Kent Business Summit
University of Kent,
Canterbury,
UK
Over 400 Kent business leaders, local government decision-makers and academic experts are expected to attend in cross-collaboration the County’s flagship event, to discuss regional challenges and promote Kent as a sustainable, innovative, forward-thinking and outward-looking county.
Throughout the day, you will have the chance to hear from a number of high-profile speakers including:
Phil Eckersley, Agent, South East Bank of England
Prof. Jagjit Chadha, Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Benita Matofska, writer of Generation Share: the change-makers building the sharing economy
Prof. Anand Menon, Chair, Research Institute, UK in a Changing Europe
Sam Turner, Chief Technology Officer, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
The Kent Business Summit 2020 will focus once again on four priority areas for the county:
- Transport infrastructure
- Placemaking for Kent
- Productivity
- Skills development
Good Practice workshops, led by a variety of academic experts, industry heads and government representatives, take place in the morning and will draw upon actions identified in each priority area at last year’s event. The sessions will review what has been achieved through cross-sector collaboration over the past year, and assess where new partnerships could be formed. Participants are encouraged to share good practice, promote successful projects and pitch new initiatives to potential partners in the room.
Join us on 10 January to:
1. Share good practice with Kent stakeholders and hear about exciting cross-sector projects in our morning session workshops
2. Hear expert analyses on the latest developments in the UK’s political and economic relationship with the EU
3. Learn from our inspirational speakers how to increase your organisation’s productivity and be truly sustainable.
4. Enjoy high-level networking with local government, business and academia.
Members of our team attending
Don Shaw-Case
Knowledge Exchange Lead – Artificial Intelligence
