ICC Wales is to host Europe’s largest information platform convention, SQLBits, additional cementing Newport as a number one know-how hub inside Wales and the UK.
SQLBits, which has beforehand been held at The Celtic Manor Resort, will take over the whole 26,000sqm ICC Wales venue and can present information professionals with a platform for networking, improvement and data sharing and offers an intensive academic programme with greater than 300 classes.
SQLBits, which runs from the 14th to 18th March 2023, has a mission to teach their attendees and encourage the following technology of information professionals by educating them the ever-expanding information platform.
A spokesperson from SQLBits stated:
“SQLBits was born out of the starvation to share the newest developments in our know-how bubble. Our objective of sharing expertise and data was swiftly achieved as this yr we’ll have over 300 classes and roughly 200 world-class audio system, which we are able to barely imagine ourselves.”
Danielle Bounds, Gross sales Director, ICC Wales stated:
“South Wales is quick changing into recognised as one of many UK’s most profitable tech hubs and we’re delighted that Europe’s largest information platform convention has chosen ICC Wales because the venue for its 2023 occasion. Our native space has sturdy ties to Wales’ know-how sector, and we’re trying ahead to welcoming SQLBits.”
Commenting on the occasion, Heledd Williams, Head of Enterprise Occasions, Meet in Wales stated:
“Congratulations to ICC Wales for bringing SQLBits to the vacation spot. It is not solely an enormous endorsement of Wales as a spot to carry main enterprise occasions, but in addition for these occasions, and the industries they characterize, to align themselves with our vacation spot. Wales has rising and impressive tech industries, encompassing all the pieces from FinTech, to our management throughout the manufacturing of Compound Semiconductors. These industries are getting stable backing inside Wales and the institution of those main occasions solely helps them much more.”
Wales’ know-how sector is price an estimated £8.2bn per yr to the Welsh financial system and employs round 44,000 folks. Newport and Cardiff are key know-how hubs in south Wales, alongside Swansea within the south west and Wrexham within the north.*
