For general enquiries please email hello@exposunderland.com or complete the form below.
Tel: 0191 561 1222
City Hall, Plater Way, Sunderland SR1 3AA
Meet the Team
Sarah Gilley
Event Director, Expo Sunderland
Sarah is a seasoned event project director who has spent the last 12 years leading major not-for-profit events for the largest trade association in the global energy industry. Sarah gained 14 years’ commercial experience and temporary structures knowledge in exhibition contracting, based at the National Exhibition Centre previously.
Sarah brings with her a passion for sustainable design and the circular economy with ambitions to develop and establish an exhibition industry with the local community in Sunderland through her role as Event Director for Expo.
Clare Wood
Principal Event Manager & Event Producer
Clare previously worked at Beamish Hall as its Conference & Events Manager and has a vast amount of experience in organising live public events and managing all aspects of the venue’s event programme.
As the deputy lead for Expo, Clare is taking forward the skeleton outline, producing the programme and designating content for all Expo events to bring them to life.
Clare is responsible for exhibitors (including those taking over a home or garden) and delivering the requirements of all sponsors, fringe event organisers, trade partners, speakers and presenters.
Clair Cogdon
Sales & Marketing Manager
Clair is our lead on all event sales and marketing across the Expo programme, having spent 30+ years managing client portfolios and customer engagement at Sunderland AFC, a highly respected organisation which is central to the city.
Clair has a strong sense of product and service appreciation and can translate her passion of matching your products with the right Expo events and earmarking spaces for meaningful activations.
Please get in touch with Clair if you'd like to discuss partnering with Expo.
Event suppliers and contractors
In brief, 45,000+ consumers, businesses and government professionals will be able to explore three compelling themes through a series of high profile, professional and large-scale events taking place from October 2023 and right through into 2026
Exhibitions will primarily be held at the Beacon of Light in Sunderland and conferences in City Hall and be a mixture of consumer shows and B2B/G conferences.
All event Invitation to Tenders (ITTs) will be issued via the new OPEN portal, both of which suppliers can register free of charge.
Do this NOW as only registered suppliers to the NEPO portal will be automatically notified of upcoming Expo Sunderland tender opportunities and only those registered suppliers to the new OPEN portal will be notified of events later in the year.
Click to register and/or update your details on both the new OPEN portal and the current NEPO portal: www.nepo.org
Once on the web page, click register, which is located at the top righthand side of the screen. A drop down menu will give you an option to register on either Open or NEPO, whilst some of the Expo Sunderland related opportunities will be on NEPO it is advised to register on both to ensure you don’t miss any relevant opportunities in the future.
If you are interested in finding out more about supplying goods and services to Expo events, please contact clare@exposunderland.com