About this event
National Productivity Week returns from 27 April – 1 May 2026, bringing together researchers, policymakers, business leaders, and practitioners for a nationwide programme of events focused on improving productivity and delivering better outcomes for people, firms and places.
Session: Productivity for Better Outcomes
Policy Panel
Engage with national partners discussing how policy and practice can support inclusive, sustainable and impactful productivity growth.
Diane Coyle - Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge
Anton Muscatelli - President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Distinguished Honorary Professor, Adam Smith Business School
Anna Valero - Professor in Practice and Director of the Growth Programme at the CEP, London School of Economics
Nadim Ahmad - Deputy Director at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE)
The event will be moderated by Bart van Ark, TPI Managing Director and Professor of Productivity Studies, Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester.
Find out more at National Productivity Week.
Participants are expected to adhere to the Events Code of Conduct.
This event will take place Off Campus.