Create great people and great businesses

Conference timetable

*Subject to change at any time.

Business leadership in an age of disruption – how to lead

and thrive in turbulent times

Helena Morrissey

Business leadership in an age of disruption – how to lead

and thrive in turbulent times

Helena Morrissey

Business leadership in an age of disruption – how to lead

and thrive in turbulent times

Helena Morrissey

Day one | Conference programme

09:30-10:00

Navigating unprecedented global disruption – key learnings from a world impacted by COVID-19

Professor Andrew Scott

10:15-11:00 Building good businesses – developing resilient

workforces to thrive in uncertainty Professor Simon Anholt

11:15-12:00

Leading good work in practice – translating the theory to proactively drive business growth

Andy Briggs Helena Morrissey Charlie Mayfield

Business leadership in an age of disruption – how to lead

and thrive in turbulent times

Helena Morrissey

What business leaders need from people leaders – developing a successful

people and business partnership in testing times

Wendy Warham Lea Patterson

Sharon Whitehead Charandeep Singh

People management in healthcare – workforce lessons from the NHS

Danny Mortimer Theresa Nelson

The power of prediction – leveraging people data for

business success Steve Scott

Jessica Hosking Sponsored by:

D&I during critical times – preserving the diversity agenda at times of crisis

Samantha West Winston Ben Clements

The future after furlough – what will happen to jobs

and recruitment now?

Dawn Moore Professor Jill Rubery

Developing resilient managers – seven essential mental strategies to turn the current crisis into a once in a

lifetime opportunity

Jeremy Snape

Developing our leaders for the new normal

Sean Penistone

Ensuring you have the right talent for your

organisation’s needs

Jon Dawson Jane Graham

Yetunde Oladipo

A1 | Expert MasterclassOpening Keynote

Panel Discussion

B1 | Interactive Panel Dicussion C1 | Practical Case Study

A2 | Interactive Panel Dicussion B2 | Expert Masterclass C2 | Interactive Panel Dicussion

A3 | Expert Masterclass B3 | Practical Case Study C3 | Interactive Panel Dicussion

13:30-14:3009:30-12:00 15:00-16:00 16:15-17:15

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Leading through Adversity

The Value of Learning & Development

Opening / Closing Keynote

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Supporting Our People Through Well-being and Technology

11:00-11:15 | Break / Explore the virtual festival floor

Business leadership in an age of disruption – how to lead

and thrive in turbulent times

Helena Morrissey

Business leadership in an age of disruption – how to lead

and thrive in turbulent times

Helena Morrissey

09:30-10:15

Creating a culture of self-directed learning to drive adaptability and innovation

John Amaechi OBE

Leading growth and change – developing yourself as an

agile leader to drive business transformation

Matthew Syed

The gig economy – where do we go from here?

John Nurthen Dr Rochelle Hayness

Laura Gardiner Matthew Taylor

Managing mental health – overcoming struggles

related to remote working and returning to the office

Paul Farmer Dr Will Ponsonby

The very real reality of AI and VR in learning –

delivering immersive learning experiences in practice

Nik McKiernan

From training course to learning experience – taking

your first steps in experiential learning to deliver more impactful programmes

Michaela Crawford Benjamin Murray

Danielle Grant

Understanding the learning and creative brain – how

psychology and cognitive neuroscience can boost

learning outcomes

David Rock

D1 | Expert MasterclassOpening Keynote E1 | Interactive Panel Dicussion

D2 | Interactive Panel Dicussion E2 | Pratical Case Study

D3 | Interactive Panel Dicussion E3 | Expert Masterclass

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Day two | Conference programme

Leading through Adversity

The Value of Learning & Development

Opening / Closing Keynote

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Supporting Our People Through Well-being and Technology

10:30-11:15 Championing well-being and happiness at work

to reap the business and societal benefits

Professor Sir Cary Cooper Lord Gus O’Donnell

David Halpern Dame Carol Black

Panel Discussion

10:15-10:30 | Break / Explore the virtual festival floor

11:15-11:30 | Break / Explore the virtual festival floor

Closing Keynote

15:00-15:45

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centre of the recovery – takeaway lessons for the people profession

Sir Ian Cheshire Natasha Adams Rupert McNeil

Day three | Conference programme

Humans versus automation? Upskilling people to succeed

in an AI-driven world

Dr Hannah Fry

The flexy-work revolution – enabling a culture of

high-perfoming flexible and remote working

Camilla Bellamy Alice Ter Haar

Francisca Burtenshaw

Responsible business – how COVID-19 has forced responsible

business to show its face

Speaker to be announced

The power of inclusion –overcoming the barriers of a world designed for men

Caroline Criado-Perez OBE

Enhancing job quality with technology – ensuring technology adds value

to your people

Jo-Ann Moran Professor Ilke Inceoglu

Anne Pearce

Workforce planning in the age of automation – merging

workforce and technology planning to increase productivity

and business success Justine Thompson

Rebecca Caldeira De Almeida David Shontz

Empowering remote learning – digitising your offer

to provide learning at the point of need

Sarah McGowan Andy Gallagher Dipesh Mistry

Agile methodologies to create responsive learning solutions

Carlo Beshi

F1 | Ignites and DiscussionOpening Keynote G1 | Practical Case Study Closing Keynote

F2 | Interactive Panel Discussion G2 | Practical Case Study

F3 | Ignites and Discussion G3 | Expert Masterclass

11:00-12:0009:30-10:15 14:00-15:00 15:30-16:30

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Leading through Adversity

The Value of Learning & Development

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Supporting Our People Through Well-being and Technology