Event Type : Public Event

Following the success of our 2025 conference, we are delighted to be returning to Edgbaston Stadium for #CFP26!  The full day conference will focus on the big challenges and opportunities facing the West Midlands region, and will centre around our 4 areas of research: Housing and Communities, Infrastructure, Employability and Skills, and Digital.

This conference will be our most ‘interactive’ to date with panel discussions at a minimum and group discussions and interactive sessions available wherever we have been able to! Make sure you are part of the region’s conversation.

Key themes we will explore on the day:

• “New Voices, New Mandates’
• Where the West Meets the East: Building a Midlands Response to the Northern Powerhouse
• AI vs Entry-Level Jobs: Preparing the West Midlands Workforce
• The Rise of the PuFins
• What’s Coming Down the Track – The Next Decade of Transport in the West Midlands
• Affordable Housing – A Regional success story?
• Demystifying Energy
• What explains the West Midlands’ persistently high levels of economic inactivity and why can’t we ‘move the dial’?
• Has the time come for the introduction of a Greater Birmingham identity for the West Midlands region?
• In Conversation with Sir Andy Street
• Breaking Silos in the West Midlands: Can Our Systems Work Together?
• Restoring Pride in Place through a Decent Neighbourhood Standard
• Using Tech to tackle society’s greatest challenges
• Funding the Regional Government
• Homes, Communities, and Opportunity

Delegate Rates – until 31st May

• Reimagining the Region members

2 x complimentary passes, email conference@thenewmidlands.org.uk to claim & £90 (+VAT) for additional tickets. Associate Members can claim 1 x complimentary pass to attend.

• Non members

£90 (+VAT) per ticket

Delegate Rates – from 1st June

• Reimagining the Region members

£110 (+VAT) for additional tickets

• Non members

£130 (+VAT) per ticket

(Please note that when you head to the next purchase page, prices are displayed  inclusive of VAT and VAT receipts will be issued via email on receipt of purchase)