Business Breakfast Meeting sponsored by UEL Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability

ABOUT THIS EVENT

The University of East London is delighted to invite members from the Newham Chamber of Commerce to the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability (RDCS) 21 March 2024 at UEL Docklands Campus. This is an exciting opportunity for NCC members to experience the RDCS, hear about how UEL and this new facility in the Royal Docks is diving collaboration and innovation for a more sustainable future. 

The RDCS is a new hub that provides a regional hatchery for innovation, skills and enterprise, supporting a more sustainable and resilient future for businesses, students and residents in the Royal Docks and East London supporting the following services:   

• Convene & connect – bring together UEL researchers, students, alumni with businesses and local residents 
• Skills development – supply the region’s new and existing businesses with a skilled workforce 
• Enterprise incubation, innovation & business support – incubate good growth businesses that pioneers the new economy 
• Community wealth building – for Newham residents and East London 

The breakfast meeting will provide you with the opportunity to hear from the Royal Docks Enterprise team, UEL and RDCS to experience how the new facility will play a new role in strengthening UEL’s collaboration with the London Borough of Newham and support the delivery of our shared mission to bring high quality learning and career opportunities to local communities, which directly create social growth. 

Date: 
Thursday 21st March 2024

Time: 
8.00am – 10.30am

Venue: 
Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability, in the UEL Docklands Campus, (Follow the Knowledge Dock Signs) University Way, London E16 2RD

Tickets: 

• FREE for Newham Chamber of Commerce Members (one person per organisation gets a free place, an additional ticket is £10 plus booking fee, maximum two people only per organisation)
• £10 + booking fee for all Non-Members (maximum two people only per organisation)

Timetable:

• 8.00am – 8.30am Light breakfast and networking  
• 8.30am – 9.30am Welcome and Introductions – Mark Kass
  • Presentation and roundtable discussion lead by:  
    • Robert de Jong, Director – Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability, UEL           
    • Cherise Basslian, Director of Careers and Student Enterprise, UEL
    • Matt Davies, Head of Economic Development, Royal Docks Team 
    • Chris Dudd, Business Development, UEL 
• 9.30am – 10.30am Tour of the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability and Networking  
• 10.30am Close

Public Transport: 

• DLR Cyprus (Beckton DLR Line)
• Bus 366, 376, 474 (alight at Cyprus Station)

UEL encourages people to arrive by sustainable forms of transport. We are a 2 min walk from the Cyprus DLR (Beckton DLR Line) and have limited parking on site. Please contact Anisha Mathew rdcs@uel.ac.uk for further information.

Location:
A 2 minute walk from the Cyprus DLR station, or a pleasant (possibly windy) cycle along the dock or 20 minutes along the Green Way from Stratford.