Conferences

The Inaugural Scottish Creative Economy Conference - 09 Mar 2010

Held at the University of the West of Scotland

This new conference, developed in partnership with Creative & Cultural Skills, was an opportunity to share national policy and local good practice designed to boost Scotland’s creative economy and reinforce its position as a world-leader in the creative and cultural sectors. more details / book

Sports Provision for Children and Young People - 26 Nov 2009

4th Annual Conference. Held at the Emirates Stadium, London

This conference brought together local authority leaders and leisure officers, representatives from NGBs and other key organisations with a stake in youth sports provision to discuss how the goals of the government's PESSYP strategy and those of local area agreements can be achieved through sport. more details / book

The Future of Culture, Tourism and Sport - 17 Sep 2009

5th National Conference. Held at Cavendish Conference Centre

This pivotal annual conference explored how the culture, tourism and sport sectors can meet the challenges that lie ahead, and promote their position in providing high quality public services responsive to the needs of communities. more details / book

Delivering Local Outcomes through Libraries - 02 Jul 2009

4th National Conference held in central London

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published its Library Service Modernisation Review in June 2009. The review focused on what a modern library service can contribute to local authorities, and set out the partnership and investment framework across government needed to achieve this vision. This conference, supported by DCMS and the Society of Chief Librarians, equipped delegates with a sound understanding of the review’s finding... more details / book

Arts Council chair's valedictory lecture - 29 Jan 2009

Held at the Royal Institute of British Architects

Defending the principles and practices of the Arts Council since its origins, 63 years ago, under economist John Maynard Keynes through to today, outgoing chairman Sir Christopher Frayling delivered his valedictory lecture marking the end of his five-year term. Referring to today’s tough economic climate, he declared that we are all Keynesians again today. Sir Christopher criticised an obsession with targets by governments of both left and ... more details / book

Arts Council England - lecture - 03 Nov 2008

Royal Society of Arts - London

Alan Davey, Chief Executive of Arts Council England, outlined his vision for the next ten years. His wide ranging speech covered moving away from three funding arrangements and the introduction of a consultation on self-assessment and peer review. He declared that, “the Arts Council, as a major funder of the arts in this country, needs to get beyond a series of false dichotomies – between excellence and engagement, between centralism and regio... more details / book

The Future of Cultural and Leisure Services - 18 Sep 2008

4th Annual Conference held at the Barbican Centre, London

Culture, leisure and sport remain in a perfect position to enable local services to meet targets and outcomes and drive positive change for society as a whole. This annual conference considered how the sector can meet the challenges that lie ahead and promote its position in providing high quality public services responsive to the needs of communities. The event discussed how to negotiate and deliver the critical role culture and sport can pla... more details / book

Delivering Local Outcomes through Libraries - 12 Jun 2008

Annual conference held at Marriot Hotel City Centre, Liverpool

Local public services are going through a massive period of transformation in order to better serve communities, people and places. With Libraries in closer proximity to local populations than most core services, they are well placed to enable local services to deliver their corporate priorities and bring tangible benefits to the quality of life and outcomes for communities. This national conference brought together an audience of senior deci... more details / book

Who's Happy Now? - 03 Jun 2008

Ipsos MorI Social Research Institute Summer Event

Ipsos MORI's fourth annual summer conference examined what the British think of happiness - who's happiest, and who's most miserable - and considered the role Government is and should be playing in promoting citizens' happiness or well-being. Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute Chairman Ben Page was joined in a discussion on these issues by Evan Davis, Presenter of Today, Professor Paul Dolan, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London... more details / book

Sports Provision for Children and Young People - 04 Oct 2007

In July, the Prime Minister announced that all school children will do up to five hours a week of sport. He pledged an additional £100 million to ensure that the original four-hour ambition for 2010 rises to five. The funding package will provide for a network of competition managers across the country to increase competition, more coaches both in schools and the community and a new national school sport week. In the first national conference ... more details / book

Shaping Places and Communities - 20 Sep 2007

This annual conference looked at how cultural and leisure services can respond to and deliver new policy developments, and explored how the service can raise its profile by creating maximum impacts on local outcomes and performance. Speakers included Rt Hon James Purnell MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The event brought together leaders from the culture and leisure sector from local, regional and national government, along ... more details / book

SKILLS ACTIVE - staying ahead of the game - 01 May 2007

Energising the Industry 1 May 2007. Wembley Stadium.

Sport, fitness, playwork, the outdoor and caravan sectors have not only contributed well over £8 billion a year to the UK economy, but are key to the social fabric of the nation. With this level of growth, the development opportunities available for your business and key stakeholders are endless. In this light, the convention examined the vital importance of upskilling the workforce for continued success and the ability to increase participation ... more details / book