Political leaders and major businesses will meet to set out how the London Stansted Cambridge Corridor, already a foremost European tech and life science cluster, can be established as one of the top “knowledge regions” in the world, competing alongside Silicon Valley, Boston’s high-tech / life science cluster, Øresund in Scandinavia, and emerging regions in Asia.
Organised by the London Stansted Cambridge Consortium, this major conference will discuss the economic future of the London Stansted Cambridge Corridor. View the full agenda here.
Monday 12th September: 9am – 5pm
British Library Conference Centre, Kings Cross, London
Speakers include:
- Council Leaders from Broxbourne, Cambridge, Enfield, Haringey, Harlow, East Herts, Stevenage, Uttlesford
- Businesses: CEO Stansted Airport, Airbus, Greater Anglia Abiello, Public Health England, Chair South East LEP
- Universities Leaders and academics from Cambridge, UCL, Anglia Ruskin, Hertfordshire and Middlesex
Topics for discussion include:
- Findings and recommendations from the LSC Growth Commission
- Stansted’s ambitions for growth
- Crossrail 2 and its impact on the region
- Retaining international competitiveness post-Brexit
Over 200 delegates will be attending the event.
The Conference will also address the independent review of the region undertaken by the LSCC Growth Commission. The Commission identified the following issues which need to be addressed:
- The area needs devolved powers so that the economic benefits of growth can be spent locally on sf rolex gmt master ii 116710ln rolex calibre 2836 2813 mens automatic silver tone meeting the challenges of growth – transport, skills, social and housing infrastructure
- It needs more flexible means of financing infrastructure, transport and housing development to unlock private and institutional investment likely to be attracted to the Corridor’s high rates of growth
- Stansted Airport has the capacity to expand and needs to be supported to grow further. It should be able to support an “airport economic development zone” in its immediate surroundings
- The Apprenticeship Levy needs to be devolved and allowed to address the skills needs of a rapidly growing high-tech region. The Corridor needs to improve local workforce development, ensuring all communities can access labour market opportunities and the benefits of growth
Sir Harvey McGrath, Growth Commission Chairman, said:
“This report shows that if we have the ambition and the willingness to act collaboratively we can build a truly world leading economy. We identify the main challenges hindering business investment: the lack of workforce skills, housing and transport capacity. We are not asking for grants from Government, but the freedoms and flexibilities to utilitise private investment and global capital to reach our goals.”
Alexandra Jones, Incoming LSCC Chair and CEO Centre for Cities, said:
“The Corridor is already one of the most attractive locations in the UK for global investment in phyrevape.com knowledge-based industries but it could be so much more successful, with benefits for the UK economy as a whole. Being able to capture the benefits of growth would support public and private investment in the infrastructure needed to ensure high-quality, high-value growth in the years ahead.”
The full conference agenda and delegate list can be found at: http://lscc.co/conference2016/
