{"id":8906,"date":"2021-12-14T11:40:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T11:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondconference.org\/?page_id=8906"},"modified":"2021-12-14T11:40:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T11:40:52","slug":"john-willis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beyondconference.org\/b21\/speakers\/john-willis\/","title":{"rendered":"John Willis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cepBody\"><div class=\"cepColumns\"><div class=\"col1-3\"><\/div><div class=\"col2-3\"><h1 class=\"title red\">Speaker<\/h1><h1 class=\"title red outline\">Speaker<\/h1><h1 class=\"title red outline second\">Speaker<\/h1><h1 class=\"title red outline third\">Speaker<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"col1-3\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/cepUploads\/JW Image_beyond.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><p style=\"margin-block-end: 0.5rem;padding: 0;\">Manchester Metropolitan University<\/p><div style=\"background-image:url(\/wp-content\/uploads\/cep\/link.png)\" class=\"icon\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk\/')\"><\/div><div style=\"background-image:url(\/wp-content\/uploads\/cep\/twitter.png)\" class=\"icon\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/twitter.com\/SODAmcr')\"><\/div><h4 style=\"margin-top:2rem;\">20 October<\/h4><p style=\"margin-block-start:0;margin-block-end:0;padding:0\"><strong>14:00<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/beyondconference.org\/b21\/schedule\/?e=137\">SODA Innovation Space, Place and People<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"col2-3\"><h3 style=\"margin:0;padding:0;\">Mr John Willis<\/h3><p style=\"margin: 0;padding: 0;\">Manchester Metropolitan University<\/p><h4>Innovation Lead, Knowledge Exchange<\/h4><hr class=\"cep-left-to-right\" style=\"margin:2rem 0;\"><h4>Speaker Biography<\/h4><p><p>John Willis spent his early career promoting the North West to an international audience and now leads on the design and delivery of innovation programmes for Manchester Metropolitan University. <br \/>\nJohn has a successful track record in developing innovative growth and investment services for a range of public and private sector clients to support businesses to start, scale and invest. <br \/>\nJohn\u2019s role is to support regional business to access the skills, expertise and specialised facilities at Manchester Metropolitan University. 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