DigitalScotland: Tayside

In 2023 Futurescot are delivering a series of economic and digital transformation events across Scotland in Dundee, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Borderlands, Ayrshire, Inverness, and Edinburgh. The first of these unique forums is DigitalScotland: Tayside.

Dundee is famed for its legacy industries of jute, jam, and journalism. The city by the Tay has a rich history as a trading post, a mercantile port and flourishing centre for cultural exchange. Latterly, it has even helped the world embrace the cash machine.

But, like many parts of Scotland and the UK, this once thriving city is remaking itself in a new era. The internet age is disrupting industries old and new, with Dundee and the wider Tayside region seeking their own place in the firmament of global digital pioneers.

Fortunately, the city, along with Angus, Fife, Perth, and Kinross are developing a vibrant tech scene: as the home for a new cyberQuarter, to gaming companies, a drone port, agri-tech disruptors, and a new generation of med-tech spinouts, the region is seizing new opportunities.

With government support through city region deal funding, civic leaders are determined to bring to bear new skills and press their economic advantages to become more productive, competitive, and ambitious to connect to global markets.

Taking place on Thursday 8 June 2023 at Abertay University in Dundee,  DigitalScotland: Tayside will bring together policymakers, business leaders, educators, and community stakeholders to discuss the next steps for the region’s ongoing rejuvenation.