More than 300 fringe events are expected to take place across Birmingham city centre as part of Conservative Party Conference.

The main event will be held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) from September 29 to October 1 and is expected to attract 14,000 delegates.

Partners will use the event to discuss and debate themes key to the city's growth including regional devolution, connectivity and infrastructure, a 'revival' in manufacturing and support for the creative industries.

The Conservative Arts and Creative Industries Network will hold various sessions, introducing themes such as 'Access to finance in the creative industries', and 'The role of intellectual property in building a creative nation'.

Academic institutions looking to showcase their lead on the conference agenda include Birmingham City University, which is hosting a session entitled 'Pipedream or plausible - A manufacturing revival?'.

Speakers will include city council leader Sir Albert Bore and Birmingham Airport chief executive Paul Kehoe.

This year's autumn conference will mark the 11th political party conference the city has welcomed in the last six years with more possibly coming back despite the council saying it was no longer prepared to subsidise the events.

Catherine Newhall-Caiger, business development director from the ICC, said: "We have worked closely with our city partners to organise the Conservative Party Conference at the ICC.

"High profile conferences like this have a considerable impact on the city and the surrounding area.

"We're expecting Birmingham to benefit from a £17 million boost to the local economy, making this the city's most economically significant political party conference to date."