All forthcoming conferences:

Thursday 9th July 2009 Annual Reducing Re-offending Conference Ensuring positive outcomes in the economic downturn America Square Conference Centre, London EC3 Speakers Include: Phil Wheatley Director General, NOMS Agency Chris Horton Skills Development Manager, OLASS, Learning and Skills Council Stephen Shaw CBE Prison and Probation Ombudsman Sean Duggan Director of Prisons and Criminal Justice Programme, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 14th July 2009 CBI Think:Public Local strategic commissioning Aim to thrive not just survive Inmarsat, London EC1 CBI, LGA Speakers Include: Francis Maude MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster John Ransford, chief executive, LGA Susan Anderson, Director of Public Services, CBI Gary Belfied, Director of Commissioning, Department of Health   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 14th July 2009 Promoting Local Democracy Involving and Reconnecting Communities Central London Ipsos MORI, Leadership Centre for Local Government, Community Matters, The MJ   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 21st - Thursday 23rd July 2009 A Smart City Futures International Conference Securing City & Regional Prosperity The Lowry Centre, Salford Smart City Futures; Manchester's Commission for the New Economy Speakers Include: Day One - Finding your Regions Competitive Edge Day Two - Strengthening Cities and Regions Day Three - A New Conversation, Smart City Futures   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 15th September 2009 National Conference Total Place Focusing funding on places – not institutions Cavendish Conference Centre, London W1 The MJ   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 17th September 2009 5th National Conference The Future of Culture, Tourism and Sport Central London   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 17th September 2009 4th National Conference Diplomas for 14-19 Year Olds The Qualifications Pathway to University and Work Central London Supported by: The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) and The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) Speakers Include: Declan Swan Chief Executive, National Education and Business Partnership Network (NEBPN) Christine Megson The Innovation Unit Gary Phillips Headteacher, Lilian Baylis Technology School Anna Fazackerley Head of Education & Arts & Culture Units, Policy Exchange Martin Stevens Managing Director, A1 Technologies, Diploma Champion and Chair, Made in London   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 24th September 2009 7th Annual Conference Sure Start Succeed and Sustain The Bloomsbury Hotel, London, WC1 Supported by: Day Care Trust, Fatherhood Insitute, Action for Children, National Literacy Trust, Pre-School Alliance Speakers Include: Maria Miller MP, Shadow Minister for Children Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Daycare Trust Dr Deborah Absalom, Director of Children and Young People's Services, London Borough of Bexley Dwynwen Stepien, Director of Childhood Unit, National Children's Bureau Jean Humphrys, Director, Early Years Development, Ofsted Rachael El-Weshahi, Children's Centre Leader, Rochdale Borough Council Anne Frisch, Partnership Co-ordinator, Hertsmere Leisure Children's Centre   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 13th October 2009 Unlocking the talent of children and young people Central London Creativity, Culture and Education   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 15th October 2009 The NAO Adults with Autism National Strategy for Autism Central London Location National Audit Office Speakers Include: Check back for Speaker Updates!   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 15th October 2009 Re-skilling for Recovery in the Regions Conference Working to put the right skills in the right place in preparing for economic upturn Cavendish Conference Centre, London W1 Sponsored by Catalyst LLUK. Supported by LSC and LSN   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 15th October 2009 Social Enterprise Conference 2009 Central London Supported by Triodos Bank and ACEVO   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 15th October 2009 5th Annual Conference Local Area Agreements 2009 Where Next For Central Local Relations? Central London   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 22nd October 2009 National Conference Enhancing flexible provision of Higher Education The future for part-time and distance study Central London Supported by: Universities UK (UUK), Action on Access (AoA) and NIACE Speakers Include: Professor Christine King CBE Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Staffordshire University Professor Claire Callender Professor of Higher Education Policy, Birkbeck, University of London Professor John Storan Director, Action on Access, Director of Continuum, University of East London Professor Michael Thorne Vice-Chancellor, Anglia Ruskin University Professor Bill Jones Member of the Executive Board, Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL)   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 22nd October 2009 National Conference Joined up Services for Older People Central London Location Department for Work and Pensions, Counsel and Care Speakers Include: Check back for a full speaker line-up soon!   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 3rd November 2009 6th Annual Victims and Witnesses Conference Hilton London Metropole, London W2   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Monday 9th - Tuesday 10th November 2009 environment 09 QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London CBI, SOLACE, SOLACE Enterprises Speakers Include: Chaired by: Elinor Goodman former Political Editor of Channel 4 News and Board Member, Commission for Rural Communities - Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and rural Affairs - Lord Chris Smith Chairman, Environment Agency   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Monday 9th - Tuesday 10th November 2009 London Health 09 Strategic Commisioning for Better Outcomes London Hilton Metropole   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 10th November 2009 Effective Marketing in Higher Education Digital challenges, international competition, negative PR: Where to turn? Inmarsat Conference Centre, London EC1 Sponsored by: Hobsons, Supported by: Universities UK Speakers Include: Richard Taylor Director of Communications and Marketing, University of Leicester and Convener, 1994 Group Communications Group Len Metheny Managing Director, Hobsons Europe Christine Bateman Head, Education UK Marketing, British Council Roy Bayfield Director of Marketing, Edge Hill University   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Wednesday 11th - Thursday 12th November 2009 Annual Youth Justice Convention 2009 Southport Theatre and Convention Centre Youth Justice Board   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 19th November 2009 Enhancing the Student Experience 2009 Hilton London Metropole, London W2 Sponsored by: The 1994 Group, Supported by: The National Union of Students (NUS), the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and AMOSSHE   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 19th November 2009 National Local Better Regulation Office Conference 2009 The Co-production of Compliance Working together to achieve Hilton London Metropole, London W2   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 19th November 2009 7th Annual Domestic Violence Conference Partnerships to end violence against women Central London In association with Refuge   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 26th November 2009 The Royal College of Midwives Student Midwives’ 19th Annual Conference The New Generation: Stepping Stones to the Future Manchester Central Speakers Include: - Duncan Fisher, Chief Executive, Dad Info - Professor Cathy Warwick CBE, General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives Professor - Tina Lavender, Professor of Midwifery, University of Manchester - Dr Kenda Crozier Lecturer / RCM Research Fellow, University of East Anglia - Professor Marlene Sinclair, Professor of Midwifery Research, University of Ulster and Northern Ireland RCM Board Member - Polly Ferguson, Nursing Officer, Office of the Chief Nurse, Welsh Assembly Government   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 26th November 2009 4th National Conference Sports Provision for Children and Young People Central London CLOA   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 26th - Friday 27th November 2009 The Royal College of Midwives Annual Conference Pioneering the Mother & Baby Pathway Manchester Central Speakers Include: - Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health - Niall Dickson, Chief Executive, The King’s Fund - Andrew Lansley CBE MP, Shadow Secretary of State for - Rosemary Kennedy, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales - Dame Christine Beasley CBE, Chief Nurse Officer for England - Baroness Barbara Young OBE, Chairman, Care Quality Commission   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th July 2010 5th International Carers Conference New Frontiers in Caring: 2010 and Beyond UK Hosted by: Carers UK, University of Leeds Supported by: Yorkshire Forward Speakers Include: Speakers will be announced shortly. Would you like to contibute to the programme? Visit the website to submit your abstract for consideration.   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................