Monday 28th March 2022

C&IT Northern Forum Agenda

Registration

09:00

Registration Process

25 Minutes

Chair’s opening

09:55

Chair’s opening remarks

5 Minutes

Icebreaker

10:00

Icebreaker

50 Minutes

1-2-1 Meetings

11:00

Pre-arranged 1-2-1 Meetings

Dedicated and bespoke 1-2-1 meetings 


60 Minutes

How to create inclusive events

12:00

Panel: How to create inclusive events

Diversity and inclusion are no longer just buzzwords, and events should reflect...

Diversity and inclusion are no longer just buzzwords, and events should reflect the needs of a wide range of attendees, as well as current events in the wider world. Content will need to speak to ideas around social inclusion, and social media campaigns and activations should offer opportunities to build communities and spaces to share common values. How can events offer this inclusive experience?

40 Minutes

Lunch

12:45

Lunch

60 Minutes

Is the large scale event dead?

13:45

Is the large scale event dead?

Before the pandemic, the big annual event was commonplace. Waiting all year...

Before the pandemic, the big annual event was commonplace. Waiting all year for a large event appears to have fallen out of favour during the pandemic. This session will ask, is 2021’s trend towards more frequent and smaller set to continue?

30 Minutes

1-2-1 Meetings

14:15

1-2-1 Meetings

Dedicated and bespoke 1-2-1 meetings 


60 Minutes

Networking Break

15:15

Networking Break

15 Minutes

1-2-1 Meetings

15:30

1-2-1 Meetings

60 Minutes

Skilled art of negotiation

16:30

Presentation - Skilled art of negotiation

Covid has added a new layer of complexity to contracts and the...

Covid has added a new layer of complexity to contracts and the negotiation process. A sales professional gives an insight into this skilled art and explains how negotiate watertight deals, even in uncertain and fluid times. 

30 Minutes

Chairs closing remarks

17:00

5 Minutes

Drinks reception

18:45

Hosted by Sheffield Gin and the Winter Garden

60 Minutes

Dinner

20:00

Hosted by the INOX Restaurant