Suffolk Business Festival 2017

Suffolk Business School is pleased to announce the third annual Suffolk Business Festival at the University of Suffolk, in Ipswich, from Monday 23 October to Friday 27 October 2017.  You can keep up to date with news by following @UOS_Business & #SBSFest17 on Twitter.

We are offering a number of free networking events for businesses. To find out more, and to book, please click on the event title to follow the links:

• Ensors Business Breakfast: Women & Innovation.  Tuesday 24 October, 07:45 - 09:15 (sponsored by Ensors Chartered Accountants)
• Women in Management & Leadership Panel.  Tuesday 24 October, 11:30 - 13:00
• Suffolk BME Business Awards 2017.  Wednesday 25 October, 18:30 - 21:30 (in partnership with the Bangladeshi Support Centre)
• Waterfront Studios Jelly.  Thursday 26 October, 08:00 - 09:30
• Keynote and Networking Evening with Stefan Stern, Director of the High Pay Centre - Can We Manage? A Short Talk About the Tasks Facing Leaders Today. Thursday 26 October, 17:30 - 19:30 

If you are interested in getting involved or offering sponsorship for the week or a single event, please email us at talkbusiness@uos.ac.uk or call on 01473 338507.

In addition to the above events, throughout the week we will be offering a number of professional development events aimed at our students.  These include the following:

• Pitching for Business.  Monday 23 October, 11:30 - 14:00
• Getting the Story Straight: Writing Persuasively. Monday 23 October, 11:30 - 14:00
• Business at the Movies: Wolf of Wall Street (2013).  Monday 23 October, 16:30 - 20:30
• Why is Everyone Weird? Understanding Teams at Work. Tuesday 24 October, 14:00 - 15:30
• Cultural Tourism Matters to Suffolk: a pathway for growth.  Tuesday 24 October, 14:00 - 15:30
• Building Career Confidence. Thursday 26 October, 11:30 - 13:00 (sponsored by Just Recruitment)
• Management of Risk. Thursday 26 October, 14:00 - 16:00

Special thanks go to the following for their support:

• Laura Locke - Visiting Fellow 
• Mark Shields - Business Editor, Archant
• Prof Emma Bell - Professor of Organisation Studies at the Open University
• Minnie Moll - Joint Chief Executive of the East of England Co-op
• Michelle Pollard - Managing Director of Spider, and finalist in the EADT Business Awards
• Prof Keith Still - Visiting Professor of Crowd Management 
• Chief Inspector Matthew Rose - Police Public Order Commander, Suffolk Constabulary
• Stefan Stern - Director of High Pay Centre