Spotlight Suffolk: Towards a Brighter Future - Growth or Decline?

Date
3 June 2025
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3 June 2025
Time
6.00 PM9.00 PM

Location
The Hold, Ipswich, IP4 1LN
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People sitting and listen in and lecture theatre

This crucial discussion will identify the key challenges facing communities across Suffolk and look at how organisations can work together to tackle them.

Taking place at the University of Suffolk, it will be chaired by our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jenny Higham.

Our distinguished panel will bring a wealth of expertise in a wide range of areas, including business, skills, growth, infrastructure, poverty, health and wellbeing.

What are we doing, what do we need to do and how can we best work together to secure a bright future for Suffolk?

The Chair will ask some key questions of the panellists and then open the floor to public questions.

This discussion is part of our Spotlight Suffolk series, which brings representatives from across the county together to debate the issues which matter to our communities. Previous events have discussed vital topics including Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability.

Doors open at 5.45pm for a 6.15pm start.

Chair

Professor Jenny Higham - Vice Chancellor, University of Suffolk

Panel

Andrew Cook - Executive Director of Growth, Highways and Infrastructure, Suffolk County Council

Rob Wright - Founder & Resilience Specialist, GIANT Life Skills Ltd

Valerie Gladwell - Director of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Suffolk

Wendy Herber - Independent Chair and Non Executive Director, Healthwatch Suffolk

More panellists to be announced soon.

Please note that photography will take place at this event for marketing and publicity purposes. if you don't wish to be captured on camera, please let our organisers know in advance.

For enquiries, please contact: eventsandconferencing@uos.ac.uk