Birmingham’s Millennium Point has won the bid to host the first MAINSTREAM UK summit, bringing together more than 300 global manufacturing, utilities, transport and oil and gas leaders for a one-day conference of content, networking and knowledge-sharing.
The city’s Millennium Point will host the event on 21 October 2025, with a speaker line-up that includes international experts from IDCON, Mars Inc, NASA and Toyota and UK industry leaders from companies such as Airbus, Bentley Motors and BMW.
Recent MAINSTREAM summits have taken place in the Australian cities of Perth and Melbourne. The first UK conference was secured by the Birmingham and West Midlands Convention Bureau, part of the West Midlands Growth Company, working with MAINSTREAM and host venue Millennium Point.
Rebecca Delmore, commercial director at Millennium Point, said: “Hosting the first MAINSTREAM UK summit at Millennium Point is a fantastic opportunity, not just for us as a venue but for Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.”
She added: “This region has always been a hub for making and engineering, and bringing 300 global leaders here puts that strength on the international stage. At Millennium Point we are proud to play our part in showcasing the city, its talent and its future to the world.”
Founded in 1996, the MAINSTREAM community has been responsible for industry evolution across Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America during the past three decades.
Its UK conference debut will provide delegates across sectors including robotics, AI, life sciences tech, automotive, aerospace and industrial machinery. There will also be an exhibition showcasing 33 partners.
Katie Trout, deputy chief executive at the West Midlands Growth Company, said: “Winning the bid to host the MAINSTREAM conference in Birmingham is a further example of how the West Midlands is attracting internationally significant events that align with the region’s strengths. The West Midlands has a large and growing community of successful engineering companies.”
The West Midlands is at the centre of the UK’s largest automotive, rail and aerospace clusters, with heavyweights such as Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin and Collins Aerospace among the companies that call the West Midlands home.