Conference agenda

The conference agenda is made available to you here in its current, draft format, and is subject to change.

Time	Agenda item	Room/notes
10.50am	Call to main conference room
11.00am	Conference opens	Main conference room
11.00 – 11.20am	Performance
11.20 – 11.30am	Pupil hosts to welcome delegates and performance
11.30 – 11.50am	Introduction from CEO Nick Hudson and Chairman Dr Paul Hann
11.50am – 12.50pm	Keynote speaker Mary Myatt: “What’s missing? Thinking hard about provision for disadvantaged pupils”
12.50 – 1.30pm	Lunch and networking
1.30 – 2.15pm	Keynote speaker Dr Patsy Hodson, Manchester Communication Academy
2.15 – 3.00pm	Workshops (session 1)	See here for details
3.00 – 3.30pm	Refreshments and delegate check-in opens
3.30 – 4.30pm	Academy “#iwill marketplace”	Corridors and syndicate rooms
4.30pm	Conference day one closes
4.35pm	Remainder of room check-ins	Hotel reception
6.30 – 7.30pm	Bar opens for pre-dinner drinks
7.30 – 7.35pm	Welcome from CEO Nick Hudson	Main conference room
7.35 – 9.00pm	Dinner served	Main conference room. Three courses served, and coffee
9.00 – 10.00pm	Performance and academy awards
10.00 – 10.30pm	Background music and evening ends
10.30pm onward	Hotel bar	Conference bar closes at 10.30pm and guests are asked to move to hotel bar, carriages

Time	Agenda item	Room/notes
9.00am	Conference day two opens
9.00 – 10.20am	Principals’ Briefing only	Room TBC
9.00 – 9.30am	Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy disability awareness training
9.30 – 10.20am	National Student Voice Council #iwill update
10.20 – 11.30am	Refreshments “grab ‘n go”
11.30am – 12.15pm	Pupils welcome all delegates to day two and introduce keynote speaker, Alex Quigley
12.20 – 1.00pm	Workshops (session 2)	See here for details
1.20 – 2.00pm	Lunch and networking
2.00 – 2.45pm	Speakers from Ormiston Venture Academy and Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy – experiences and best practice
2.45 – 3.00pm	Pupils close the conference