About this Event
The reception will feature a keynote contribution from Sir Andy Street, former Mayor of the West Midlands, offering senior-level insight into how mayoral leadership can drive regional growth, devolution and delivery.
Drawing on his experience leading the UK's first metro mayoralty, Sir Andy will reflect on:
The impact of devolution on planning, development and regeneration
The role of infrastructure in supporting economic growth
The importance of long-term leadership and delivery-focused policy
His contribution will provide valuable context for discussion and help bring together senior political and industry stakeholders around the reception's focus on informed, policy-led engagement.
Event discussion themes
The role of planning policy in enabling development and investment certainty
How devolved leadership can support place-based regeneration and delivery
Turning political ambition into practical, deliverable outcomes
Development
Planning as the route map for growth and regeneration, unlocking infrastructure-led development and investment confidence.
Devolution
Place-based leadership and local decision-making as catalysts for delivery.
Delivery
Moving from ambition to outcomes: what enables effective delivery at pace, both politically and practically.
Agenda
🕑: 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Arrival & networking
🕑: 05:30 PM - 05:40 PM
Remarks from ACE Group and Cavendish Communications
🕑: 05:40 PM - 06:00 PM
Keynote: Sir Andy Street and Q&A
🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Drinks, canapes and networking.
Event venue & nearby stays
Arup, One Centenary Way, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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