CONTENTS

EVENTS SCHEDULE
EVENTS SCHEDULE
Delivering for Haulage - The Workforce, Innovation and
the Integrated Multimodal Freight Network Challenge
Tuesday, 18th October 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Louise Ellman MP, Chair, House of
Commons Transport Select Committee
Freight Workforce: Retention, the Next Generation and
Conditions;
The New Business Models: Innovations, Digital Disruption
and lessons from Amazon!?
Infrastructure - Sustainability By Rail, By Road, By Sea, by Air.
A Vision for British Broadcasting - Public Service Content,
the USP of NOW & Revenue Streams
Tuesday, 18th October 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Lord Best, Chair, Lords Communications
Committee
Retaining Quality and Public Service Content;
Discoverability, Interactivity and the Power of Live TV and
Radio; and
Funding, Advertising and the continued value of mass
market approaches.
The New Economics of News - Changing Consumption,
Changing Content
Wednesday, 19th October 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Jon Snow, Presenter, Channel 4 News
Public Trust: Regulation and the Capitalising on the
News Industry’s USP in the Era of Ubiquitous Content;
Consumption: Demographics, Social Media and the
Digital Echo Chamber; and
Funding: ‘Ire for Hire’, Click-Bait and New Approaches to
Advertising & Paywalls.
Women Mean Business - Ensuring Representation
on Boards, Empowering the Female Workforce and
Eliminating the Gender Pay Gap
Thursday, 20th October 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Dame Helen Alexander, Deputy Chair,
Hampton/Alexander Review and Chairman, UBM
Taking forward recommendations from the five-year
summary of the Davies Review of Women on Boards
and the progress made so far in the follow up Hampton/
Alexander Review of the FTSE 350;
Supporting women throughout their career, from
recruitment, progression and return to work after
maternity leave or a career break, as well as ensuring
an adequate pipeline; and
How to eradicate the gender pay gap ‘within a
generation’, looking at recommendations from recent
inquiries from the Government Equalities Office and the
Women and Equalities Select Committee.
Student Lifestyles on Campus - Protection from Abuse,
Ensuring Emotional Wellbeing and the Impact of PREVENT
Tuesday, 25th October 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Professor Graham Towl , Pro-Vice-
Chancellor and Deputy Warden at Durham University,
Chair of the Durham Sexual Violence Taskforce
Looking at the prevalence of sexual harassment on
campus and ways forward to create safer student
communities;
Ensuring student mental health - in light of greater
pressure on grades since the increase in fees as well as
a harder graduate labour market; and
Tackling violence and hate crime at universities,
particularly discussing any progress made by the
PREVENT strategy and how to eradicate the ‘lad culture’.
Modernising the UK’s Energy Network - Delivering a Smart
Power Revolution - Interconnection, Energy Storage,
Demand-Side Response and Local Network Management
Tuesday, 1st November 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Philip Graham, Chief Executive,
National Infrastructure Commission
Utilising New Technology - Increasing Interconnection
Capacity and Developing Energy Storage;
Promoting Demand Flexibility and the Smart Grid - Shifting
Demand, Smart Meters and Voltage Control Systems;
Active Network Management - Local Networks, New
Technology and Integrating Low Carbon Energy.
Healthcare Education in England - Ensuring the Future
Generation of Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
Wednesday, 2nd November 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Jackie Smith, Chair and Chief Executive,
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Funding the Training and Education of Britain’s Future
Healthcare Professionals: The Impact on Students of the
Demise/Replacement of the NHS Bursary Law and How
to Encouraging ‘Home-Grown’ Nurses;
Ensuring the Pipeline of Talent: Lifting the Number Cap,
Implications of Brexit;
Alternative Routes to Allied Healthcare: Nursing
Associates, Apprenticeships and Accessibility.
Confronting Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking -
Empowering Law Enforcement, Supporting the Victims
and Ending the Trade in Human Beings
Thursday, 3rd November 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Kevin Hyland, Independent Anti-Slavery
Commissioner
Supporting Survivors: Identification, Safeguards and the NRM;
Law Enforcement: Improving Reporting, PCCs and the Courts;
Collaboration: Engaging with the Private Sector to Tackle
the Supply Chain.
