Chamber dinner to feature 3D film
LIVERPOOL’S maritime past and future will be in focus at the city’s annual chamber of commerce dinner.
Guests will be able to watch a specially-commissioned 3D film depicting how Liverpool and Wirral could develop over the next 25 years, which will be given its first screening on the night.
The film has been commissioned by the chamber and shows how plans by Peel Group, could transform the city region.
The film shows how the company’s Wirral Waters and Liverpool Waters schemes – along with its plans for the International Trade Centre on the Wirral – will radically change the skylines on both sides of the river.
The dinner is at the Anglican Cathedral on December 5 and is expected to be attended by more than 500 people.
Peter Shanks, the former managing director of Cunard Cruise Line, will be the keynote speaker, while Max Steinberg Liverpool Vision boss and chairman of the International Festival for Business 2014, will also update guests on progress of the headline event.
Lindsey Ashworth, development director at Peel, said: “The maritime theme of the evening reflects the fact that city still owes much of its prosperity to its pre-eminent position as a port city in the 19th century and to the construction of its docklands.
“Those docklands have been transformed into hotels, apartments, restaurants and bars, breathing new life into our waterfront and creating the platform for Peel’s globally ambitious development plans which will see both sides of the Mersey transformed in coming years.
“Guests attending the dinner will be able see in 3D just how our plans might transform the city in the decades to come.”
Jenny Stewart, chief operating officer at the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, added: “This year’s event will be genuinely unique and different from anything we’ve held in the last 100-plus years. The event will celebrate the city’s glorious maritime past but, more importantly, also celebrate current success and, through the film, offer guests a fascinating glimpse into the future.”
