CLUB EVENT

Wilton Centre 50 years of Innovation - Past Present Future

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EVENT DETAILS

Venue: Wilton Centre Date: Thursday, 23rd October 2025 Time: 18:00 - 20:30

In partnership with:

Wilton Centre is a multi-occupancy business and research centre. It has supported science and technology in the region for five decades and is now an important hub for life sciences and high-tech innovation. Our October event will celebrate this important Tees Valley stalwart. The complex is one of the largest R&D facilities in Europe and is home to the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), part of the Technology Strategy Board´s High Value Manufacturing Catapult network and the North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).

GeoPura is leading the transition to clean energy, replacing fossil fuels with zero-emission alternatives and providing limitless access to renewable power – when and where needed. Their innovative hydrogen technology delivers reliable, scalable, and sustainable energy, from 50kW to 50MW, helping industries cut carbon emissions, improve air quality and accelerate the journey to net zero.

The running order is:

6:00pm Registration with tea and coffee, light supper served and networking
6:30pm Tees Components Brass Band
6.45pm Introduction from Jane Reynolds MBE, Chair, Tees Valley Business Club
6:50pm Welcome from Steve Duffield Site Director Wilton Centre
7:00pm NEPIC: Joanne Smith CEO
7:10pm Redcar & Cleveland Council: Andrew Carter Assistant Director - Growth & Enterprise
7:25pm CPI: Sophie Walton Director of Strategic Partnerships
7:35pm Wilton Panel: Past Present and Future
7:50pm GeoPura: Derek Bulmer Chief Financial Officer 
8:00pm Diane Smith, The Teesside Charity
8:05pm Becky Metcalfe, Age UK Teesside
8:10pm Closing remarks and Tees Components Brass Band 

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All places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

PRESENTERS

Derek Bulmer
CFO, GeoPura



Andrew Carter
Assistant Director for Growth and Enterprise, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council


Joanne Smith
CEO, NEPIC



Sophie Walton
Strategic Partnerships Director, CPI

SHOW NOTES

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