Conference overview

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Conference overview

Tuesday 15 November

08:00	Registration opens for informal sessions
10:00	Registration and exhibition opens
10:00-11:00	Social and networking: Introduction session for first time delegates Interactive sessions: Drop in legal clinic Drop in pensions session 10:00-10:30, NHSE stand (stand 57) Workshop session: Medical Revalidation
11:00-12:30	Plenary: 11:00-11:05 Welcome and open from conference chair, Jenni Murray 11:05-11:15 Dean Royles, director, NHS Employers 11:15-11:45 Jan Sobieraj, Interim Director General of Workforce, Department of Health 11:45-12:15 Sir Keith Pearson, Chair, NHS Confederation 12:15-12:30 Summary from Jenni Murray
11:00-12:30	Interactive session: EU social dialogue, NHSE stand (stand 57)
12:30-13:30	Lunch, exhibition and networking
12:30-13:00	Interactive session: Meet the HPMA winners & share good practice, NHSE stand (stand 57)
13:30-15:00	Masterclasses: Effective management Mastering negotiations Workshop sessions: Ensuring quality and safety for patients National HR Transition Framework - update Interactive sessions: A bold new world: provider led education and training Staff engagement- ideas for tough times EU social dialogue, NHSE stand (stand 57)
15:00-15:30	Refreshments, exhibiton and networking
15:30-16:50	Plenary: 15:30-16:00 Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP, Secretary of State for Health Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE Chief Executive of the NHS in England
16:50-17:30	Be a PFD champion, NHS Employers stand (stand 57)
16:50-17:35	Exhibition and networking
17:35-18:30	NHS Employers drinks reception, exhibition stand 57
19.00	Social and networking: NHS Employers conference dinner

Wednesday 16 November

08:00	Registration, exhibition and opens
08:00-08:30	Interactive session: EU social dialogue, NHSE stand (stand 57)
08:30-09:45	Workshop sessions: Why equality matters - during NHS transition and beyond Leadership and management in the new NHS Managing employment relations in difficult times Putting patients at the heart of service redesign The regulation battle: statutory Vs. employer-led Medical workforce
09:45-10:30	Refreshments, exhibition and networking
10:30 - 11:45	Workshop sessions: Partnership under pressure Grow your own workforce: value, invest and retain, to be delivered by The Open University Minimising equal pay risk Rethinking total reward for maximum benefit Successfully embedding health and well-being Surviving change- building resilience Interactive session: The legal clinic (part 1)
11:45-13:00	Lunch, exhibition and networking
11:45-13:00	Interactive sessions: Drop in pensions session 11:45-12:15, NHSE stand (stand 57) Drop in pensions session 12:30-13:00, NHSE stand (stand 57) EU social dialogue, NHSE stand (stand 57)
13:00-14:15	Workshop sessions: Making sense of NHS pension changes Reduce your agency spend in 75 minutes Working time rules fit for the 21st century Industrial Action: be prepared Masterclass: The HR evolution: adapt to survive Interactive sessions: The legal clinic (part 2) 13:00-13:40 Developing resilience to build steadiness and consistency at work
14:15-14:45	Refreshments, exhibition and networking
14:45 - 16:30	Plenary: 14:45-14:50 Welcome from conference chair, Jenni Murray 14:50-15:05 Mike Farrar, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation 15:05-15:45 Tim Brabants, practising doctor and Olympic sprint kayaker Conference close: 15:45-16:25 Dean Royles, director, NHS Employers

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