Rebuilding Britain – lessons and opportunities from and for Coventry
Themes
- Showcase how this extraordinary city cluster can deliver for the UK in its key growth sectors; green growth, healthy growth, creative growth and interconnectivity
- Provide examples of best practice from across the UK in growth, sustainability and regeneration
- Rooted strongly in place: Coventry and its hinterland: its past, present and promise for the future
What’s On
Hosted by Jo Phillips with a welcome from Paul Goldsmith, Big Tent Trustee
Keynotes
The Rt. Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The Rt. Hon Liam Byrne MP, former Minister for the Cabinet Office
Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands
Taiwo Owatemi MP, MP for Coventry North West
Dr Nik Johnson, Mayor for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Martin Sutherland, Chief Executive, Coventry City of Culture Trust
Coventry Cultural Leaders
Tyler Campbell, Producer and Founder of Fridays Coventry
Cory Barrett, Creative and Director of CBGB Creative Industries
Melissa Smith, Community Organiser and Creative – Co-founder of Street Art Strategy
Laura Nyahuye – Artist, Creative Visionary, Founder of Maokwo arts organisation
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Breakouts
Round Table discussion: How do we grow?
These were free flowing, facilitated roundtable discussions on the implications of the related theme for the Coventry, the Midlands and the UK as a whole. It was led by participants and considered issues such as the opportunities and challenges locally and regionally, the business framework and how Britain can take advantage to drive regeneration, and the type of policy reforms necessary to drive growth.