Kent Digital Meetup: The Growth Conference

This international event is set to be insightful and inspirational, with world-class speakers sharing their experience of business growth through digital channels. We will be welcoming European partners from the Innovative Sector Exchange project regions of East and West Flanders, Hauts-de-France, and the South West of the Netherlands. The event is supported by Reflect Digital and the ISE Project – run by Kent County Council and Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce.

The conference is being held at the Sibson Building at the University of Kent which opened in 2017 and boasts an impressive design which won the RIBA Regional and National Award.

The conference will run from 15:00 - 19:00, an outline agenda can be seen below:

15:00 - 15:10 - Welcome

15:10 - 15:35 - Ruud van den Boogaart from the Dutch ‘City of Imagineers’ Cluster - sharing how they have enabled growth by working as a collective

15:35 - 15:50 - Matt Cook - University of Kent Innovation & Enterprise - The student impact

15:50 - 16:15 - Becky Simms - Reflect Digital - Gamification, the antidote to modern advertising

16:15 - 16:40 - Break - Tea, coffee and networking

16:40 - 17:05 - Amy McManus - AM Marketing - Growing Your Business with Video #Simples

17:05 - 17:30 - Luke Frake - Space Between - Making websites that win, how do the big brands do it?

17:30 - 17:45 - Mark Gaisford - Redsprout - Growing a business by thinking digital

17:45 - 18:00 - Q&A Panel Discussion

18:00 - 19:00 - Networking and food

This event is co-organised by the ISE project which is part financed by the EU Interreg 5A 2 Seas Programme (led by Kent County Council & run with 6 other European partners).

Practical details
Parking at the University of Kent is limited and we encourage delegates to car share and use public transport - don't forget to let us know when you register if you need a parking permit.

Also, if you can please specify if you have any dietary requirements.