Programme
15 June 2026 · The Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham, B40 1PU · 08:30–17:00
Date
Monday 15 June 2026
Time
08:30 – 17:00
Venue
The Vox Conference Centre
Address
Pendigo Way, Birmingham, B40 1PU
Capacity
550 attendees
Catering
Lunch and refreshments included
Arrival & Refreshments
Registration opens. Networking from the moment you arrive.
Welcome from the Chair
Ninder Johal, Chair of the Midlands Economic Summit.
Keynote: Economic Global Context
CBI.
Keynote: Lord Harrington of Watford
Make UK.
Panel: Engineering the Future
Keynote: Juergen Maier
Chair of GB Energy.
Coffee Break
Panel: Infrastructure Pulse
Keynote: Dr Naysha Ramjohn
Panel: Human Elements
Lunch
Networking lunch, included with all tickets.
Keynote: Carmen Watson
Keynote: Veejay Patel
Fireside Chat with the Mayors
Claire Ward & Richard Parker.
Panel: Generation Midlands
Young people question the Mayors.
Coffee Break
Panel: AI, Automation & the Reinvention of Business
Plenary Session
Event Close
Key
Keynote Panel Break / Networking Audience Interactive2025 Archive
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View Insights & ReportsThe venue holds 550 people. The 2025 summit sold out. Tickets for 2026 are available now.
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