Reception drinks from 18.45 at the University College Oxford.

Places are limited and the cost will include a three-course meal and wine.  

Coffee & Tea served, Networking and Opportunity to see the Pop Up Expo.

The key role played by the city in driving and accommodating growth and how both the region and country benefit from its success.

Chair: Jeremy Long, Chair, OIEP
Panel: Cllr Susan Brown, Leader, Oxford City Council and Chair, Fast Growing Cities
Panel: Anna Strongman, CEO, Oxford University Development
Panel: Laura Ludlow, Principal Associate, Mills & Reeve

How can all parts of the social divides be embraced and be included in the future growth of Oxford?

Chair: Richard Venables: OIEP Charter Signatory
Speaker: Paul Roberts, CEO, Aspire
Speaker: Tom Storey, Founder, Storey Consulting and Oxford North
Panel: Jeremy Long, Chair, OIEP
Panel: Martin Reeves, Chief Executive, Oxfordshire County Council

Coffee served, Networking and Opportunity to see the Pop Up Expo.

Garden Fringe – Oxford West End – Kevin Minns

Oxfordshire is growing on the back of successful partnerships. What do they look like and what can they achieve in the future for Oxfordshire? 

Chair: Sarah Haywood, Managing Director, Advanced Oxford
Speaker: Elizabeth Paris, Chair, Didcot Powerhouse Fund
Panel: Gus Wiseman, Deputy Director, Head of Investor Relations – Department for Business and Trade
Panel: Nigel Tipple, Board Member, Oxford-Cambridge Supercluster Board and Chief Executive, OxLEP
Panel: Philip Campbell, Commercial Director, Milton Park

What does AI mean for the real estate sector? How will it change the way we operate?

Chair: Matthew Battle, Managing Director, UK Property Forums
Speaker: Matt Sharp, Chief Digital Officer, RLB
Panel: Will Richmond-Coggan, Partner, Freeths

Lunch served, Networking and Opportunity to see the Pop Up Expo.

Garden Fringe – Oxford North Project Review by Victoria Collett, Development Director, Thomas White Oxford

Bidwells will lead this session with a presentation on how innovation will drive long-term requirements for science and technology space in Oxfordshire and across the Golden Triangle. This will be followed by a presentation from Morgan Lovell on the evolution of Life Sciences spaces and finally with the invited panel and speakers, a conversation on whether innovation development in Oxfordshire is fact or fiction.

Chair: Emily Slupek, Partner – Built Environment, Bidwells
Speaker: Sue Foxley, Head of Research, Bidwells
Speaker: Pino Catalano, Lead Designer, Morgan Lovell
Panel: Monika Zemla, Director – Leasing & Business Development Director, ARC Harwell Campus
Panel: Colin Brown, Director – Development, Mission Street
Panel: Darryl Chen, Partner & Urban Design Sector, Hawkins Brown Architects

What added value will stronger partnership across the Oxford to Cambridge region deliver for Oxfordshire and vice versa? 

Chair: Rob Allaway, Managing Director, Dev Comms
Panel: Placi Espejo, Director of Investment and Innovation, Oxford-Cambridge Pan Regional Partnership
Panel: Nigel Tipple, Board Member, Oxford-Cambridge Supercluster Board
Panel: Sebastian Johnson, Director of Ecosystems, ARC

Tea & Coffee, Networking and Opportunity to see the Pop Up Expo.

Garden Fringe – Artem Korolev, Chief Executive, Mission Street

How will the investment in the Cowley Branch Line enable social and economic change for the City of Oxford? Can this  transport solution unlock new housing in ‘hidden’ corners to help save the housing crisis?

Chair: Hugh Blaza, Consultant, UK Property Forums
Speaker: Tom Holbrook to comment on the Oxon Connectivity Study – see https://www.5thstudio.co.uk/
Panel: Tom Bridgman, Executive Director – Development, Oxford City Council
Panel: Helen Horne, Managing Director, OX Place
Panel: Bill Cotton, Oxfordshire County Council
Panel: Rory Maw, CEO, The Oxford Science Park

So you think you know about the Oxfordshire property market – Tom is here to challege.

Chair: Tom Bridgman, Executive Director – Development, Oxford City Council