Programme and timings
09.30 Registration and coffee
10:00 Welcome, Claire Wallace, Vice President, SPDS
10:15 Opening keynote: Navigating change in Local Government
Speaker announcement coming soon
11:15 Coffee and exhibition
11:45 Partners in Change: What Chief Executives Need from HR
Panel discussion featuring Thomas Glen, Chief Executive, Perth and Kinross Council, Pippa Milne, Chief Executive, Argyll and Bute Council and Jane O’Donnell, Chief Executive, COSLA, hosted by Leatham Green, Transformation Director, Oracle
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Keynote: Mel Ross, Adapt2Digital
Digital Leadership
15:00 SPDS Digital Portfolio Update
15:15 Coffee and exhibition
15:45 – 16:45 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 back: Claire Wallace, Vice President, SPDS
09:05 Keynote: David D’Souza, Membership Director, CIPD
HR as a driver of transformation
10:05 Comfort break
10:15 Employment law update
Stephen Miller, Graham Mitchell and Frances Ross, Clyde & Co
11:15 Coffee and exhibition
11:45 Talent acquisition
Huss Azzan, LinkedIn, Stephen McCurry, NEREO and Robyn Adamson, Louise Fraser and Dougie Shirlaw, myjobscotland
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Neurodivergence in your organisation: how to champion and support your neurodivergent talent
Stuart Johnston and Rebecca Wones, PAM Wellness
14:50 Comfort break
15:00 Keynote: From small talk to big impact: The power of transformational conversations
Jo Wright, best-selling author of ‘No more sh*t managers’
Sponsored by Brodies
16:00 Conference close
SPDS Vice President