Programme

Day One Day Two

09:15–09:45

Solace AGM Members only

Aire Suite, Royal Armouries

09:00–10:00

Registration All Remaining Delegates, Exhibition and Refreshments

Foyer/Exhibition, New Dock Hall

10:00–10:50

Storming and Forming: The Creation of Combined and Strategic Authorities

Main Stage, New Dock Hal

Speakers:

Dr Henry Kippin, Chief Executive, Nort East Combined Authority

Amy Harhoff, Chief Executive of East Midlands Combined Authority

Mark Rogers, Chief Executive, Leadership Centre

10:50–11:10

Exhibition and Refreshments

Exhibition, New Dock Hall

11:10–12:00

Keynote: A Year in the Life of Whitehall

New Dock Hall Main Stage

Chair: Helen Bailey, Chief Executive, London Borough of Sutton

Speaker: Tom Riordan CBE, Second Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care

12:00–12:50

Keynote: Katie Piper OBE

Main Stage, New Dock Hall

Speaker: Katie Piper OBE, Writer, Activist and Broadcaster

12:50–13:00

Solace President's Closing Speech