Liverpool's Sector Strengths for Business Conferences

Liverpool's Growth Sectors

Liverpool City Region has various core sectors which could link in with your industry, making the region the perfect place to hold your conference or event.

Health and Life Sciences

Liverpool City Region is recognised as a leading hub for vaccine discovery, development and manufacturing, along with the highest number of specialist hospitals outside of London.

The region is home to the northern HQ for the Royal College of Physicians, as well as home to centres of excellence including Walton Centre for brain tumours, Liverpool Women's Hospital for neonatal care and Alder Hey Children's Hospital for cancer treatment.

Liverpool is home to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine which is the first institution in the world dedicated to research and teaching in the field of tropical medicine. Liverpool City Region is a constant global innovator in diverse research fields such as Precision Medicine, Infection Control, Children's Health, Veterinary Science, Big Data and AI.

Advanced Manufacturing

Liverpool City Region is home to a Manufacturing Technology Centre, one of only seven government-approved centres in the UK. The region is responsible for 15% of the UK's annual car production and is home to one of Europe's largest bio-manufacturing clusters and the largest supercomputing facility for industrial applications in the UK.

Digital Creative and Technology

Liverpool City Region is home to one of the UK's fastest-growing tech sectors, home to a thriving hub of digital, creative, and tech companies that creating and coding the future of the region.

As well as this, the region is developing software across a diverse range of sectors such as health & science tech, education, games and tech for good. Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation is also driving AI and Big Data expertise.

Professional & Financial Services

The region has one of the highest concentrations of financial business services and wealth management companies outside of London, with 50% of the region's High Growth companies in the professional sector.

There has also been sector growth of 57% in the past 5 years.

Green Energy & Environment

Liverpool City Region has one of the world's largest concentrations of offshore wind farms, with significant expertise in marine energy, hydrogen, and waste transformation.

3,505 low carbon businesses with 30,300 employed in the sector within the region too.