Blue Skies Conference

A half-day virtual conference bringing together local, national and global leaders to reimagine Heathrow’s ecosystem as a global hub for innovation & leadership

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TALK AT TEN: Heathrow Innovation District, with Seema Malhotra MP | 10am Thursday 21 January - https://t.co/fOaQtRq6WB

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Heathrow statement on the unanimous Supreme Court decision today, relating to expansion, ruling the UK Govt. Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) is lawful and legal Government policy.

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Catch up on the highlights from last month's inaugural @BlueSkiesConf and key discussions around the future of our economy and global hub https://t.co/jC9nzEEnJR @SeemaMalhotra1 @andrewdakers @WestLBusiness #blueskies2020 #aviation

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Heathrow facing 'catastrophic' decline latest figures show. @andrewdakers says “It’s bonkers that you’ve got supermarkets getting [full] business rate relief, but not airports.”

Read the full story from @HillingdonTimes here:
https://t.co/Sg09rqrBFx

#Covid19UK

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Aviation industry set to soar as plans unveiled for West London innovation district via @BdailyLondon https://t.co/L7Kqq6kZte #blueskies2020 #innovationdistrict @SeemaMalhotra1 @andrewdakers @WestLBusiness

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@SAP @Bruneluni @SEGROplc @westlondoncol @Magway_Limited @ABM_UK @fujitsu_uk @WestLondonIoT @HarrowCollege @uxbridgecollege Thanks also to our supporters @CapitalWestLdn @yourHeathrow @imperialcollege @united @WLA_tweets Better Futures and Video Shoot Productions #blueskies2020 @WestLBusiness @WL_Creative

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Last week's @BlueSkiesConf would not have been possible without the support of our partners: @SAP @Bruneluni @SEGROplc @westlondoncol @Magway_Limited @ABM_UK @fujitsu_uk @WestLondonIoT @HarrowCollege @uxbridgecollege Yoo Capital and dnata

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@SeemaMalhotra1 @andrewdakers @WestLBusiness @yourHeathrow

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This time last week we were live with the inaugural @BlueSkiesConf, a timely discussion on how we reimagine our global hub, support aviation communities and inspire the innovation and investment that we need for the future
Watch the opening video https://t.co/0iddEQnIAn

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Govt. plans for airport business rates grants welcome but not extensive enough - Accounts for just 7% of Heathrow's annual bill, despite the 82% reduction in passenger numbers.

https://t.co/EnavfR8b5s

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Following Friday’s Blue Skies Conference, a letter co-signed by @SeemaMalhotra1, West London MPs, council leaders and businesses has called on the government to take urgent action to support #aviationcommunities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic #Heathrow

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@CllrSteveCurran has called on the government to take urgent action to support the UK's aviation communities in a letter co-signed by council leaders, MPs and business leaders in today's Daily Telegraph.

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Government needs to support air industry if it wants UK to survive as a global trade leader, #Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye tells Blue Skies Conference https://t.co/uD5wB9EmpM #blueskies2020 #aviation @yourHeathrow @SeemaMalhotra1 @andrewdakers @WestLBusiness

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West London should become “Silicon Valley of aviation�� to survive pandemic, say business leaders and politicians at inaugural Blue Skies Conference https://t.co/49vMQWtOSW via @EveningStandard #blueskies2020 #WestLondon @SeemaMalhotra1 @andrewdakers @WestLBusiness

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Thankyou to the 350 people who registered and our incredible panellists at the @BlueSkiesConf. There is much for us to now make happen together. #blueskies2020

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Sign up to the policy document or get in touch with the conference team if you would like to be involved in future discussions, or the West London Innovation District

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Closing today's Blue Skies Conference, @SeemaMalhotra1 thanks delegates, speakers and partners for taking part. 'When we set out to create this conference, we set out to inspire, to create something new.'

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'It gives me great confidence that working together we can, and we will make our vision a reality'

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Thank you to @Ege_Land, Advisor to the Secretary General & Aviation Policy Lead, International Transport Forum, OECD, for delivering the final keynote of today's virtual conference #blueskies2020

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Thank you to all our speakers and delegates today for sharing your insights and ideas on to the conference #Miro boards, and to @andrewdakers CEO @WestLBusiness for giving a round up of salient points from today's discussions #blueskies2020

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Tracy Aust, Principal @WestThames, said 'the expertise is out there, it is about how we bring that in. An innovation district would enable us to see the bigger picture and ensure what we are doing provides for the wider region and not just our own immediate areas'

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.@SheldonHee, General Manager @SingaporeAir, was positive about the future of aviation and people's desire to travel as well as the role of innovation in helping businesses to work differently and to push boundaries

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He also spoke of the collaboration between Pinewood Studios and Local Enterprise Partnerships to develop the Aviation to Screen programme, supporting former aviation workers to transfer their skills to the screen industries