Southern Forum 2025
REGIONAL FORUM - Join us for the Southern Forum 2025. Once more bringing together insolvency, restructuring, and turnaround professionals from the Southern regions.
Outline
We are delighted to announce the R3 Southern Forum 2025, will be held at the Marriott Bournemouth Highcliff.
Once more bringing together insolvency, restructuring, and turnaround professionals from the Southern & Thames Valley, South West & Wales, and London & South East regions.
This year, we can promise an interesting and comprehensive roster of speakers and topics, relevant to our colleagues in the profession.
Gala dinner
Included with the Southern Forum ticket, the gala dinner will be hosted on Thursday 20 March. The evening will start with a welcome drinks reception followed by a three-course dinner.
Charity raffle
We are honoured to be raising funds for this fantastic charity at the Southern Forum Gala dinner.
If your firm would like to donate a raffle prize, please contact [email protected]
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Accommodation
This will be available for delegates on Thursday 20 March. We encourage all those registering and requiring accommodation to book as soon as possible as spaces are limited.
For more information on sponsorship opportunities contact [email protected]
Thanks to our sponsors
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| Isadore Goldman | Lambert Smith Hampton | ||||
Programme |
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| 09.00 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09.30 – 09.35 | Welcome and Opening of Southern Forum |
| 09.35 - 10.10 |
Cyber-security Current and developing threats, trends, the size of the problem and approaches to minimising the risks |
| 10.10 - 10.40 | First Legal Update |
| 10.40 – 11.10 | Morning break |
| 11.10 – 11.40 |
R3 Update Speakers: Ben Luxford, Head of Technical, R3 Ceara Roopchand, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, R3 |
| 11.40 - 12:10 |
New Professionals - Intergenerational communications in the workplace Communication, building trust, co-operation, collaboration. |
| 12.10 - 12.45 |
LinkedIn & Networking Speaker: James Potter, the LinkedIn man. |
| 12.45 – 14:00 | Networking Lunch |
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Second Legal Update |
| 14.30 - 15.10 |
Game-changing tools for the Industry Dragons Den-style pitch of high-tech products |
| 15.10 – 15.40 | Afternoon break |
| 15.40 - 16.10 |
Trading administration case study - The Body Shop Speaker: Steve Baluchi, FRP Advisory |
| 16.10 - 17.00 |
Keynote - Geopolitics and the future Speaker: Tobias Elwood, former British Army Officer, senior UK Parliamentarian and now writer and commentator on National Security & Foreign Policy issues. |
| 17.00 - 17.05 | Close |
| 18.30 – 19.30 | Drinks Reception |
| 19.30 - late |
Gala dinner Master of Ceremonies: Colin Phillips, member of the Magic Circle |
Please note programme sessions, times and speakers are subject to change.
Confirmed speakers |
Organisation |
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| Steve Baluchi | FRP Advisory | View bio |
| Tobias Ellwood | Former British Army Officer, senior UK Parliamentarian and now writer and commentator on National Security & Foreign Policy issues. | View bio |
| James Potter | The LinkedIn Man | View bio |
| Ceara Roopchand | R3 | View bio |
| Ben Luxford | R3 | View bio |
| Ticket | Price (excl VAT) |
| Member - Earlybird full ticket including Forum & Gala dinner (A saving of £50 on the full rate until 10 January 2025) | £345 |
| Member - New Professional | £125 |
| Member - Group Ticket for 3 people - Members only | £790 |
| Non-Member - New professional full ticket + membership deal | £175 |
| Non-Member - full ticket including Forum & Gala dinner | £495 |
| Accommodation (member and non-member) - 20 March | £116 |
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20 March 2025 - 9:00 - 23:00
Marriott Bournemouth Highcliff, 105 St Michael's Rd, W Cliff Rd, Bournemouth BH2 5DU
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