Future Prospects

20 May 2011

University of Birmingham Business School

07.00 Registration & Buffet Breakfast

07.25 Introduction
Professor David Dickinson, Director of University of Birmingham Business School
Chair – Paul Forrest, Forrest Research

07.30 Trends in the West Midlands Economy
Rob Dobson, Senior Economist, Markit Economics

07.45 All-Party Parliamentary Group on the West Midlands Economy - Panel Discussion
Jeremy Lefroy, MP for Stafford
Lorely Burt, MP for Solihull
Ian Austin, MP for Dudley North

08.15 Q&A

09.00 Close

Informal networking until 10.00

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