Willy Roe, Chairman,
Skills Development Scotland
Michael Davis, Director of Strategy & Performance UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Charlie Mayfield, Chairman,
John Lewis Partnership
Brendan Barber, General Secretary, TUC
Lynne Sedgemore,
Executive Director,
157 Group
Michael Davis,
Director of Strategy and Performance, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
Delegates should choose one seminar from the list below. Seminars will present UK policy perspectives and responses to the three main dimensions of the skills challenge: individuals, employers and systems. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to maximum capacities.
10. Skills Activism – towards an active UK skills strategy
Professor Ewart Keep,
Deputy Director, SKOPE
Andy Westwood, Director, Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
Chaired by
Mark Spilsbury, Chief Economist, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
11. Integrating employment and skills
Jim Hillage,
Director of Research, Institute for Employment Studies
Kate Still, Director of Development,
The Wise Group
Andy Wilson, Principal, Westminster Kingsway College
Chaired by
Alison Richardson, Assistant Director of Strategy and Performance, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
12. Increasing employer investment – collective action on skills
Anna Fazackerly, Head of Education, Policy Exchange
Annette Cox, Associate Director, Institute for Employment Studies
Nigel Whitehead, Group Managing Director - Programmes and Support, BAE Systems
Chaired by
Carol Stanfield, Senior Research Manager, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
13. Skills utilisation and high performance working – maximising the value of skills
Dr Janet Lowe,
Chair, Scottish Funding Council / Skills Development Scotland Skills Committee
Professor David Ashton,
Emeritus Professor, Leicester University; Honorary Professor, Cardiff University
Ian Brinkley, Knowledge Economy Programme Director, The Work Foundation
Chaired by
Lesley Giles, Deputy Director of Research and Policy, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
14. Breaking Cycles of Poverty – what role for employment and skills?
Dr Tracy Shildrick, Lecturer in Sociology/Youth Studies, Teeside University
Dr Mark Tomlinson,
Senior Research Officer, University of Oxford
Kathryn Ray,
Senior Research Fellow, Policy Studies Institute
Professor Ron McQuaid,
Director, Edinburgh Napier University
Hilary Metcalf, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Economic and Social Research
Chris Goulden, Policy and Research Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Chaired by
Abigail Gibson, Senior Analyst, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Buffet lunch, networking and exhibition
Delegates should choose one seminar from the list below. Seminars will present international policy perspectives and responses to the three main dimensions of the skills challenge: individuals, employers and systems. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to maximum capacities.
15. Achieving Transformation – creating a system fit for the challenges ahead
Simon Duffy, Centre for Welfare Reform
Geoff Mulgan,
Director, The Young Foundation
John Stone, Chief Executive, LSN
Chaired by
Ian Kinder, Assistant Director of Strategy and Performance, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
16. Higher education and skills – learner choice and returns on learning
Professor Kate Purcell, Institute of Employment Research
Alan Felstead,
Research Professor at Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Chaired by
Gillian Brewin, Programme Manager, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
17. Building a High Value Workforce
Dr Laurie Bassi,
Chief Executive, McBassi & Company
Professor John Philpott,
Chief Economist, CIPD
Chaired by
Paul Drake, Senior Policy Analyst, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
18. Increasing Individual Ambition
Dr Colin Lindsay, Senior Research Fellow, Edinburgh Napier University
Iain Murray, Senior Policy Officer, TUC
Chaired by
Carol Stanfield, Senior Research Manager, UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Chris Humphries CBE, Chief Executive Officer, UK Commission for Employment & Skills
To be joined by:
Professor David Finegold, Dean, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers State University, New Jersey
Dr Laurie Bassi, Chief Executive, McBassi & Company
Professor Kate Purcell, Institute of Employment Research (IER)
Close of convention
Refreshments, networking and exhibition
For any enquiries regarding the UK Skills Convention please contact:
Paul Rushworth on 020 7324 4364
paul.rushworth@skills2010.org.uk