The SharEconomy and Collaborative Consumer -
Second Gen Digital Disruption: Regulatory Responses,
Employment and Disownership
Thursday, 3rd November 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Patrick Robinson, Head of Policy, EMEA
& Canada, Airbnb
The New Wave of Digital Disruption to the Retail,
Hospitality, Automotive and Media Industries;
Government in the Sharing Space, Consumer
Confidence and the Power of a Rating;
Implications for Employee Rights, Flexible Working & Tax.
UK Sport: Faster, Stronger, Better - Emerging Strategies
for Governance, Grassroots, Inclusion and Wellbeing
Wednesday 16th November 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Jennie Price, Chief Executive, Sport
England
Grassroots, Inclusion, Participation and Wellbeing;
Embedding Integrity, Sustainability and Diversity in UK
Sports; and
Increasing UK Medal Potential and Building on Major
Event Successes.
The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Future - Putting
Britain at the Forefront of the 4th Industrial Revolution
Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Professor David Lane CBE FREng FRSE,
RAS-SIG Steering Group Chair and Professor of Autonomous
Systems Engineering at Heriot-Watt University
Enabling New Technologies - Evaluating research and
Funding Structures in the UK and discussing how Robotics
and AI can be supported. Considering the new Intellectual
Property Bill and how this will affect research and how
organisations work together.
Opportunities at Home and Abroad - Discussing the
economic opportunities at home and abroad and the
changing landscape of this which will include discussions
of Brexit. Further discussions will turn to how universities
can work with government and research councils to
encourage skills and support this growing industry;
Ethical and Social Issues - Will robotics and AI prove to be
a force for good improving people’s quality of life or will
the future look like the apocalyptic view of the machines
where they become too smart and potentially dangerous.
Priorities for Clean Air & Pollution - Regulatory Priorities,
Lowering Particulates and Making it Matter to Business
and Consumers
Thursday 24th November 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Neil Parish MP, Chair, House of Commons
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Developing Coherent and Realistic Policy: What role does
Government (both National and Local) need to play
in improving air quality, lowering pollution and creating
cleaner urban environments?
Technology for Cleaner Air: Sustainable Transport, Smog
Towers and Blue Sky Thinking;
Green Premium and the Commercial Value of Being
Carbon Neutral: How can businesses be made to see
their carbon footprint as part of their business model rather
than their CSR and does it factor in a consumer’s decision
making process?
Great British Broadband - Delivering the High Fibre, Low
Ping Promise
Wednesday 7th December 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Matthew Evans, CEO, Broadband
Stakeholder Group
Britain’s NGN Deployment Challenge: Getting the Ducts
(and Poles) in Order;
Can’t Connect, Won’t Connect: Not Spots, Digital Opt
Outs and Universal Service;
A Digital First Britain: Cultural Change + Broadband
Infrastructure = The New Industrial Revolution.
What Next for British Science? - Assessing Architectural
Changes to Research Funding and Evaluating the
Impact of BREXIT
Monday 12th December 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: David Sweeney, CEO, Director
(Research, Education and Knowledge Exchange), Higher
Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Brexit and the Financial Fallout - Beyond Article 50: Horizon
2020, Inward Investment and the Implications of the
Underwriting of EU Funds Can’t Connect, Won’t Connect:
Not Spots, Digital Opt Outs and Universal Service;
The Threats and Opportunities for British Science UK out of
the EU: Free Movement (or not), Maintaining Relationships
and Regulatory Frameworks Reform;
Navigating the Changes to Research Funding Architecture:
Implementing the HE Bill, the Creation of UKRI and the Role
of BEIS.
Faith in the Media - Realistic Portrayals, Realistic
Headlines and Freedom to Believe
Wednesday 14th December 2016
Central London
Keynote Speaker: Aaqil Ahmed, Head of Religion and
Ethics, BBC
Religion on Screen - Portrayals of Faith on Television, In
Print and In Advertising;
Faith and the Newsroom - Sensitivity, Sensationalism
and Religion in the Headlines;
Being of Faith and Changing Society - Tolerance,
Censorship and Freedom of Religion.
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