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Wolverhampton Development Plans 2017

Thursday, 30th March 2017 @ 1530hrs - 1900hrs

Molineux Stadium,

Wolverhampton Development Plans 2017 | Event

Wolverhampton Development Plans 2017

 

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Attend this event to hear the Wolverhampton Development Plans – Informing you are THREE of Wolverhampton’s leading development figures who will be presenting their investment/development plans for the next few years!

Join us at Molineux in Wolverhampton 30th March to hear the Development Plans for Wolverhampton over the next few years and network with peers from the Construction & Property Industry!

In attendance will be Architects, Surveyors, Engineers, Project Managers, Business Development Managers, Solicitors, Lawyers and many more Construction and Property Professionals, there to hear about the Development Plans for Wolverhampton and network with like-minded individuals.

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Wolverhampton Development Plans Event Format

  • 1530 – 1600; Registration
  • 1600 – 1645; Networking with Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
  • 1645 – 1815; Speaker Presentations
  • 1815 – 1900; Networking with Hot Food, Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks

Wolverhampton Development Plans Speakers


Professor Geoff Layer, Vice Chancellor; University of WolverhamptonWolverhampton Development Plans 2017 - Geoff Layer

Geoff Layer has been the Vice Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton since August 2011.

Previously, he was Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) at the University of Bradford.

He graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic with a LLB (Hons) and entered a teaching and research career initially in Manchester and then in Luton.  He joined the Sheffield Business School in 1983 as a Lecturer in Law.  Whilst at Sheffield Hallam University he established a suite of access and student support initiatives leading to the establishment of a national reputation for inclusive learning.  He was an adviser to a range of national quality assurance and educational development initiatives and became Professor of Lifelong Learning in 1996.

Between 2000 and 2006 he was the Director of Action on Access, an agency established to advise HEFCE on its Widening Participation Strategy.  He has been a consultant to Universities UK, Higher Education Quality Council and many universities in Widening Participation and Learning and Teaching Strategies.  He was also Director of the HEFCE Innovations Co-ordination Team from 2000-2002.

He is a member/trustee of the following local, regional and national boards and committees:

  • Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (member)
  • Black Country Chamber of Commerce (member)
  • Equality Challenge Unit (member)
  • Higher Education Public Information Steering Group (member)
  • QAA Advisory Committee on Degree Awarding Powers (member)
  • Higher Education Academy (member)
  • Open College Network West Midlands (trustee)
  • Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (trustee)

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of Leeds College of Music and was awarded the OBE for services to Higher Education in 2003.

He was educated in the North East of England and in Soham, Cambridgeshire.  He is a Sunderland supporter and plays cricket for Sheffield Collegiate Cricket Club.


David Whitehouse, Interchange Project Manager; Virgin TrainsWolverhampton Development Plans 2017 - David Whitehouse

 

 


Paul Lakin, Head of City Development; City of Wolverhampton CouncilSilhouette Resized

Paul Lakin is Head of City Development for the city of Wolverhampton Council.  He leads on delivering and implementing major regeneration schemes on behalf of the Council.  Paul is an experienced economic development professional who has held a number of key roles.  Having built his career in the Thames Gateway in East London, he went on to be a Director of Park Royal Partnership Ltd, a regeneration company based in west London.  He then took the role as Area Manager for Merseyside for the North West Regional Development Agency before being promoted to Director of Land and Property.  He undertook a brief period at the Homes and Communities Agency and Urban Policy Associates before joining Wolverhampton City Council.  Paul has been a Director of a number of regeneration companies, including Liverpool Vision, Liverpool Land Development Company and New East Manchester.


 

 

Wolverhampton Development Plans 2017 | Details

Tickets

Details

Date:
Thursday, 30th March 2017
Time:
1530hrs - 1900hrs
Cost:
£65 – £1500
Website:
http://www.corporatewolves.co.uk

Venue

Molineux Stadium