Over the past twenty years some 100 places in the UK have attempted to build an innovation node or hub, but only about ten of them have achieved real scale and maturity. By contrast, in the Northwest corridor of the US Eastern Seaboard, with a population of 50 million, about 20 locations have become scaled up innovation hubs.

This event will seek to explore the role that local government can play in helping create the right conditions for these hubs to develop and flourish and thereby capture the potential benefits.

This event is for Local authorities and central government, please apply to attend.

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