Resilience for Growth

Exploring personal, organisational and climate resilience to unlock growth, adaptability and long-term success
About this Event

Resilience is a topic that has increasingly come to the fore whether climatic, national, organisations, personal, energy, defence, security etc. It opens up a number of very important discussion topics both at an applied and research level.

This conference will be hosted by the University of Exeter in their Business School. It will be opened by Vice Chancellor, Lisa Roberts, and will feature a keynote from General Sir Patrick Sanders KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen.

Over the coming weeks we will build a very full agenda with the University as we explore those resilience topics.

Conference Details:

Date: Thursday, 3rd September 2026

Time: 09:00 - 14:15 (registration from 08:30)

Venue: University of Exeter Business School, Henderson Lecture Theatre

Logistics: Parking is limited a the University and visitors are encouraged to use public transport wherever possibe. Details of car park locations can be found in the link below:

Agenda:

08:00 - 09:00: Arrivals – Teas and Coffees

09:00 - 09:05: Welcome and housekeeping - Paul Coles, SWBC

09:05- 09:15: Welcome to the University of Exeter,

09:15 -09: 40: Key note speaker:

09:40 - 10:00: Speaker session

10:00 - 10:20: Speaker session

10:20 - 10:40: Speaker session

10:40-1100: Panel session

11:00- 11:20: Tea Break/networking

11:20 - 11:40: Speaker session

11:40 - 12:00: Speaker session

12:00 - 12:20: Speaker session

12:20 - 12:40: Panel session

12:40 -13:05: Panel session

13:05 -13:15: Close

13:15 - 14:15: Networking and Lunch

The final line-up of speakers will be announced shortly.

Refund Policy:

Refunds will be allowable up to 14 days before the event.

Our conference is kindly sponsored by National Grid Energy Distribution

Jacob Wallace, National Grid Energy Distribution, commented:

“We’re delighted to sponsor this conference and work alongside SWBC and other partners across the South West to strengthen regional energy resilience. A resilient and flexible electricity network provides the essential infrastructure needed for the region to thrive, underpinning energy security and enabling long-term economic growth.”