The lessons Sheffield can learn from its cosmopolitan peers and acknowledging the progress the city has already made were both on the agenda at the RE:Inventing the City - the International Business and Economy Summit 2008'.
The event was organised by Sheffield Chamber of Commerce in association with Creative Sheffield and Sheffield City Council. Held at Sheffield City Hall, the summit drew world-class speakers who flew in from Melbourne, Turin, Glasgow and Philadelphia, as well as a raft of regional business experts.
More than 490 guests attended the 2008 Summit, which was divided up into six sections: RE:Investment, RE:Vitalisation, RE:Connection and Collaboration, RE:Skilling, RE:Imagination and RE:Building.
RE:Inventing the City was led by leading international facilitator Greg Clark and also featured interactive voting technology, provided by O2 UK, allowing audience members to text their views on issues such as SheffieldÃs economy and the importance of collaboration between cities, with the results displayed on big on-stage screens.
Speakers included GMTV Chairman Clive Jones CBE, Roberto Quaglia from the European School of Management, Paolo Verri of Italia 150 - Turin and Royal Bank of Scotland economist Robert Blotevogel.
Speaker presentations and images from the Summit can be found in the Media section, for details on how to get involved in the 2009 Summit:
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