The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has announced the latest programme of speakers for the forthcoming Bristol Distinguished Address Series. With the lecture series having recently been certified for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) purposes by the CPD Certification Service.
Now in its ninth year, the Bristol Distinguished Address Series is well regarded by the City’s business community as the leading place to hear about the challenges, issues and decisions being made at the highest level of strategic leadership.
The Bristol Distinguished Address Series is free to attend and open to members of the business community.
The line-up of speakers for the Autumn is:
Wednesday 03 October 2018
Ashok Vaswani, CEO of Barclays Bank UK, will deliver the University’s prestigious Annual Bolland Lecture entitled, ‘Digital Transformation of Banking’.
Wednesday 17 October 2018
Kevin Ellis, Chair and Senior Partner of PwC UK, will deliver a lecture entitled, ‘The Role of Business in a Disrupted World. Why Business Needs to Work Harder to Show its Positive Contribution to Society’.
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of Stonewall, will deliver a lecture entitled ‘Achieving Social
Change’.
The series is delivered by the Bristol Business School in partnership with ACCA, Bristol City Council, Bristol Junior Chamber, Bristol Law Society, Bristol Media, Business Leader, Business West, CBI, CIPD, CIPFA, CMI, FSB, IoD, ICAEW and the West of England Combined Authority.
Following the talk, there will be an opportunity for the audience to put forward their issues and questions at this event.
Series organiser, Professor Nicholas O’Regan says, “We are delighted to announce that the series is now CPD accredited. The series is an excellent opportunity for members of the business community in Bristol, as well as our own students, alumni and staff to hear directly from inspirational figures in industry with a wealth of strategic experience and leadership skills at the highest level.”
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You can register for the first address here.
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