Digital Britain Regional Launch and Debate – Wednesday 17 June

10.45am Chairman’s Welcome – Adrian Goldberg

10.50am Official Welcome on behalf of Birmingham City Council – Cllr Paul Tilsley, deputy leader

11.05am Keynote speech, Stephen A. Carter,  Minister for Communications, Technology & Broadcasting

11.35am Question and Answer session with audience and media

12.20pm ‘Delivering a Digital Britain’ – Iain Gray, CEO, Technology Strategy Board

12.35 – 1.30pm Lunch

1.35pm Panel Debates

More about the Panel Debates – The round table debates will be run as parallel sessions and delegates will have a choice of 2 of 4 debates to attend and contribute to:

1.35 – 2.35pm:     Session 1

Hall 11A: Content is King:
Panel Chair: Marc Reeves, editor, Birmingham Post

Hall 11B: Infrastructure for a Digital Britain
Panel Chair: Chris Price, director, Digital Birmingham

2.45 – 3.45pm:     Session 2

Hall 11A: Staying ahead of the game
Panel Chair: Tom Loosemoore, head of 4IP, Channel 4

Hall 11B: Empowering people for a digital age
Panel Chair: Stephen Dodson, director, DC10 PLus