The inaugural Blue Skies Conference…
Leading thinkers and local leaders came together on Friday 20 November 2020 for a timely, inspiring and strategic intervention to help support recovery and rebuild plans for growth, skills and employment. The conference unpacked the future of aviation and transportation, Britain’s role in leading greener aviation internationally, the impact of digital and virtual technologies on the local ecosystem and the creation of the London West Innovation District.
The inaugural virtual, half-day conference brought together cross-party MPs, world-leading voices from industry, government, journalism, community and academia. It will showcase and develop new insights and thinking on the future of transportation of people and goods in a post-Covid and carbon responsible world. It provided attendees with food for thought and action on a reimagined London West business ecosystem that is fit for purpose to accelerate innovation and collaboration, increase skills, create employment and support business growth.
Please find below the detailed programme for the day. Watch the conference on demand.
Aviation communities will need to address the impact of Covid-19. The disruption we are witnessing shows the future will not be the same as the past. And yet the recovery of aviation is critical to the bouncing back of trade and global growth. New thinking can invent the future. What ...
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Sustaining green growth: Is doing what we used to do with less carbon going to be enough?
The changing industrial landscape: Realising the digital and data future.
Creating the future of fulfilment: Supporting small and large business to trade locally and globally
The innovation ecosystem: How do we support entrepreneurship and new spaces for business growth?