What are the challenges and opportunities facing Norwich over the next five years? Will your business be prepared? Come along and find out more!

We’ll be looking at what is happening nationally and discussing the steps we are taking in Norwich to assist businesses like yours to make the most of the opportunities coming our way.

Running Order

9.00 Registration/refreshments

9.15 Stewart White to open the conference/housekeeping

9.20 Stefan Gurney - Executive Director, Norwich BID - Norwich BID Initiatives since BID2 (2017) (Key Goals for Norwich)

9.40 Zoe Ward – Business & Project Director, Norwich City Football Club - The Journey to the Premier League. The future of the football club and its part in the direction of the city of Norwich.

10.10 Panel Discussion:

Q: How does your organisation fit into the future of Norwich?

• Stefan Gurney – Executive Director, Norwich BID
• Laura McGillivray - Chief Executive, Norwich City Council
• Linn Clabburn– Programme Director, New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership
• Chris Sargisson – Chief Executive, Norfolk Chamber of Commerce

10.50 Coffee Break

11.05 Simon Quin – Director, Institute of Place Management

11.35 David Mikhail - Mikhail Riches Architects, Cllr Gail Harris and Andrew Turnbull, Norwich City Council

Passivhaus Project – Goldsmith Street, Norwich. The most energy efficient houses ever built in the UK

12.05 Panel Discussion:

Q: What does the future hold for cities in the UK?

• Simon Quin - Director, Institute of Place Management
• Ojay McDonald – Chief Executive, Association of Town & City Management
• Jonathan Burnett - Head of Division ,Springboard
• Tom McCabe – Head of Paid Services and Executive Directors Norfolk County Council
• David Parfrey – Executive Chair, Norwich Research Park

12.45 Love Light Norwich

• Alex Rinsler – Creative Producer, Public Artist
• Andrew Dernie - Chair, Norwich BID

13.00 Summary and final questions

13.05 Lunch

Make sure your voice is heard – be part of the City Conversation.