BRIGHTON Chamber’s annual summit is back for the sixth time with the theme Look Up.

The summit on October 12 is a conference that brings together the city’s diverse business community for a day of talks, workshops and new experiences.

The first keynote speaker is Katherine Courtney.

Katherine provides board level strategic advice, helping tech businesses.

She’s the founder of SpaceSouth – an initiative to grow the South Coast space economy, and PrimarySpace – building STEM engagement for primary schools.

In Katherine’s early career, she developed new ventures for a series of international start-ups.

She then led several landmark tech-enabled UK government programmes.

She is a former CEO of the UK Space Agency where she opened the UK market to commercial Satellite launch and led £1.4 billion investment in collaborative European space missions.

With her husband and three young children, she’s happy to call Brighton home.

Her talk is titled “Bitten by the space bug”.

She said: “Until I turned 40, I had led a peripatetic life, moving on and up and out of countries, houses and successful tech jobs.

“My significant birthday made me realise it wasn’t making me happy.

“So I put down roots, took a permanent job, had a family and, in one of those career tangents that turn out to be the best thing ever, took the role as CEO for the UK Space Agency.

“Now back in the private sector, I am exploring ‘New Space’ as much about data and digital services as it is about rockets and satellites.

“Advances in data processing and dissemination, using AI and big data analysis, is generating new ideas for how satellite data can be used.

“And where better to explore this potential than in Brighton’s creative and digital start-up community?

“I appreciate the benefit of looking up, to bring perspective to changing times and push our horizons to new opportunities.”

Who is the Brighton Summit for?

Anyone in and around Brighton who wants to evolve and grow their business.

It’s relevant for all kinds of enterprise, from SMEs to start-ups; from multinationals to social enterprises and charities.

Whether you’re a business owner, a CEO, or a manager and whether you’re an entrepreneur or an employee.

What will I get from the Brighton Summit?

A fresh perspective. Approaches and ways of working that are genuinely new to you.

Skills and techniques that will help your organisation thrive.

The tools and confidence to do things differently.

Permission to take risks – sensible risks.

Low-impact, high-return networking with liked-minded business people.

And the most productive and beneficial day out of the office all year.

Tickets and more information:

https://brightonsummit.com/

Friday, October 12, 8.30am until 6pm

The Clarendon Centre

New England Street

Brighton.