27 March 2025 | Manchester

micebook Northern Edition

micebook Northern Edition 2025 is all about balance. Rooted in the Work, Rest, Play philosophy, this event helps you thrive in a fast-paced industry by combining hard work, meaningful connections, and creativity. Enjoy meetings with global suppliers, inspirational content, and dynamic networking for a day that fuels your success.

Hosted at the stylish Treehouse Manchester and proudly supported by Monaco Convention Bureau, this is your chance to learn, connect, and recharge—all in one unforgettable day.

Event Overview

  • Morning: Arrive at 9:45 am ready to kickstart the day with a plenary welcome, followed by work, rest & play workshop sessions.
  • Midday: Engage in 6 x buyer-supplier meetings before breaking for a networking lunch.
  • Afternoon: Dive back into our work, rest & play workshops, followed by another round of six 1:1 meetings.
  • Early Evening: Drinks reception with our headline sponsor Visit Monaco Convention Bureau, before the official close at 7:00 PM.

What to expect

micebook Northern Edition 2025 is designed to challenge, inspire, and equip you with fresh ideas under our Work, Rest, Play theme. This year’s content-led agenda will explore the balance between performance, well-being, and creativity—essential for thriving in the fast-paced events industry.

Our keynote speaker, Darren Edwards, in partnership with Speakers Corner, will deliver an unforgettable session on resilience and adaptability, sharing powerful lessons on overcoming challenges and thriving under pressure.

Through theme-driven workshops, we’ll tackle the biggest industry topics:
Work and the future of the industry—what the next generation expects and how leaders can adapt.
Rest with sustainable success—how well-being and energy management drive peak performance.
Play by harnessing creativity and seizing opportunities to unlock new ways of thinking.

Expect interactive discussions, expert insights, and real-world strategies that will leave you inspired and ready to take action.

Speakers

Darren Edwards

Darren Edwards is a record-breaking Disabled Adventurer, Expedition Leader and Motivational Speaker. A former mountaineer and Army Reservist, Darren was paralysed from the chest down in a near-fatal climbing accident in 2016. Refusing to be defined by his life-changing injury, he has gone on to become the first person with a disability to kayak from Land’s End to John O’ Groats, has rowed across the English Channel, and in 2023 aims became the first person with a disability to run 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents – known as the ‘World Marathon Challenge’.

Mike Ford

Keynote Speaker & Founder of Grateful Lemon.

With a real and unique connection and understanding of the event sector, he has a rare and fresh approach to helping people take ownership of their wellbeing and performance by mastering the dance between stress and recovery. So much more than wellbeing, Mike helps organisations, leaders and teams to build the foundations of sustainable performance sparking their culture into life.

Jessica Shaw

Founder & Creator of PACT Creative Training

PACT Creative Training uses creativity and play to support all aspects of workplace culture, including team building & staff wellbeing. PACT Creative works in companies, charities, schools and community groups bringing the transformative power of play to as many people as possible!

Jess has over 20 years’ experience designing and running training & workshops and is passionate about the use of playfulness & fun to support connection and a sense of positive purpose at work and in the wider community.

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    27 March 2025

    Headline Sponsor

    When you choose Monaco, you get to meet and work in an exceptional and sustainable setting, have unique experiences, and go home with unforgettable memories of a place like nowhere else. Visit Monaco Convention Bureau provides invaluable support to the MICE industry and customers wishing to host their events in the Principality. Click here for more information 

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