Programme and timings
09.30 Registration and coffee
10:00 Welcome, Fiona Whittaker, Vice President, SPDS
10:10 Keynote speaker: Stephen Moir, Chief Executive, Cambridgeshire County Council
Transformational HR
11:15 Coffee
11:45 Employment Law Update: Stephen Miller, Frances Ross and Graham Mitchell, Partners, Clyde & Co
Employment Law Horizons: Navigating Change with Confidence
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Lightning Talks: SPDS Portfolio Groups
Speakers include: Fi Williams, Team Manager, Workforce Development, Fife Council; Sharon Faulker, Director of HR, OD, Digital Enablement, IT and Business Support, Angus Council; Louise Fraser, Programme Officer, myjobscotland.co.uk (COSLA); Elaine Barrie, Head of People, Highland Council and Louise Wright, Policy Manager, COSLA
14:45 Coffee
15:15 – 17:30 Keynote speaker: Professor Michael West, Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, Lancaster University
Hope in the Dark: The Courage of Compassion
Sponsored by Brodies
19:15 – 00:30 Evening programme: Charity dinner in aid of Variety Scotland
Welcome drinks sponsored by The MJ
Dinner sponsored by PAM Group
08:30 Registration for day delegates
09:00 Welcome: Fiona Whittaker, Vice President, SPDS
09:05 Keynote: George Kunnath, Director of Business Intelligence and Technology, Roffey Park
Cultural Integration of AI in HR
10:15 Panel discussion: Technology and Change – Leading with purpose in a digital world
Panel Host: Sharon Dick, Head of Human Resources and Corporate Services, East Renfrewshire Council.
Panel members: Rachel Coates, Director, People Consulting, KPMG Thomas Glen, Chief Executive, Perth & Kinross Council and Dawn Roberts, Chief Executive, Dumfries and Galloway Council.
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Keynote: Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, CIPD
The future of work is human: Evolving HR in a changing public sector
12.30 Lunch
13:30 Choice of breakout sessions
B1) Sleep workshop with Alyson O’Brien, Head of Sleep Action
B2) Confidence and mindset with Leatham Green, Transformation Director, Oracle
14:40 Keynote: Leon Smith OBE, UK Davis Cup Team Captain
Winning Together: Leadership lessons from the Davis Cup
Fireside chat hosted by Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, CIPD
Sponsored by myjobscotland
15:40 Conference close – SPDS Incoming Vice President
15:45 Ends