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Adonis confirmed as Keynote Conference Speaker

Lord Andrew Adonis, a former adviser to Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and Boris Johnson, will be one of the keynote speakers at the Downtown in Business national Innovation, Health & Tech conference, to be held in Liverpool on Thursday 23rd June.

Lord Andrew Adonis, a former adviser to Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and Boris Johnson, will be one of the keynote speakers at the Downtown in Business national Innovation, Health & Tech conference, to be held in Liverpool on Thursday 23rd June.

Adonis has also been a Minister for education and transport, and the HS2 project was his brainchild.

He headed Blair’s Policy Unity at 10 Downing Street in 2001-2005, and he was chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission from 2015-2017.

DIB boss frank McKenna said; “I am delighted that Andrew is able to contribute to the conference. He is one of the leading thinkers in British politics, and it will be interesting and informative to get his take on how the UK can drive innovation in a post-COVID, post-Brexit world.

The conference will feature presentations from some of the country’s leading voices in the knowledge economy, and the event will be hosted at the outstanding Spine commercial building in Liverpool’s knowledge quarter.

For further details and to book your tickets please CLICK HERE.

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