Programme and timings

09.30 Registration and coffee

10:00 Welcome, Claire Wallace, Vice President, SPDS

10:15 Keynote speaker: To be confirmed

11:15 Coffee and exhibition

11:45 Chief Executive panel discussion featuring Thomas Glen, Chief Executive, Perth and Kinross Council, Pippa Milne, Chief Executive, Argll and Bute Council and Jane O’Donnell, Chief Executive, COSLA

CEO Briefing: Challenges, change and the people agenda

12:45 Lunch

13:45 Keynote: Mel Ross, Adapt2Digital

Digital Leadership

14:45 SPDS Digital Portfolio Update

15:15 Coffee and exhibition

15:15 – 17:30 Keynote speaker: Gavin Oattes

Confidently Lost: Leading with joy in a chaotic world

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