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Description:

Covid-19 has impacted towns across the country, who are now facing a set of challenges on an unprecedented scale. The effects of Covid-19 have been felt directly by all towns and the long-term implications for towns are still unknown. This session will provide towns with the tools, knowledge, and context they need to understand the future impacts of Covid-19 and what they can do to address this in their TIPs. The panel will involve topic experts in the following fields; Health and Wellbeing, Innovation and Digital, Education and Skills, and Urban Regeneration. This session will help shape towns thinking and provide them with the tools to understand the impacts of Covid-19 on their town and how their strategy and prioritization can help address these in their TIP.

About the speakers:

The panel will be made up from our experts across a number of key related topics.

Tom Bridges (Vision and Strategy), who will chair the session, is a director of cities advisory and an experienced professional in town and city strategies, operations and regeneration.

Richard Hadfield is our Education and Skills expert, who will provide an insight into job creation, skills and training interventions.

Will Cavendish (Innovation and Digital) will provide expertise on the future trends in digital transformation and how to deliver change in this area.

Katie Wood is our Health and Wellbeing expert who advises on how the built environment can improve health and wellbeing at a city level.