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Who will be attending the UK Investment Summit and what is on the agenda? | Invest

Who will be attending the UK Investment Summit and what is on the agenda? | Invest

The government will invite hundreds of international companies to its first economic summit on Monday, hoping to encourage investment in the UK that will underpin its growth strategy.

The day-long event at London’s Guildhall, which will be rounded off by an evening reception hosted by King Charles at St Paul’s Cathedral, will include a “conversation” by the Prime Minister with former Google boss Eric Schmidt, “moderated” by Emma Walmsley, managing director of pharmaceutical company GSK .

Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves will give a speech at the summit, which will be livestreamed on social networking site LinkedIn.

The chief investment officer of Google owner Alphabet, the chairman of the investment firm BlackRock and Amanda Blanc, the head of the insurance company Aviva, will take part in other panels.

Attendees will have the opportunity to chat with Cabinet Ministers and the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as regional mayors such as London’s Sadiq Khan.

Concerns about Labour’s plans for the NHS could be raised by a session on “Unlocking the UK’s health data base to deliver innovation” involving Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, and Pushmeet Kohli, the research director of DeepMind AI -Division of Google, participated. and David Ricks, chairman of the US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.

Greg Jackson, chief executive of Octopus Energy, and Shemara Wikramanayake, managing director of Australia’s Macquarie Group, a former owner of Thames Water, will take part in a panel on decarbonising the National Grid.

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Former England football manager and keen Labor supporter Gareth Southgate will join actor and director Adjoa Andoh, Lucian Grainge, chief executive of Universal Music Group, the company behind artists such as Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey, and a Netflix executive Join the panel exploring investment opportunities in the UK creative scene.