Agenda

Laura Gordon

Managing Director
Laura Gordon Associates

Laura is Managing Director of Laura Gordon Associates Ltd, a business development and communications consultancy. In 2006, she was appointed as the first Director for Glasgow: Edinburgh Collaboration, an innovative Scottish Government supported economic development initiative between Glasgow and Edinburgh Councils and Scottish Enterprise. Thereafter, Laura was Commercial Director of ICS, one of the UK's largest private education services companies. Laura is also a member of the Council of CBI Scotland and is on the West of Scotland Committee of the Institute of Directors. She is a former director of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, was on the Board of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce for four years and is the founder of the Scottish Women’s Investment Group.

09.00
REGISTRATION
09.50
Chairman's Address
Ken Symon
Award Winning Journalist & Founder of Symon Media
10.00
Welcome Address – Building for the Future
Iain McMillan CBE
Director, CBI Scotland
10.15
Keynote Address
Jim Mather MSP

Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism
10.35
Guest Speaker – Achieve Success Working
as an Individual and As Part of a Team

Sir Chris Hoy MBE
Olympic and World Champion – Track Cyclist
11.20
Q&A Open Forum
11.35
MID-MORNING BREAK
11.55
Participating & Succeeding
within Public Procurement
Alastair Merrill
Director of Procurement, Scottlsh Government
12.15
Building Business Through Financial Support
John Rendall

Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Scotland
12:35
Innovation – Making it Work for Your Organisation
Melfort Campbell OBE
Chairman, Imes Group Holdings
12.55
Q&A Open Forum
13.05
LUNCH & NETWORKING
14.05
Keynote Address
Leading Business Represenative

Glenn Allison
Managing Director, Stewart Milne Group Ltd
14.35
Supply Chain Opportunities
within Renewable Energy

Niall Stuart
Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables
14.55
Making Social Media Work
Laura Gordon
Managing Director, Laura Gordon Associates and
Gordon MacIntyre Kemp
Founder and Managing Director, Intelligise
15.15
Q&A Open Forum
15.35
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