GOVERNMENT business minister Kwasi Kwarteng joins the line-up of speakers at a major online economic conference for Coventry and Warwickshire businesses next week.
The MP who is the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), will be talking at the 20th Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Economic Conference on Wednesday November 11.
The conference is focusing on recovery and resilience, as well as the impact for businesses of the end of the EU transition period, and is expected to attract an online audience of around 300 delegates.
It will hear from a range of high profile speakers from industry as well as decision-makers at a local, regional and national level including West Midlands Mayor Andy Street; Nadhim Zahawi, MP for Stratford-on-Avon; Angela Joyce, CEO of WCG; Andrew Carter, Chief Executive of the Centre for Cities; Martin Sutherland, Chief Executive of the Coventry City of Culture Trust; Leigh Hunt, CityFibre’s City Manager Coventry; Martin Reeves, Chief Executive of Coventry City Council and Monica Fogarty, Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Council.
Chris Nagle, head of events, communications and marketing at the Chamber, said: “We are delighted to add The Rt. Hon. Kwasi Kwarteng MP to our list of speakers in what promises to be an extremely engaging and interesting Conference.
“We’ve had to move to an online format this year due to the Covid-19 crisis but we’ve still managed to secure a very impressive line-up of contributors, some great sponsors and, as such, there is strong interest in the event.”
The two-hour event is being broadcast by Istead AV from its Spotlight Streaming Studio between 2.30pm and 4.30pm. For more information and to book a place go to: cw-chamber.co.uk/events/coventry-warwickshires-virtual-annual-economic-conference/
