The forum brings three sides together: city bodies, universities and industry. Each brings one subject to the agenda and the other two answer it — a simple rule that keeps a two-day meeting from turning into an announcement.

Four joint projects came out of last year's forum, and three of them are still running. They have one thing in common: each has a single person answerable for it, rather than one from every side.

The second day has no stage. Participants split across six tables, and each table takes ninety minutes over one question. What comes out is published after the forum as a one-page document.

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