CSEP Conference 2025

In October 2025, the Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance convened its second annual conference, Accelerating the UK’s Industrial Strategy: Driving Growth and Resilience, hosted by the Institution of Civil Engineers at One Great George Street in Westminster.

With over 170 registered guests from across industry, ranging from trade associations and established multinationals to venture capital and disruptive start-ups, and the public sector, including central government, regulators, accelerators and arm’s-length bodies, and attendees from all the devolved nations and overseas, the event was a tremendous success, with an entire day of fascinating presentations, panel discussions and audience Q&As. 

The conference was an excellent opportunity to showcase the unique and quality research being produced by CSEP and its partners, and to explore opportunities for the UK to be a pioneer in high growth-potential fields and support the government’s critical economic growth mission. It also demonstrated the willingness of academia and industry to proactively develop bottom-up sector growth strategies to lead the implementation of the Modern Industrial Strategy, which will be essential for the strategy’s success. 

Read reflections on the conference from Dr Nigel Steward, Director of the Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance.