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<\/a><\/p>\nOver 400 Kent business leaders, local government decision-makers and academic experts are expected to attend the County\u2019s flagship event to work constructively on tackling regional challenges and how to promote Kent as a sustainable, innovative, forward-thinking and outward-looking county.<\/p>\n
Throughout the day, delegates will have the chance to hear from a number of high-profile speakers including:<\/p>\n
\n- Phil Eckersley<\/strong>, Agent, South East\u00a0Bank of England<\/em><\/li>\n
- Jill Rutter<\/strong>, Senior research fellow, UK in a Changing Europe<\/em><\/li>\n
- Prof. Jagjit Chadha<\/strong>, Director,\u00a0National Institute of Economic and Social Research<\/em><\/li>\n
- Benita Matofska<\/strong>, writer of\u00a0Generation Share: the change-makers building the sharing economy<\/em><\/li>\n
- Sam Turner<\/strong>, Chief Technology Officer, High Value Manufacturing Catapult<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Please see full keynote speaker profiles<\/strong><\/a> and workshop moderator profiles<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Kent Business Summit 2020<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will focus on four priority areas:<\/p>\n\n- Transport infrastructure<\/li>\n
- Placemaking for Kent<\/li>\n
- Productivity<\/li>\n
- Skills development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Overview of\u00a0<\/strong>Good Practice Workshops<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nJoin us on Friday 10 January to:<\/h2>\n\n- Share good practice with Kent stakeholders and hear about exciting cross-sector projects in our\u00a0morning session workshops<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
- Hear expert analysis on the latest developments of the UK\u2019s political and economic relationship with the EU and the impact of this on Kent<\/li>\n
- Learn from our inspirational speakers how to increase your organisation\u2019s productivity and be truly sustainable<\/li>\n
- Enjoy high-level networking with local government, business and academic experts<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
The \u00a330 ticket includes:<\/h2>\n\n- The opportunity to attend up to two Good Practice workshops<\/li>\n
- A delicious Kent-inspired buffet lunch<\/li>\n
- Access to expert keynote speakers and afternoon panel discussions<\/li>\n
- Post-event drinks and networking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Tickets are limited so\u00a0register now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nProgramme timings of the Kent Business Summit 2020<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\nThe event is organised in partnership with the\u00a0Institute of Directors<\/a>\u00a0(IoD), the\u00a0Federation of Small Businesses<\/a>\u00a0(FSB) and\u00a0Locate in Kent<\/a>\u00a0(LiK).\u00a0This follows from the highly successful Kent Business Summit 2019<\/a>, which saw over 350 business leaders and key decision-makers in attendance.<\/p>\nThis event was made possible through generous donations from head sponsor Crowe<\/a>, supporting sponsors Brachers LLP<\/a>, Southeastern Railway<\/a> and media partner KM Media Group<\/a>.<\/p>\nView the\u00a0<\/strong>Kent Business Summit 2019 event here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kent\u00a0Business\u00a0School is organising the third\u00a0Kent\u00a0Business\u00a0Summit held at the University of Kent (Sibson building) on the Canterbury campus on Friday 10 January 2020 from 9:00 \u2013 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61662,"featured_media":8906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[112,124],"tags":[187328,5349,6598,187348,164157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8746"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9337,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746\/revisions\/9337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/p>\nOver 400 Kent business leaders, local government decision-makers and academic experts are expected to attend the County\u2019s flagship event to work constructively on tackling regional challenges and how to promote Kent as a sustainable, innovative, forward-thinking and outward-looking county.<\/p>\n Throughout the day, delegates will have the chance to hear from a number of high-profile speakers including:<\/p>\n Please see full keynote speaker profiles<\/strong><\/a> and workshop moderator profiles<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Kent Business Summit 2020<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will focus on four priority areas:<\/p>\n 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Overview of\u00a0<\/strong>Good Practice Workshops<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Tickets are limited so\u00a0register now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Programme timings of the Kent Business Summit 2020<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n The event is organised in partnership with the\u00a0Institute of Directors<\/a>\u00a0(IoD), the\u00a0Federation of Small Businesses<\/a>\u00a0(FSB) and\u00a0Locate in Kent<\/a>\u00a0(LiK).\u00a0This follows from the highly successful Kent Business Summit 2019<\/a>, which saw over 350 business leaders and key decision-makers in attendance.<\/p>\n This event was made possible through generous donations from head sponsor Crowe<\/a>, supporting sponsors Brachers LLP<\/a>, Southeastern Railway<\/a> and media partner KM Media Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n View the\u00a0<\/strong>Kent Business Summit 2019 event here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kent\u00a0Business\u00a0School is organising the third\u00a0Kent\u00a0Business\u00a0Summit held at the University of Kent (Sibson building) on the Canterbury campus on Friday 10 January 2020 from 9:00 \u2013 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61662,"featured_media":8906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[112,124],"tags":[187328,5349,6598,187348,164157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8746"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9337,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8746\/revisions\/9337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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