The Creative Leaders Festival 2021 is returning once again for a two-day virtual event for creative industry professionals based in the North region.

Hosted by The Growth Company and supported by Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the festival is returning for its second year and intends to be even bigger than last year opening up the festival to even more North regions including; Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria.

The virtual event will feature keynote speeches from political leaders, insightful panel discussions and sector specific roundtable sessions, as well as a virtual exhibition and peer to peer networking.  The festival will give you the opportunity to share knowledge and best practice, hear from industry specialists and discover all the wide ranging support that is currently being made available to the sector from Government, Local Authorities and industry associations.

Join us for two days of connectivity and content, offering you the latest insight, information and solutions that you need to stay ahead of the curve and succeed.

Key activities:

Keynote speeches from political leaders
Sector specific roundtables for in-depth discussion and focused networking
Live content from trusted names in the creative industry
Virtual exhibition featuring an array of trade bodies, businesses and organisations who provide support to the creative industry sector
Thought-leadership panel discussions to keep you informed and develop solutions to current challenges
Virtual networking with one-to-one and/or one-to-many video chats