Conference Agenda
Suffolk & Norfolk LVEP Tourism Business Conference 2026
Thursday 5 November 2026 | The Halls, Norwich | 9am–4.20pm
We're looking forward to bringing together tourism businesses, organisations and partners from across Norfolk and Suffolk for the Suffolk & Norfolk LVEP Tourism Business Conference.
Taking place at The Halls in Norwich, the conference will explore some of the key opportunities and challenges facing our visitor economy, with a packed programme of speakers and discussions covering accessibility, sustainable transport, nature recovery and regenerative tourism.
We'll also be sharing updates on our Come Hungry, Home of the Harvest campaign and our destination websites, with plenty of opportunity to catch up with colleagues and make new connections throughout the day.
Conference agenda
9.00am Registration, refreshments & networking
9.50am Welcome & the future of tourism across Suffolk & Norfolk – Pete Waters
10.10am Accessibility, inclusion & tourism – Dom Hyams, Purple Goat
10.55am Sustainable transport & tourism – Transport East
11.15am Coffee break
11.50am Nature Recovery – Nature Recovery Team
12.10pm Regenerative Tourism – University of Greenwich and Deb Brooks
1.00pm Lunch & marketplace
2.10pm Lady Victoria Borwick, Chair of VisitEngland
2.20pm Come Hungry, Home of the Harvest & destination websites
3.20pm Sarah Knight – People and the places
4.20pm Close
Getting to the venue
The conference takes place at The Halls, St Andrew's Plain, Norwich, NR3 1AU.
There is no visitor parking at The Halls itself, but nearby options include Monastery Court Car Park and St Andrew's Multi-Storey Car Park.
For full travel, parking and accessibility information, visit our venue information page.
Thank you to our sponsors
A big thank you to our conference sponsors for their support:
Greater Anglia, Lovewell Blake LLP, Larking Gowen, Naked and Howes Percival LLP.
