hello my name is James bow I'm a professor of technology and Innovation management at Imperial College in London I work in the business school but my main job is co-director of a large new Research Center the center for sectoral economic performance I'm delighted that we'll be hosting the creating value conference in 2025 a date is likely to be mid- October Imperial College is one of the world's top 10 universities and is based in South Kensington in central London we also have a new campus a few kilometers to the west where the conference is likely to
be located the center I co-direct brings together academics plus people from business policy and Industry across the science Technologies and Engineering sectors our focus is on is on improving the performance of key UK Industries and ensuring that they remain globally competitive questions about how value is created how it's changing due to technological innovation and how value is being redefined as concerns about sustainability and social purpose grown importance are at the heart of the Cent's work so connecting with a forum like the creating value Alliance and hosting the 2025 conference is AB absolutely Mak sense I
welcome you all to London next year and look forward to seeing some of you in the 2024 sou Pao conference thank you