Greater Manchester - a global digital influence in cyber

Greater Manchester - a global digital influence in cyber

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM · 1 hr. (Europe/London)
Keynote Theatre
Cyber SecurityDigital EconomyGrowthTalentTech

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Opening remarks: Cllr Bev Craig, GMCA Lead Education Skills, Work & Apprenticeships, Digital

Moderator: Vic Knight, BAE Systems AI


Greater Manchester has a £5 billion digital economy and the biggest creative and digital cluster outside London. The pandemic had a huge impact, it has driven digital transformation at a scale and pace we’ve not seen before. Through an increase in remote working and businesses and services moving online, all vital to survival and growth, we know the risk and incidents of cyber-crime has increased – that sector has grown and remains economically significant with the UK’s cyber security industry worth an estimated £8.3bn to the economy

Greater Manchester is already recognised as a centre for cyber and digital ethics, trust and security and is home to the UK’s national security agency GCHQ and the recent announcement of a new North West based home for the National Cyber Force only cements the region’s position as the cyber centre of the UK. Greater Manchester is positioning itself as an internationally recognised centre of digital innovation, research and practice.

This session will explore the steps being taken by Greater Manchester to position itself at the epicentre of cyber security in the UK and internationally.

Session format
Panel Session
GMCAIn Greater Manchester, we are doing digital differently. We are committed to being a digital city-region that puts our residents at the heart of our plans and are working towards our ambitions to be recognised as a world leading digital city-region. In 2020, Greater Manchester Combined Authority launched a new Digital Blueprint for the region, which sets out a three-year approach to meeting our ambitions for our city-region. Within the Greater Manchester Digital Blueprint we set out our digital priorities, which are clearly focused on delivering benefits that help our city-regions people lead healthier and happier lives. Each of our priorities – co-designed and developed with the input of key stakeholders - are supported by pan - Greater Manchester public sector projects. These combine with inclusive community, local authority, private, not-for-profit and academic work. Our plan connects the wealth of digital change that’s going on, and will help us reach a shared ambition that underpins and enables both the Local Industrial Strategy and the Greater Manchester Strategy. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of the ten Greater Manchester councils and Mayor, who work with other local services, businesses, communities and other partners to improve the city-region.

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