Speaker: Jonathan Males, Performance 1

Executive coaching session

(please note, places for this session are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis - registration will open from 7.45)

The political landscape of 2020  

Chair: John Pienaar, political correspondent 

Designing the big reforms to prepare for the future - including how government and local public bodies work with the business community to rekindle growth - will be a top priority for future governments.

A job for the next generation?

Speakers: 

Lord Heseltine

Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in Economics

Very few public bodies and services are likely to manage through this unprecedented period of transformation without recourse to radical ‘game-changing’ initiatives. Designing the big reforms to prepare for the future - including how government and local public bodies work with the business community to rekindle growth - are top priorities.

At this pivotal moment in the political cycle, we take a close look at what policies are required for the future and what strategies need to be put in place today to ensure economic prosperity and sustainable public services are secured for the next generation.

The public sector, through its infrastructure, national and local investment and incentives, has a huge role to play in creating the right environment for business to develop and prosper and for the UK to return to growth. 

Redesigning the welfare state - time for a new contract with UK citizens?

Lord Sutherland, Chair of the Royal Commission into long-term care of the elderly, President Alzheimer Scotland, Action on Dementia and Chair of the English Community Care Association    

Anand Shukla, Chief Executive of Daycare Trust

As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Beveridge report, society is crying out for a new settlement. 

A chronic shortage of housing, increasing levels of poverty, long term unemployment,  poor opportunities for progression, and an unaffordable health service all point to the inevitable conclusion that the current system is need of far reaching reform.

The balance between state, market and community has shifted so markedly and society become so fragmented over those last 70 years, that finding a unifying vision for the future is unlikely to be at all straightforward.

• Growth and funding - In an age of austerity, maximising the sources of funding available to them and seeking out alternative sources of income is vital to local authorities work to promote growth. This session focuses on some practical examples of looking at how local authorities have maximised this funding and includes some proposals for how flexibility could be increased in the future.

• Health and social care integration - This workshop will explore the benefits of greater integration between health and social care provision. It will look at how local authorities and clinical commissioning groups are working together and the experiences from Wales and Scotland.

   
  

• Shared services - This workshop looks at a number of shared study case studies that looks at the benefits and challenges that arise from sharing services, both back office and frontline.  It looks at some of the common lessons and experiences that practitioners will want to be aware of when considering shared service arrangements in their own councils.
  
  

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