Please note: the programme is subject to change
10:30 – 11:15
Registration and Refreshments Open
11:15 – 11:30
Welcome Message
Andrew Kerr OBE, Chief Executive, Edinburgh City Council and Solace Scotland Branch Chair
11:30 – 12:15
Keynote Speech (Title TBC)
John-Paul Marks, Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government
Sally Louden, Chief Executive at COSLA
Chair: Andrew Kerr OBE, Chief Executive, Edinburgh City Council and Solace Scotland Branch Chair
12:15 – 13:00
Keynote Speech (Title TBC)
Professor Graeme Roy, Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission & Dean of External Engagement, College of Social Science at University of Glasgow
13:00 – 14:00
Exhibition & Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Your choice of 4 Breakout sessions
Breakout 1:
MCR Pathways
Transforming outcomes for vulnerable, disadvantaged and care-experienced young people.
Breakout 2:
CGI
Empowering Education: using cases for digital technology to support learning
Breakout 3:
Improvement Service
Details coming soon…
Speaker: Sarah Gadsden, Chief Executive, Improvement Services
Breakout 4:
TBC
15:00 – 15:45
Exhibition & Refreshments
15:45 – 16:30
Time for change? A comparative look at Scotland’s exam system
Professor Gordon Stobart, Emeritus Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, University College London
Chair: Dr Grace Vickers, Chief Executive, Midlothian Council
16:30 – 17:30
Your choice of 4 Breakout sessions
Breakout 1:
Salesforce
Details coming soon…
Breakout 2:
LGIU
Details coming soon…
Breakout 3:
Agilisys
Introducing technology and IoT to enable speedy and remote diagnosis of issues within housing stock (North Lanarkshire Council Case Study)
Breakout 4:
TBC
19:15
Scotland Dinner & Drinks Reception
Radisson Blu Hotel, Royal Mile Edinburgh
09:15
Arrival, Exhibition & Refreshments
09:30 – 10:15
Keynote Speech (Title TBC)
Gideon Skinner, Head of Political Research at Ipsos
Chair: Cleland Sneddon, Chief Executive, South Lanarkshire Council
10:15 – 11:15
Session delivered by The Sustainable Scotland Network
Speaker: George Tarvit, Director, Sustainable Scotland Network
Chair: Craig Hatton, Chief Executive, North Ayrshire Council
11:15 – 11:45
Exhibition & Refreshments
11:45 – 12:45
Health inequalities – improving health locally
David Finch, Assistant Director, Healthy Lives, The Health Foundation
Julie Robertson, Project Manager, Economies for Healthier Lives, Glasgow City Region
Katie Kelly, Deputy Chief Executive, East Ayrshire Council
The session will share initial findings from the Health Foundation’s Health Inequalities in Scotland: An independent review, considering how these vary between local areas and highlighting key challenges. There will also be discussion of examples of local action to improve health and reduce inequalities and discussion of the barriers to implementation.
12:45 – 13:00
Chair’s Closing Speech
Andrew Kerr OBE, Chief Executive, Edinburgh City Council and Solace Scotland Branch Chair
13:15
Networking Lunch
