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15 June 2026 · The Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham, B40 1PU · 08:30–17:00

Monday 15 June 2026

08:30 – 17:00

The Vox Conference Centre

Pendigo Way, Birmingham, B40 1PU

550 attendees

Lunch and refreshments included

Programme

08:30

Arrival & Refreshments

Registration opens. Networking from the moment you arrive.

09:25

Welcome from the Chair

Ninder Johal, Chair of the Midlands Economic Summit.

Keynote: Economic Global Context

CBI.

Keynote: Lord Harrington of Watford

Make UK.

10:00

Panel: Engineering the Future

Keynote: Juergen Maier

Chair of GB Energy.

10:45

Coffee Break

11:15

Panel: Infrastructure Pulse

Keynote: Dr Naysha Ramjohn

Panel: Human Elements

12:40

Lunch

Networking lunch, included with all tickets.

13:40

Keynote: Carmen Watson

Keynote: Veejay Patel

Fireside Chat with the Mayors

Claire Ward & Richard Parker.

Panel: Generation Midlands

Young people question the Mayors.

14:35

Coffee Break

15:05

Panel: AI, Automation & the Reinvention of Business

15:45

Plenary Session

Event Close

Keynote Panel Break / Networking Audience Interactive

Previous summit insight

Read the insight report from the 2023 inaugural summit and explore the themes that shaped the agenda.

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Secure your place for 15 June

The venue holds 550 people. The 2025 summit sold out. Tickets for 2026 are available now.

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