The aim of the group is to bring together local businesses in the Cyber and Digital sectors. We are planning a series of events to network, listen to talks from a range of industry experts, understand what support, funding and training is available to businesses and employees and share best practice and information to ultimately help and grow the sector.

We will have a presentation from James Ascroft and Matty Hall from Sairo; a creative studio from the Ribble Valley who will be diving into the Meta Verse. James and Matty's presentation will introduce Metaverse technologies of the future and help us to think about the practical applications where we might see these technologies in future.

Kam Kothia from the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership will also be joining us to talk about the recently published Digital Strategy for the county, its vision and how that can feed into supporting digital businesses in the area.

5pm - 5:30pm - arrival and drinks

5:30pm - Introduction to Cyber & Digital Burnley

5:35pm - 6pm - James Ascroft & Matty Hall, Sairo. Into the Metaverse

6pm - 6:15pm - Kam Kothia, Lancashire Enterprise Partnership. The Digital Strategy for Lancashire

6:15pm onwards - Food and networking