Festival of Flourishing Regions

Festival of Flourishing Regions is a national festival dedicated to the advancement and growth of regions across the UK. The festival aims to promote and celebrate the role that cities and regions play in the economy and prosperity of the country – and look at how regions can drive the Government’s new growth agenda. The festival brings together policymakers, regional planners, economic development experts, academics, and business and community leaders to explore and promote strategies for regional prosperity.

The next festival event is 30 January 2025. The sessions will cover university and industry partnerships; housing and infrastructure; productivity, cities, and combined authorities; maximising devolution; and case studies on Cambridge, Manchester and Bristol based on a new Bennett Institute report.

Festival of Flourishing Regions is run by Futures West in partnership with the Growing Together Alliance of leading regional business groups including Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Business West, BusinessLDN, Business South, Cambridge Ahead and the North West Business Leadership Team.

Timetable:

• 09.00-09.45 Registration
• 09.45-13.00: Morning sessions
• 13.00-14.00: Lunch
• 14.00-17.00: Afternoon sessions

Speakers include: Tom Aubrey (Credit Capital Advisory/ Bennett Institute); Joanna Dally (National Composites Centre); Andrea Dell (Futures West); John Denham (Southampton University); Tony Dyer (Leader, Bristol City Council); Harriet Fear (Cambridge Ahead); Peter Foster (FT); Peter Freeman (Homes England); Sarah Gordon (FT); Henri Murison (Northern Powerhouse); Stephen Peacock (WECA); Lord Jim O’Neill (Northern Powerhouse Partnership and Northern Gritstone); Nick Pearce (IPR Bath); Katy Shaw (Northumbria University); Helen Simpson (University of Bristol); Peter Stephens (Arm); Dan Thorp (Cambridge Ahead); Andy Westwood (The Productivity Institute); Jennifer Williams (FT).

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