Climate change and resource scarcity will have major effects on business. Understanding how such global changes might affect you and your client’s business remains a difficult if not impossible task.

 

The University of Liverpool is hosting an authoritative workshop bringing together experts from a range of disciplines to address the threats and opportunities presented by these changes and how SMEs and business leaders can prepare for the future.

 

FREE SME WORKSHOP: 26th JUNE 2008

THE LINER HOTEL, Liverpool, L3 5QB

9:30am - 14:00pm including networking lunch.

 

For more details or to book visit www.liv.ac.uk/swimmer

 

Course Contents:

 

The workshop will introduce delegates to a range of key topics, explain the most likely scenarios facing business in the Northwest, and how best to adapt to this changing economic climate.

 

Topics to be covered include;

- The global economic impact of climate change

- Developing local economic strategies and the role of the private sector in an era of impending climate change and resource constraint

- Managing business in a ‘post-peak oil’ and changing world

- How can you assess the risk to your business?

- What is the role of business in the sustainable economy?

- How to develop a future-proofing strategy.

 

Experts will be on-hand to provide advice on how to plan for forthcoming changes in climate and the economy.