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Midlands Connect Director to speak at one of Birmingham's largest business events

Published: Wednesday 01 January 2018

On the 24th January, Midlands Connect Director Maria Machancoses will join other prominent public-sector and business leaders at the Birmingham Development Plans conference – one of the City’s largest business events of the year within the property and construction industry.

The event, hosted by Built Environment Networking, will see some of the region’s biggest names in business lead a regional discussion including presentations of ongoing or proposed development plans in the area and plans for the region’s future.

Maria Machancoses, Director at Midlands Connect, has been confirmed as one of the speakers at the conference. She’ll be discussing the transport strategy they’ve developed that identifies the major infrastructure projects needed to improve the connectivity of the region’s key locations which will help drive economic growth and power the Midlands Engine.

Joining Maria Machancoses will be Huw Rhys Lewis; Managing Director of Urban Growth Company, Nicola Henderson-Reid; Senior Project Manager at HS2, Karl Tupling; Midlands General Manager at Homes England and Rob Eaton; Head of Planning Transport & Strategy at Birmingham Airport.

This event will provide an opportunity for those within the industry to gain insight on projects likely to take place within the region, whilst also giving a platform to debate and discuss the issues at the top of the economic and regional agenda.

For more information or to book tickets to the event on the 24th January 2018 please visit: www.built-environment-networking.com and for media enquiries please contact Nathan Spencer on nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com.