BRIGHTON Chamber’s annual summit is back for the sixth year, this time with the theme “Look Up”.

The Summit is a conference that brings together our city’s diverse business community for a day of inspiring talks, practical workshops and new experiences.

The closing keynote speaker is Claire Mason.

Claire is the founder and chief executive of Man Bites Dog, the strategic ideas company.

A born entrepreneur and innovator, Claire worked on her first business at 14, published a book at 25 and at 30 established Man Bites Dog as leaders in marketing communications for the knowledge economy.

With more than 20 years’ experience leading global strategic marketing and thought leadership programmes, Claire is an expert in global business branding, thought leadership, public relations and marketing.

Her team specialises in working with intelligent companies from technology, professional and financial services to deliver ideas and programmes which turn their intangible expertise into differentiating value.

Man Bites Dog has won more than 60 national and global awards from Best Campaign to Best Place To Work.

Claire was recently named Female Marketing Leader of the Year by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

An established speaker and commentator, Claire is an active champion of entrepreneurship, the ideas economy and women in business.

Having spent nearly half her life in Brighton and Hove and establishing a thriving business here, Claire is passionate about the power of our entrepreneurs to build a prosperous community and make global waves from the seaside.

Who’s the Brighton Summit for?

The Summit is 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 chief executive, or a manager.

And whether you’re an entrepreneur or an employee.

What will I get from the Brighton Summit?

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 14: 8.30am until 6pm

The Clarendon Centre

47 New England Street

Brighton

BN1 4GQ.

Last week we reported that the second keynote speaker of the day was Misha Glenny.

Misha is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and sought after keynote speaker.

His best-selling non-fiction book, McMafia, about the globalisation of organised crime, has launched this year on the BBC and AMC as a fictional TV drama series.

Misha’s most recent book, Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio, the biography of the leader of a Rio drug gang, is in production as a Hollywood feature film.

His book on cybercrime, DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia, is based primarily on interviews with people activity engaged in criminal activity in some 20 countries to map the development of cyber malfeasance.

Misha is a past winner of Digital Security Journalist of the Year.