2022 Conference Programme
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Sales
7.00 - 8.55
| The Big Networking Breakfast |
9.30 - 9.45
| Opening Remarks |
09.45 - 10.15
| Opening Keynote: What Did We Learn from The Pandemic? |
| Ben Thompson - BBC Business Reporter & Presenter, BBC |
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10.30 - 11.00
| Keynote: Building a Business Everyone Wants to Work For | How to use Social Media in your Marketing Strategy | The Circular Economy: Business Cases and Local Opportunities | Roundtable: Employment Law Update |
| Nik Kennett - Head of People, Reflect Digital | Tabitha Beasley - Owner, The Marketing Assistant | Rob Robinson - Sustainable Business Project Manager, Low Carbon Kent | Jemma Fairclough Haynes - CEO, Orchard Employment Law |
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11.30 - 12.00
| Keynote: Skills - A Call For Change | What are the Fastest Growing Companies Doing Online? | Selling your Business to your Employees in an EOT | Roundtable: Sustainability: Costs, Benefits and Funding Opportunities Grants & Funding |
| Jo James OBE - Chief Executive, Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce | Richard Pilton - Managing Director, Kayo Digital | Chris Simpson - Managing Director, Going Long Consulting Ltd | Rob Robinson - Sustainable Business Project Manager, Low Carbon Kent |
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12.30 - 13.00
| Keynote: Procurement Hacks for Small Businesses - Reducing Your Costs | Creating Happier & More Productive Working Environments | Diversity in the Workplace - A Transgender Man's Personal Experience | Roundtable: Alternative Energy Sources – What’s Viable? |
| Savita Mace MSc FCIPS - CIPS UK Mem Committee, Director, AstraZeneca | Steve Nicoll - Director, The Lean Orange | Connor Styche - Managing Director, The Digital Lookout | Jonathon Howes - Managing Director, SGS Energy Andrew Stevens - Carbon Footprint and Carbon Reduction Consultant, Sustainability and Business Services Ltd |
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12.30 - 14.00
| Kent Business Forum |
| Sponsored by Brachers LLP and Kreston Reeves By invitation only. Click here for more information |
13.30 - 14.00
| Keynote: Turn WTF into What’s Possible? Business Growth Through Unpredictable Times | Small Business Essentials: Planning Your End Game | How Technology can Make Life Easier for your Customers | Roundtable: Writing for Social Media |
| Parry Jones - Deputy CEO, What's Possible Group | Nick Gabay - Partner and Head of Corporate & Commercial Team in Kent, Thackray Williams LLP | Nick Ellis - Customer Engagement Manager, Select Technology | Darryl Partridge - Google Digital Garage Expert, Google Digital Garage |
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14.15 - 14.45
| Keynote: Wellbeing. An Option, or a Necessary Investment? | Why Are Your Social Media Ads Not Working? | Build Your Personal Brand Online | Roundtable: Queen’s Award for Enterprising and Forward Thinking Kent Businesses |
| Layla Head - Training & Business Development Lead, Mid Kent Mind | Joe Bennett - Social Media Marketing Manager, Clockwork Moggy | Darryl Partridge - Google Digital Garage Expert, Google Digital Garage | Jo Holmes - Deputy Lieutenant of Kent, Queen's Award for Enterprise |
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15.00 - 15.30
| Keynote: Electric Vehicles: Pros and Cons - An Impartial Expert Briefing | Roundtable: How Businesses Can Help the Refugee Crisis (and Vice Versa) |
| Andrew Stevens - Carbon Footprint and Carbon Reduction Consultant, Sustainability and Business Services Ltd Rob Robinson - Sustainable Business Project Manager, Low Carbon Kent Mark Smith - Regional Account Manager, Energy Saving Trust | Rich Tribe - Business Partnerships Champion / Founder Director, The Launchpad Collective / B-People Group |
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16.00
| Event Close |