EVENTS
Organisers – Front End Festival creators Lewis Morris and Jamie Bradley with Blend CEO James Lees .
Front End Festival Town Hall Crypt , Middlesbrough
Software and technology experts from around the world appeared in Middlesbrough to speak at an inaugural tech conference .
Middlesbrough Front End 2023 took place in July at Middlesbrough Town Hall , when the day-long conference and its 200 attendees heard from 10 speakers from household name businesses such as Spotify , Monzo and Shopify .
Organiser Lewis Morris said : “ Bringing hundreds of people together for one day in Middlesbrough was awe-inspiring , and this was the first event of its kind to be held in Middlesbrough on this scale .
“ The whole day was a huge success , but highlights included speaker Jake Archibald , formerly of Google and now working at e-commerce giant Shopify , introducing himself by sharing his TeesEXPO profile from the early 2000s when he graduated from Teesside University .”
Middlesbrough Front End has been holding regular events in the town since 2019 , but this was the largest yet .
After the conference , speakers and attendees were also invited to an afterparty held in the town ’ s first craft brewery and taproom , Play Brew .
Middlesbrough Front End Conference will return in 2024 at the Town Hall Crypt on July 17 .
PICTURES BY DOUG MOODY
10 | Tees Business