a new public services innovation conference: share bright ideas to improve people's lives

an LGA/IDeA/Leadership Centre for Local Government conference

In addition to the full conference delegate rates listed above, day delegate rates are also available:
LGA members day delegate rate: £229 + VAT
Non-members day delegate rate: £355 + VAT

The LGA group has designed a totally new public services innovation conference, which will take place at the Business Design Centre in London on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 November.  An innovative programme has been put together specifically aimed at local authority managers responsible for designing, developing, leading and commissioning council services.

Throughout the conference, delegates will work together to develop frontline innovations to tackle not only the big challenges such as demographic and climate change, housing, youth crime and disengaged young people but also the immediate challenges created as the credit crunch bites, including developing policies and new ways of doing things to help people respond to economic challenges and get through the current financial turmoil. 

reasons to attend:

• an opportunity to hear from some of the leading innovative thinkers in their field including Charlie Leadbeater, Jonathan Kestenbaum, Paul Sloane, Sir Michael Bichard;
• find solutions to the big challenges of today by sharing ideas and insights in small, facilitated discussion groups;
• share emerging good practice ? with the best of these showcased in first magazine;
• discuss how to turn ideas into reality and find ways of taking them forward with the help of relevant, practical advice;
• provides an invaluable opportunity to network with colleagues, visit the exhibition and attend the drinks reception;
• an opportunity for you to show your council?s  innovations at the exhibition.

The full programme is available to download here: innovation conference - flyer and booking form (PDF, 4 pages, 293KB)

delegate joining instructions - for booked delegates only:

• Record of attendance slip - please complete and hand in at the conference registration
• Useful information for delegates - covers commonly asked questions
• Conference programme - updated 6 November
• Interactive sessions descriptions - updated 12 November
• Map - directions to the Business Design Centre in London
• Local restaurants - looking for somewhere to have meal nearby?

Accommodation details can be found here: accommodation form (PDF, 2 pages, 412KB)

For sponsorship and exhibition opportunities and to inquire about showcasing your authority?s work on an exhibition stand, please contact Richard Mole on 020 7664 3157 or by email to richard.mole@lga.gov.uk

Drinks reception sponsor: Odgers Ray & Berndtson

Bronze supporters: Local Government Studies; and Tetlow Associates

Exhibitors include: AD-ESSE Consulting Ltd; Audit Commission; Beacons; Buckinghamshire County Council; Buckinghamshire Pathfinders; Capital Ambition; Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS); Copyright Licensing Agency; Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills; Improvement & Development Agency (IDeA); Kent County Council; Local Better Regulation Office (LBRO); LGA Group; Local Government Channel; National School of Government; NCVO; Opportunities; Talkfreely; Teal Consulting Ltd; Suffolk County Council; Victoria Forms