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Agenda

The BLN Growth Forum will help you ask and answer hard questions about your business. While we think you will value the knowledge and insight that the speakers bring to their subjects, we have arranged this event to maximise the level of interaction that you can get from the event.

We encourage you to submit questions and ideas for speakers before the event. While each speaker will spend some time describing their own experiences, we want to be able to harness the collective expertise in the room – from both speakers and participants – to help solve your problems. Over half the time in each session will be dedicated to answering your questions and solving your problems, so come prepared with your pitch.

Alongside group sessions considering core themes, we will be running a number of small, private, workshops for a maximum of 20 delegates. These will explore key issues with expert facilitators under the Chatham House Rule.

Time Sessions
08:30 – 09:10 Registration & networking
09:10 – 09:35
  • Welcome & keynote
  • The BLN Growth Forum 2010 keynote will be given by Hermann Hauser – Founder, Amadeus Capital Partners
09:35 – 10:50
  • Identifying & targeting big markets
  • Building strong, scalable businesses that dominate global markets from zero is a fundamental ingredient in the long term economic success of our economy.
10:50 – 11:30 Networking break
11:30 – 12:45
  • Building great teams
  • We explore the pitfalls & best practice that have succeeded in developing some of Europe’s most admired organisations.
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch & networking
14:00 – 15:15
  • The money slot
  • The rules of funding growth have been turned on their head in the past two years. We explore some of the alternative approaches to financing growth and the right time to think about exits.
15:15 – 16:00 Networking break
16:00 – 17:15
  • Getting customers to come and stay
  • Attracting attention & creating ‘buzz’ is one thing. Converting noise into revenue, acquiring & retaining customers, & developing revenue-generating customer evangelists, quite another.
17:15 – 17:30 Final analysis & reflections on the day

The BLN reserves the right to change the agenda without notice.