On Wednesday 2nd November, Downtown in Business will host an exclusive lunch forum at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Manchester with industry experts from across the hospitality, retail and placemaking sectors.
CEO of Holden Media and NRB Manchester, Thom Hetherington, Director for Town Centre and Consumer Brands at Bruntwood Works, Andrea George, and Lead for UKI Smart and Sustainable Environments at Cisco, Simon Light will join Downtown Boss Frank McKenna on a panel discussing current challenges faced, and what these sectors will look like in the future with new technologies, customer service and engagement.
Find out more and register HERE.
About the speakers:
Thom Hetherington co-founded the PPA award-winning Restaurant magazine and the 50 Best Restaurants in the World Awards, and is a commentator, consultant and writer on food, drink, art and culture in the North of England. As CEO of Holden Media, he has created a portfolio of world class Northern events and platforms, including the NRB exhibition, The NRB Top 50 awards, and much more.
Andrea George is Director for Town Centre and Consumer Brands at Bruntwood Works. She leads a dynamic team of creative thinkers, curating places to help shape original and interesting communities and cultivating long-term relationships with customers. Future-facing, she is passionate about disrupting the high street, sustainability and regenerating places. With over 25years in the industry, Andrea provides strategic, specialist asset management and leasing experience, to evolving places, town centres and consumer brands.
Simon Light is the UKI Lead for Smart and Sustainable environments at Cisco. His expertise in driving smart building strategies globally helps organisations create smarter environments, and a clearer path to planning a more sustainable future. Simon worked very closely with the retail and hospitality customers to align technology investments and help them build a platform-based approach for their future goals and business outcomes; this means maintaining a smart- long term strategy, and allowing flexibility in the future by saving costs today.
