This year's government conference will be 'more focussed' and hopes to target the business community, according to the Cabinet Office Minister.

Around 500 people have signed up for the annual event so far.

It's being held at the Comis Hotel this year - moving away from the Villa Marina which has been used in previous years.

Kate Lord-Brennan has defended the decision not to host the event in the evenings or over the weekend, saying there are other opportunities to speak to the Island's highest-ranking politicians: