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Countdown to conference
Updates via Storify on the premier event in the UK business calendar - the CBI Annual Conference
[<a href="//storify.com/CBI/countdown-to-cbi-annual-conference" target="_blank">View the story "Countdown to CBI Annual Conference " on Storify</a>]<h1>Countdown to CBI Annual Conference </h1><h2>Updates on speakers, key news and more ahead of the CBI Annual Conference at Grosvenor House, London, on Monday, November 19 - the premier event in the UK business calendar</h2><p>Storified by The CBI &middot; Wed, Nov 14 2012 09:48:26</p><div>What's so good about the CBI Annual Conference? Who better to explain than the CBI president, Sir Roger Carr, who says the event will be a great opportunity to network and hear from a strong lineup of politicians and business experts</div><div>Sir Roger Carr on the CBI's Annual Conferencecbivideo</div><div>Here's an interview with Unilever CEO Paul Polman,&nbsp;who is a keynote speaker, from our Business Voice magazine</div><div>CBI: Fixing Capitalism: Paul Polman interviewPip Brooking finds out how Paul Polman, a keynote speaker at this year's CBI Annual Conference, has been transforming Unilever's fortunes...</div><div>Martin Cook of Ernst &amp; Young has a tweet for us ahead of his appearance at Monday's conference</div><div>Responsible capitalism:corporate responsibility in disguise? whitewash? or as ey thinks a movement for change #CBI2012 http://bit.ly/SkINMxmartin cook</div><div>Here's a montage we've put together featuring some of the speakers at Grosvenor House - those pictured are, clockwise from top left: Vince Cable, Alison Peacock, Andrew Marr, Charles Dunstone, Boris Johnson, Harriet Green, Ian King and Ed Miliband</div><div>Speakers at CBI Annual Conference 2012The CBI</div><div>And of course, one of the big pulls is likely to be Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London (you may have heard of him). Here's a look at some of how some of&nbsp;his public engagements have panned out this year - including the notorious zipwire incident.</div><div>CBI: Boris Johnson in clips: Five of the best ahead of Mayor's CBI Annual Conference speechMedia centre From thanking Ken to the infamous zipwire moment via London's Olympic triumph Among the speakers at this year's CBI Annual C...</div><div>It's Monday, November 5, and exactly two weeks to go until annual conference and we'll be tracking&nbsp;the countdown to the big day on here. First up, <a href="/events/cbi-annual-conference-2012/schedule/" class="">here's the lineup</a>&nbsp;- with top politicians from all three parties,&nbsp;senior businesspeople from a range of industries and senior education experts on the bill.<a href="/events/cbi-annual-conference-2012/schedule/" class="link-button red">Annual Conference 2012 Schedule </a></div><div>Of course, Conference wouldn't be what it is without our valued sponsors - here's a couple of tweets from headline sponsors&nbsp;EY and Harvey Nash who are evidently as excited as we are about the big day:</div><div>Ernst &amp; Young is delighted to be headline sponsors of the CBI annual conference for the second successive year. #CBI2012Ernst &amp; Young UKI</div><div>RT @CBItweets: Who's on the bill at this year's CBI Annual Conference? #CBI2012 http://bit.ly/YwnA5F Headline sponsors: @EY_UKI and @HarveyNashGroupHarvey Nash</div>
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