LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition, Bournemouth, Wednesday 5 July 2023 (Day 2)

Capacity challenges: exploring recruitment strategies to support solutions

• Suzanne Hudson, Senior Advisor, LGA Workforce Team
• Claire Campbell, Consultancy Director, Timewise

Leisure centres: fit for the future

• Cllr Caroline Jackson, Deputy Leader, Lancaster City Council

Supporting people to have good mental health throughout their life

• Kadra Abdinasir, Associate Director of Policy, Centre for Mental Health
• Phill Adams, Service Manager, Economic Inclusion, Skills and Knowledge Economy, Devon County Council

Six years on from Grenfell: the new building safety regime

• Debi Waite, Head of High Risk Building Regulation, Building Safety Programme, Health and Safety Executive
• Sandra Ashcroft, Competence Workstream Lead, Health and Safety Executive
• Lee Rowley MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – prerecord

Improving the SEND system for children, young people and their families

• Dame Christine Lenehan, Director, Council for Disabled Children and Deborah Glassbrook, SEND Improvement Adviser, Local Government Association

Electoral reform: lessons learnt from Voter ID at the May 2023 local elections

• Tom Hawthorn, Head of Policy, The Electoral Commission

Forward look on finance

• Kate Ogden, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Skills, skills, skills….for life and work: local government’s role in making education, employment and training work for people, places and the economy

• Vicky Seagers, Festival of Learning New Directions Award winner

Planning for the right homes in the right places: how local authorities can lead the way through uncertain times

• Ellen Vernon, Programme Director, One Public Estate

A barrier to levelling up: how does the mismatch between levels of need and actual funding levels affect tackling place-based inequality?

• David Philips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Deven Ghelani, Director, Policy in Practice