At the CBI’s 2019 Annual Conference, the experts discussed the hot topics every business needs to understand to seize both current and future opportunities.
From the dominant issues of the day (the General Election, Brexit and climate change) to everyday business challenges (skills, diversity and technology), the agenda for the CBI’s latest Annual Conference aimed to provide practical guidance and inspiration to business leaders and young people alike.
Never before had the conference taken place in a General Election period. And with TV debates set only to feature Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, it was the only place to hear from all three main national party leaders – the Liberal Democrats’ Jo Swinson included – about what the results of the polling could mean specifically for business.
Throughout the day they’d be joined by world class speakers ranging from internet pioneer Martha Lane-Fox to the Most Reverend Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Christiana Figueres, the former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The building blocks for the future
But before