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 |
CLOSE |