All forthcoming conferences:

Monday 8th - Tuesday 9th February 2010 Skills, Jobs, Growth Convention 2010 The Business Design Centre, London N1 The UK Commission for Employment and Skills Speakers Include: Professor David Finegold Dean, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers State University, New Jersey Robin Shreeve Chief Executive, Skills Australia Tom Schuller NIACE John Stone Chief Executive, Learning and Skills Network (LSN) Simon Field Directorate for Education, OECD   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 9th February 2010 4th National Conference Future of Nursing The King's Fund, London Speakers Include: Keynote address: Ann Keen MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health Services -Rosemary Kennedy, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales -David Foster, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health -Sue Bernhauser, Dean, Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Chair, Council of Deans of Health -Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive/General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing -Janice Sigsworth, Director of Nursing, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust -Prof. Dame Jill Macleod Clark, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton -Gail Adams, Head of Nursing, Unison -Prof. Jan Draper, Professor and Director of Nursing, Open University   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 18th February 2010 TOTAL PLACE A new opportunity? The Grand Connaught Rooms, London WC2 The MJ and Leadership Centre for Local Government Speakers Include: Bob Neill MP, Shadow Minister for Local Government and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Sir Michael Bichard, Executive Director, Institute for Government and Chair, Total Place High-Level Officials Group Mike Farrar, Chief Executive, NHS North West   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Monday 22nd - Tuesday 23rd February 2010 3rd Annual European Serious Organised Crime Conference Hilton London Metropole Hotel, London W2 Supported by SOCA, Europol, Metropolitan Police, London First, Merseyside Police. Sponsored by Fujitsu Speakers Include: Phil Woolas MP Minister of State for Borders and Immigration Rob Wainwright Director, Europol Janice Ayala Assistant Director, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Bill Hughes QPM Director General, Serious Organised Crime Agency Tyson Hepple Director, Policing Policy and Operations Directorate, Home Office   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 23rd February 2010 6th Annual Conference The Role of Higher Education in the Regions The impact of higher education on regional economic development The Bloomsbury Hotel, London WC1 Supported by NCGE and Enterprise UK Speakers Include: Christina Hartshorn Head, Leadership and Entrepreneurship, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) Professor John Goddard OBE Professor Emeritus of Regional Development Studies and formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle University Peter Hayes Director, Enterprise Centre, Sheffield Hallam University Dr Julian White Chief Executive, White Rose University Consortium Conference Chaired by: John O’ Leary Editor, Policy Review Magazine   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 23rd February 2010 4th National Conference Welfare to Work A Watershed in Welfare Barbican Centre, London EC2 ERSA, ACEVO and QCDA Speakers Include: Keynote speaker: * Sir David Freud, Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform Other speakers include: * Stephen Bubb, Chief Executive, ACEVO * Breege Burke, Managing Director, Working Links * Fran Perry, Director of Employment & Skills, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (CESI) * Toni Percival, Head of Sourcing – Disadvantaged Groups, Commercial Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 25th February 2010 The 8th Annual Postgraduate Conference Access, Employer Needs, Student Experience and Competitiveness The Bloomsbury Hotel, London WC1 Supported by: The 1994 Group, The National Union of Students, Universities UK and UKPASS Speakers Include: Dr David Docherty Chief Executive, Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE); Advisor, The Postgraduate Review, The Department of Business Innovation and Skills Professor Paul Wellings Chair, 1994 Group and Vice-Chancellor, Lancaster University Aaron Porter Vice-President, National Union of Students (NUS) Jacqui Zinkin Former Director, Postgraduate Programmes, Westminster Business School Iain Cameron Head of Research Careers and Diversity, Research Councils UK Moira Hiatt UKPASS Development Manager, UCAS Dr Charlie Ball Deputy Director of Research, HECSU   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Wednesday 3rd March 2010 Graduate Employability What graduates need and what employers want QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London Speakers Include: Keynote address - David Willetts MP Miles Templeman, Director General - Institute of Directors Prof. Janice Kay, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor -University of Exeter Tanith Dodge, Director of HR - Marks and Spencer Carl Gilleard, Chief Executive - Association of Graduate Recruiters Aaron Porter, Vice President - NUS Dr Paul Redmond, Head of Careers and Employability Service - University of Liverpool   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 4th March 2010 3rd Annual Brook Sexual Health Conference and Awards 2010 BoyGirlManWoman: Putting gender at the heart of improving sexual health and reducing teenage pregnancy Arsenal Football Club, Emirates Stadium, London