Programme and timings
09.30 Registration and coffee
10:00 Welcome, Fiona Whittaker, SPDS
10:10 Keynote speaker: Dr Stephen Moir, Chief Executive, Cambridgeshire County Council
Transformational HR
11:15 Coffee
11:45 Employment Law Update: Stephen Miller, Frances Ross and Graham Mitchell, Clyde & Co
12:45 Lunch
13:45 SPDS Portfolio Groups – Lightening Talks
14:45 Coffee
15:15 – 17:30 Keynote speaker: Professor Michael West, Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, Lancaster University
Compassionate Leadership
Sponsored by Brodies
19:15 – 00:30 Evening programme: Charity dinner in aid of Variety Scotland
Dinner sponsored by PAM OH Solutions
– 08:30 Registration for day delegates
09:00 Welcome: Fiona Whittaker, SPDS
09:05 Keynote: George Kunnath, Director of Business Intelligence and Technology, Roffey Park
Onboarding AI and the Impact on Organisational Culture: Insights from Oracle/Roffey Park research
10:15 Panel discussion: Transformation and technology
Panel includes Thomas Glen, Chief Executive, Perth & Kinross Council
Sponsored by Tribepad
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Keynote: Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, CIPD
12.30 Lunch
13:30 Choice of breakout sessions
B1) Sleep workshop with Alyson O’Brien, Sleep Action/Capella
B2) Confidence and mindset with Leatham Green, Oracle
14:30 Keynote: Leon Smith, UK Davis Cup Team Captain
Fireside chat hosted by Peter Cheese
Sponsored by myjobscotland
15:30 Conference close – SPDS Vice President
15:45 Ends