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University Hosts First Spotlight Suffolk

Date
5 May 2023
Time to read
2 minute read
Host Omid Djallili speaking to delegates at the Spotlight Suffolk event, seated to his right is Prof Helen Langton and to his left is Sophie Alexander-Parker
First Spotlight Suffolk event

Ipswich and the potential for it to become a city of the future was this week the subject of a major event organised and hosted by the University in collaboration with Ipswich Central.

The panel discussion and audience question and answer session were the first in a series of similar events planned by the University to address a wide variety of themes and topics.

“Spotlight Suffolk: Ipswich – the first city in Suffolk?” took place at The Hold in Ipswich and was chaired by actor, comedian and Suffolk resident Omid Djalili.

Panellists included University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Helen Langton; Alex Gooch, President of the Students’ Union; Sophie Alexander-Parker, CEO of Ipswich Central and All About Ipswich; John Dugmore, CEO of Suffolk Chamber of Commerce; Elma Glasgow, founder of Aspire Black Suffolk and Karen Turnbull, Economic Strategy Specialist at Colchester City Council.

A large audience at the venue heard the panel discuss issues ranging from the economic, cultural and educational issues around Ipswich potentially one day achieving city status to the experience of neighbouring Colchester which became a city last year.

Photos by Gregg Brown.

The panel for the Spotlight Suffolk event lined up at a desk, in front of an audience seated in a lecture theatre. Behind the panel is a powerpoint screen with the names of the speakers
The panel for the first Spotlight Suffolk event
Host Omid Djalili speaking to delegates at the Spotlight Suffolk event, seated to his right is Prof Helen Langton and to his left is Sophie Alexander-Parker
Spotlight Suffolk event host Omid Djalili with panellists

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