N5 Supported by Department of Health. Media partner: Children & Young People Now   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 9th March 2010 The Inaugural Scottish Creative Economy University of the West of Scotland (Paisley Campus) Speakers Include: Alasdair Smith Scotland Director, Skillset Caroline Parkinson Director, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Creative & Cultural Skills Prof. Malcolm Foley Dean of Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland Ken Hay Chief Executive, Scottish Screen and Creative Industries Lead for Creative Scotland   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 11th March 2010 3rd National Conference 14-19 Funding Conference Transferring the funding, transforming the system NH Jolly St Ermin’s, Westminster, SW1 Speakers Include: Michael Pettifer, Director of 14-19, Learning and Skills Council John Stone, Chief Executive, Learning and Skils Network (LSN) Malcolm Trobe, Policy Director, Association of Schools and College Leaders (ASCL) Nick Duggan, 14-19 partnership manager, lead strategic role, Sheffield City Council Chris Waterman, Executive Director, E-strategix John Freeman CBE, Director, Raising Expectations Action Programme (REACT) Mary Vine-Morris, Director, London 14-19 Regional Planning Group   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 16th March 2010 8th Annual Conference Delivering Services for Gypsies and Travellers Central London National Association of Gypsy and Traveller Officers (NAGTO) Speakers Include: Bill Holland, Assistant Chief Constable, Warwickshire Police and National ACPO lead for Gypsies and Travellers Bill Forrester, Head of Gypsy and Traveller Unit & Kent Supported Employment, Kent County Council and Chair, National Association of Gypsy and Traveller Officers (NAGTO) Dr Nick Leach, Market Harborough Medical Centre Caroline Cormack, Head of Affordable Housing Delivery, Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 23rd March 2010 Information, Advice and Guidance for Young People Highlighting opportunities, realising potential Inmarsat Conference Centre, London, EC1 Supported by Learning and Skills Council and MIAP Speakers Include: John O'Leary Editor, Policy Review Magazine, former Editor, TES Dr Graeme Atherton AimHigher LondonWest, Central and North (WECAN) Partnership Executive Director Paul Marshall Executive Director, 1994 Group Jo Wiggans Director, AimHigher Greater Manchester Trisha Conning Primary Educational Opportunities Manager, University of Liverpool Una Bennett Head of MIAP   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 30th March 2010 6th National Conference Developing the Childcare Workforce The Bloomsbury Hotel, London WC1 CWDC, NDNA, Together for Children Speakers Include: Dwynwen Stepien, Early Years Lead Commissoning Support Programme & Director Early Childhood Unit, National Children’s Bureau (NCB) Jane Haywood, Chief Executive, Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) Purnima Tanuku, Chief Executive, National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 30th March 2010 6th Annual Conference Offenders' Learning, Skills and Employability High standards for adult and youth offenders central London Supported by Association of YOT Managers, Business in the Community, Prisoners' Education Trust and Transition to Adulthood. Sponsored by QCDA Speakers Include: Merron Mitchell Senior Vice-Principal, Offender Learning, The Manchester College Phillip Collet Senior Director, Goals UK CIC Sue O’Hara National Director for OLASS, Learning and Skills Council Donald Rae Assistant Director, Children and Younger Adults Department, Derbyshire County Council and REACT Programme Bob Ashford Head of Youth Justice Strategy, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Wednesday 31st March 2010 8th Annual Conference Community Consultation Hard choices, engagement and localism The Kings Fund, London W1 The MJ Speakers Include: John Tizard, Director, Centre for Public Service Partnerships Kai Rudat, Director, Office for Public Management Bobby Duffy, IPSOS Mori Institute Rhion Jones, CEO, Consultation Institute Jennifer Ngyou, Policy Advisor, Communities and Local Government, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) Phil Teece, Programme Manager, Participatory Budgeting Unit Clive Saunders, Chair, Watford African Caribbean Association   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 20th April 2010 5th Annual Student Retention and Progression Conference Collaboration, Communication, Completion Cavendish Conference Centre london, W1 Speakers Include: The Conference website, including speaker list and agenda, will be available shortly. If you have any questions please contact Nikki Insley on 020 7324 4357 or email nikki.insley@neilstewartassociates.co.uk   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Thursday 10th June 2010 8th Annual Safeguarding Children Forum Encouraging effective multi-disciplinary working The Bloomsbury Hotel, London WC1 Speakers Include: John Brownlow, Director, Safe Network Jacky Tiotto, Head, National Safeguarding Delivery Unit, Ofsted   Can't attend? Order a delegate pack online! Add this conference to your Microsoft Outlook calendar. Click on 'open' when prompted ..........................................................................................................   Tuesday 15th June 2010 5th National Conference Supporting Creative Industries 2010 Ready for Recovery Central London Creative and Cultural Skills, AoC   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 ..........................................................................................................