutions for Olympic athletes, Hollywood celebrities and a variety of notable entrepreneurs.
With 20 years experience as a magician and 7 years as a full time professional there is no one else at Scott's age to rival his experience, talent and port-folio of work. Scott is undoubtably one of the UK's top magicians.
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Row & Nook (Eat Fish Design)
Founder and Director of EatFishDesign.
EatFishDesign are an award winning communication consultancy
who work specifically with medical and engineering research organisations
and SMEs. based in Leeds, they specialise in visually communicating complex
information in an engaging way.
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Ellie MacDonald (MacComms)
Founder and managing director at MacComms.
A positive, collaborative and driven businesswoman with a passion for raising the profile and credibility of firms and the entrepreneurs behind them. 10 years’ experience in managing PR, marketing and communications; also experienced in launch, event and social media management. I embrace multitasking and enjoy leading a team to deliver impactful on and offline public relations, marketing and communications campaigns which result in media coverage, increased awareness, enquiries and business growth.
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Amul Batra
Chief Partnerships Officer at Northcoders
Amul Batra works closely with tech businesses in the North, helping them with their tech skills strategy and connecting them with the Northcoders Junior Developer community. He also regularly speaks at events on the subjects of diversity, inclusion and the talent pipeline.
Before Northcoders, Amul spent 20 years in the music industry, running a record label and managing a number of successful bands. He left music to set up a tech startup and ended up learning to code himself on Northcoders' first ever cohort. There, he saw first-hand how valuable a skill coding was becoming whilst at the same time fell in love with the values and ambition of Northcoders: diversity, community, excellence and helping to change lives through securing rewarding, fulfilling careers in tech.
He became an early investor in Northcoders and a key member of the leadership team. Northcoders has now graduated over 500 new software developers in the last 3 years and has helped guide 96% of them into their first roles at businesses across the North.