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Conference Programme

Here’s how our conference programme is shaping up: 

Pre-Conference Webinars

14th November 2023, 9.30am- 10.35am – Purposeful goal setting – Taruna Chauhan (65 mins) 

15th November 2023, 9.30am-10.00am – The future is digital…or is it? – Jonathan Passmore (30mins) 

20th November 2023, Birmingham Conference and Events Centre

From 8:30 

Book in, Network, View Exhibits and enjoy delicious refreshments!  

Foyer, 2nd Floor 

 

9:30 

Welcome & Introduction by West Midlands Employers 

Mercian 1, 2nd Floor 

 

9:45 

Listen differently to Coach differently – Salma Shah  

 

10.30 

‘Work: Energy for Impact, or Effort for Impact: what does the future hold?’ – Dr John Mervyn Smith and Nathan Ott

 

11:15  

Refreshment Break, network and view exhibits  

Foyer, 2nd Floor 

 

11:35  

 

 

AM Workshop 1: Imposter Syndrome – Why it’s toxic and how to beat it  

 

Andrew Pain  

 

AM Workshop 2: Seeking the future creatively 

 

Mark Phillips  

 

12:30  

Lunch, network, view exhibits and refresh  

Foyer, 2nd Floor 

 

13:25  

 

 

Inspiring Capability – Caitlin Walker and Emily Edwards  

Mercian 1, 2nd Floor 

14.40  

Refreshment Break  

 

14:55  

 

 

PM Workshop 1: Shift Gears with your Mentoring   

 

 

Lucy Marder  

 

PM Workshop 2: Write Your Next Chapter – A Creative Writing Workshop to Imagine Your Future  

 

Michelle Mclean  

 

15:50 

 

INSPIRATION: The Golden Nugget – Jason Davenhill 

Mercian 1, 2nd Floor  

 

16:20 

WME Round up and Close 

 

16.30 

Event Finishes 

Post-conference Webinars

5th December 2023, 9.30am- 10.30am – Succession planning – coaching and mentoring the missing link – Dr Amanda Potter (60 mins)  

 7th December2023, 9.30am-10.30am – Coaching with the power of pictures – Trisha Reyeg and Tobias Weghorn (60 mins)