Today some 1000 of the North East’s young workforce – including university, college and senior phase school students – will join business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs at the AECC and a sister event at Fraserburgh college for Scotland’s largest free conference on the topic of ‘Making It Happen’.
The Elevator Conference 2015, run by business support agency Elevator (also know as Enterprise North East Trust), has nine inspiring speakers. They include a candidate from this year’s BBC The Apprentice, the first Scottish woman to summit Mount Everest, BBC Dragons’ Den survivors, and a branding entrepreneur who turned £1,000 into a £1 million turnover in a year.
I mention it as I am privileged to be a director of the trust, though I can take no credit for this superb event. I am sure many youngsters will be inspired by the conference and maybe some will become the Steve Jobs of the future.