Business Conference Schedule – Brighton
The Brighton & Hove Business Show incorporates both a business conference and networking opportunities.
If you have any questions about the business conference schedule in Brighton, please contact us.
Networking Breakfast
8am – 9.45am in HB’s restaurant
Thursday 5th June 2025
We kick-off our business conference with a networking breakfast for both exhibitors and visitors.
With great views across the pitch, come and enjoy a full English or Vegetarian breakfast while making new connections, with like-minded professionals.
April Baker of Together Co, the leading charity tackling loneliness and social isolation, will be giving a talk, “How social health and tackling loneliness can transform your workplace community”
This is an ideal way to start your day and lay the groundwork for meaningful connections at one of Sussex’s most engaging business conferences and exhibition events.
The Network Breakfast Sponsor also has a 5-minute slot to present and discuss their business.
Keynote Speaker
10.40am – 11.10am in Donatello Lounge
Thursday 5th June 2025
Expertise and Knowledge, Inspiration and Motivation – The keynote speaker session is a core part of a successful business conference, offering fresh perspectives that challenge conventional thinking.
The keynote speaker is Andrew Wright – CEO Action Your Potential
With a compelling story or message that can inspire and motivate, our keynote speaker is an important element in attracting a diverse audience, including professionals, industry leaders, and decision-makers to our business conference in Brighton.
Be A #NeuroNinja & Learn Well-Being Is A Skill
This workshop will change your life if you let it.
We are all born with an amazing gift. Our incredible brain is a marvel of biology, it generates us, if we look after it, understand it, give it what it needs, we can learn to live inside it and get the most out of it every day. Life is messy, our brains work in strange ways.
The message from neuroscience is clear, you can change your brain, change your mind and change your world. It turns out that productivity and well-being are skills.
Let us teach you how to manage your brain every day so you can be the best version of yourself in work, with your family, in the world.
AYP helps businesses, schools and individuals to maximise the incredible potential of the amazing human brain.
Let us help you learn your brain, love your life and build a great mind every day.
Speaker : Andrew Wright – CEO Action Your Potential
Andrew spent 28 years working in secondary schools. He’s been a head, deputy and SENDCO, starting his career a quarter of a century ago as a biology teacher. He has an MA in Education and one in neuroscience. He is passionate about the power of neuroscience to transform people’s lives.
Andrew, and his company, Action Your Potential, are on a mission to save the world one brain at a time. AYP currently works with 180 schools and businesses. AYP’s aim is nothing less than to transform the experience of being a human for everyone they work with.
Andrew says: “Once someone understands their own brain, how it works, how to get the most out of it and how to manage it well each day it transforms their experience. At AYP we give people the gift of themselves, using the latest evidence-based neuroscience to help people wake up in their brains to get the best out of themselves in every situation.“
https://www.actionyourpotential.org/
Seminars & Workshops
Industry experts share valuable insights, trends and best practices, helping you to stay up-to-date with the latest developments.
Workshops offer practical takeaways that can be applied directly to your business.
All the sessions at our business conference in Brighton are highly beneficial for your personal and professional growth.
Morning Session
Donatello Lounge
Business Conference Brighton – Thursday 5th June 2025
11:30am – 12:10pm
Making leadership teams more effective
I’m passionate about potential. Your potential.
And, helping to create a better life at work, and ultimately at home: for you, and everyone around you – your employees, clients, family, and those generations coming up after you.
Speaker: Brandon Harris – EOS Implementer
I’m an experienced EOS® Implementer, helping leadership teams in growth-minded companies become more effective and accountable, much more resilient, and empowering them to forge a clear path to success. EOS offers a proven set of tools and techniques to help businesses build a high-performance culture, whatever that means to them.
I’ve had an entrepreneurial life, full of opportunities, challenges, ups and downs and ultimately, success – although I never take anything for granted.
My life experience has been rich, in the knowledge acquisition sense, and I’ve loved (nearly) all of it.
12:30pm – 1.00pm
How to maximise your social media impact on a limited budget
In today’s digital landscape, achieving impactful social media results on a tight budget is both a challenge and an opportunity. With the right strategies, even limited resources can drive engagement and growth. This session is specifically designed for marketers who are
already familiar with the basics of social media but are looking to refine their approach and make every penny count.
We’ll dive into practical strategies and cost-effective techniques to enhance your social media presence, engage your audience, and achieve your marketing goals without overspending. Effective social media management doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag.
Highlights:
- Cost-effective content creation: techniques to produce high-quality content with limited resources.
- Leveraging organic reach: strategies to boost organic engagement and reach without paid ads.
- Tools and resources: introduction to affordable or free tools for content scheduling, analytics, and social listening.
- Case Studies and best practices: real-world examples of successful low-budget social media campaigns.
Key takeaways:
- Budget-friendly content ideas: attendees will learn how to create engaging content without high costs.
- Improved organic strategies: they will understand how to enhance their organic reach and engagement.
- Optimised budget use: insight into effectively allocating limited social media budgets.
- Enhanced efficiency: familiarity with tools that streamline social media management and analytics.
- Real-world inspiration: practical examples of successful low-budget campaigns to apply to their own strategies.
Speaker: James Armstrong – Creative Director, Social Firefly
With over 15 years of experience in marketing and communications James has a strong grasp on strategic marketing, from setting goals through to creating content that will make an impact.
He and his team at Social Firefly work with a large variety of clients, have the most up to date knowledge of social media, and can turn their hands to any marketing channel.
James has been running workshops and training at various levels for years and his approachable and jargon busting approach is designed to ensure every attendee can leave feeling inspired, educated and ready to put learnings into action.
Afternoon Session
Donatello Lounge
Business Conference Brighton – Thursday 5th June 2025
13:20pm – 14:00pm
From Zero to Podcaster in 30 Days – LIVE!
Ready to stop just thinking about launching a podcast and actually do it?
This high-energy seminar will show you how to go from Zero to Podcaster in just 30 days – or in this case, about 40 minutes (yes, really).
Based on Alex’s popular online course Zero to Podcaster in 30 Days, this seminar walks (and talks!) through the exact steps to get your podcast off the ground – from finding your niche and planning episodes to recording, editing, and hitting that magical “publish” button to land your episode on Apple, Amazon, Spotify etc. No fluff. No tech overwhelm. Just a clear, confidence-building roadmap and a bit of mic-drop magic.
And here’s the twist: we’re not just talking about podcasting – we’re doing it. LIVE. Right there in the seminar. Watch as Alex records, edits, and publishes an episode of his popular Marketing 101 podcast during the session, showing you just how achievable it really is.
Perfect for anyone with a story to tell, a brand to build, or just a burning desire to become the next amazing version of themselves… a published podcaster!
Come for the tips. Stay for the wows. Leave with the confidence to start your own show.
Speaker: Alex Ryan – Founder & MD, Marketing 101
Alex Ryan is a seasoned marketing professional based in Brighton, UK, with over a 15 years of experience helping businesses thrive through innovative marketing strategies.
As the founder of a two successful marketing agencies, Alex specialises in strategy, lead generation, SEO, content, email and social media marketing, delivering tailored solutions for clients in industries ranging from fitness to construction.
In addition to his professional achievements, in his role as Chair, Gaydio Brighton, Alex is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, leveraging his platform to support queer communities and other underrepresented groups.
