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The Employment & Skills Partnership


Profiting from Superfast Broadband
Somerset College, 26th March 2012, 09:30 to 13:30


Significant investment in superfast broadband technology has meant that many businesses currently have or will have access to superfast speeds. With the right skills a business will be able to take advantage of this improved connectivity to open up new markets, improve existing practices and drive their profitability and growth.

This event was aimed at businesses, public and third sector organisations looking to take advantage of superfast broadband. Discussions surrounded what is already happening, what the technology of the future will bring and, crucially, related stakeholder needs to the team developing a Growth and Innovation Fund bid that will help organisations take advantage of the opportunities offered.

Programme

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09:30   Registration and Refreshments  
         
10:00   Welcome   Adrian Bailey (ESP)
10:05   The opportunities of Superfast Broadband & future technology   Lisa Ravenscroft (Head of Fibre, BT)
10:30   Existing Superfast Broadband Initiatives   Ian Exworthy (Peninsula Enterprise)
Jenny Milligan (Cornwall Development Company)
10:50   Business Case Study   Chris Ingram Continental™ Underfloor Heating
11:00   Skills requirements – what we already know   Ben Neild (SLIM)
11:15   Q and A on Superfast Broadband
     
11:30   Tea and Coffee
         
11:40   Growth & the Growth & Innovation Fund   Jeremy Horton (UKCES)
11:55   Superfast Broadband Skills (GIF) Our proposal   Andy Bates (Business West)
12:15  

Enhancing our proposal
Round table discussion

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13:00   Feedback and comments from the floor   Adrian Bailey (ESP)
     
13:30   Close and Lunch

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