Time

                                              Session

10.30-11.00

                              Registration and Refreshments

11.00-11.35

Session 1: Introduction
Chairman for Day: Lord Curry of Kirkharle. House of Lords’ Rural Economy Committee
Welcome: Professor Brian Walker, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, Strategy & Resources, Newcastle University
Introduction to Workshop: Professor Jeremy Phillipson, Rural Enterprise UK, Newcastle University
Progressing key features of the UK Industrial Strategy: Sam Lister, Director, Industrial Strategy, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

11.35-13.00

Session 2: The Grand Challenges: Description, examples and opportunities
Introduced by Lucy Geoghegan, Head of Grand Challenges, BEIS
Grand Challenges lightening presentations and rural examples

• An Ageing Society: Professor Patrick Bonnett, Director, National Innovation Centre for Ageing; and Ray Jones, Chairman of Queen’s House (Kelso) Ltd Care home with purpose-designed dementia units.
• AI and Data Economy: Professor Steve Caughey, Director, National Innovation Centre for Data.  
• Future of Mobility: Professor Phil Blythe, Newcastle University and Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Transport, and Graham Belgum, Optare PLC, Global bus manufacturers, Sherburn-in-Elmet.
• Clean Growth: Professor Phil Taylor, Director, National Centre for Energy Systems Integration.
• Brian Richardson, Head of Agriculture, Clydesdale Bank

13.00-13.45

Lunch and Networking
[During lunch, Newcastle University will display its contributions to National Centres for Agricultural Innovation]

13.45-15.20

Session 3: Localising the Industrial Strategy: Rural opportunities

• Roll out of Local Industrial Strategies (England), and other area plans or links: Beatrice Andrews, Head of Local Industrial Strategies, Cities & Local Growth Unit (BEIS/MHCLG)
• Drivers of rural business productivity – evidence and reflections. Professor Matthew Gorton, Rural Enterprise UK, Newcastle University.                       

Tailoring the Industrial Strategy to areas’ and sectors’ strengths and opportunities, led by Edward Corse, BEIS (Head, Stakeholder Engagement Team).
Participants will be allocated to one of three discussion groups, focused on aspects of the Industrial Strategy introduced in Sessions 1-3, with groups reporting back before Session 4

• Group 1: Grand challenges and sector collaborations (Charles Trotman, Senior Rural Business Adviser, Country Land and Business Association and Paul Cowie, Centre for Rural Economy, Newcastle University)
• Group 2: Sub-national strategies (Paddy Bradley, Director, Swindon & Wiltshire LEP and Chair of the LEP Network's Rual Group, and Katy McIntosh, Advance Northumberland - Rural Growth Network)
• Group 3: Foundations and productivity (Helen McDaniel, Rural Skills lead, UK Department of Education, and Tony Gates, Chief Executive, Northumberland National Park Authority)

 15.20-15.45

 Session 4: Workshop Conclusions, and what next for rural? 
View from:

• Louisa Macdonell, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Tim Goodship, Head of Rural Policy, Department for Environment, Food and  Rural Affairs
• Anna Price, Director and Co-Founder, The Rural Business Group
• The Chairman

Thank you, and follow up activity: Roger Turner, Knowledge Exchange Facilitator, Rural Enterprise UK.  

 15.45-16.30

                          Networking and Refreshments