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2026 Conference Full Agenda

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09:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Future of Work
    This session will provide a comprehensive overview of recent and upcoming changes in employment law, with a particular focus on their impact on workplace health and wellbeing. I By the end of this ses ...
  2. 40 mins
    • Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
  3. 40 mins
    • Best Place to Work
  4. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
    This session explores how employee engagement directly supports health, wellbeing, and workforce participation — drawing on national data from the 2026 Engage for Success Annual Engagement Survey. The ...
  5. 40 mins
    • Building a Health and Wellbeing Strategy
    This session explores how organisations can embed health and wellbeing as a strategic, sustainable pillar of their culture and operations. Drawing on a decade of wellbeing research, insights from near ...
11:30
  1. 60 mins
    • Future of Work
    It is 20 years since Waddell and Burton produced their seminal review on the relationship between work and health. It is, therefore, timely to ask whether their statement - 'work is generally good for health and wellbeing' - remains true and relevant. This session will take a look back to why the review was commissioned, what it reported, and whether current evidence supports its key findings. The panel will then discuss what changed following its publication, how policy was (or was not) influenced, what related initiatives were implemented and, importantly, what tricks were missed. Questions will be asked around how the underlying concepts should be woven into interventions needed to support work ability for people with health problems and disability, how those interventions might be implemented, and what additional concepts need to be included or sought. The session will conclude with the panel's set of recommendations for future policy.
13:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
    Learn the science and history behind storytelling. - Understand how storytelling can humanise your workplace by building connection, trust, and empathy. - Explore how stories embed a culture of care, ...
  2. 40 mins
    • Best Place to Work

    Approach to PDP Portfolio careers Enablers (flexibility in contracts) Digital technology impact on careers

  3. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
    Generation Alpha is on the horizon, shaped by technology, social awareness, and a world of rapid change. This session draws on insights from the Youth Voice Census to explore what the next generation ...
  4. 40 mins
    • Building a Health and Wellbeing Strategy
14:00
  1. 60 mins
    • Future of Work
    Every year, 1000s of lives are lost and millions of dollars drained from our economies by preventable risks to people from their work, but what could change this costly liability into one of the greatest opportunities for strategic investment to reverse risks of harm to people people, fuel economic diversification and power sustainable, economic growth. This is the case for Occupational Health , and building a robust national occupational health strategy. By learning from the best of global models, and making evidence-based thinking relevant to governments, economists and business leaders we can make investment in occupational health everyone's business strategy.
15:10
  1. 60 mins
    • Best Place to Work
  2. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
    An understanding of the potential and pitfalls of employee networks and resource groups, including how to embed them in a business, understanding limitations, and how to overcome potential challenges
  3. 40 mins
    • Building a Health and Wellbeing Strategy
15:20
  1. 40 mins
    • Future of Work
  2. 40 mins
    • Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
    Being a Trauma-informed organisation isn’t just about supporting clients in for health or care settings; it’s about how organisations show up for their people. Being trauma-informed is a leadership an ...
  3. 40 mins
    • Health and Conditions
  4. 40 mins
    • Musculoskeletal Health and Pain Management
16:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
    Maintaining organisational culture, values, and employee engagement during challenging business periods is critical for resilience and transformation. This session explores Birmingham City Council’s journey through its Improvement and Recovery Plan, highlighting how listening, transparency, and inclusive engagement have supported staff morale and trust. Learn practical strategies for sustaining culture and values while navigating uncertainty. By attending this session, delegates will: Understand why culture and engagement are strategic priorities during organisational change. Gain insights into Birmingham City Council’s approach to listening and acting on colleague feedback. Learn how to engage diverse stakeholders—leaders, staff networks, trade unions, frontline and offline colleagues. Discover practical tools and techniques to maintain values and morale during transformation. Take away actionable steps to build trust and psychological safety in their own organisations.
09:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Management and Leadership
    Chairperson
  2. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
    This session will explore how employers can better protect and support their people. showcasing the positive steps taken across the retail sector, particularly through stronger HR practices and target ...
11:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Management and Leadership
    As workplaces become increasingly shaped by AI, trust has emerged as the true foundation of wellbeing and inclusion. In this session, Atif Choudhury explores how leaders can move at the speed of trust, building environments where people feel seen, safe and valued. Drawing on his lived experience and innovative design practice, he will demonstrate how human-centred technologies can strengthen connections, not replace them. This talk invites HR and wellbeing leaders to rethink progress, measure impact through empathy, and lead a future where technology serves humanity, not the other way around.
    Chairperson
  2. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
12:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Management and Leadership
    Chairperson
    Speakers
  2. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement

    In this powerful session we will explore how the principles that give organisations purpose and cohesion can also create hidden pressures affecting staff wellbeing. When people care deeply about their organisation’s values, they can become more susceptible to emotional strain and moral discomfort when those values are tested or inconsistently upheld. Drawing on emerging research in organisational psychology and wellbeing, this session examines how values-driven cultures can unintentionally foster burnout or disengagement and offers practical strategies to overcome this. Participants will:
    1. Understand how organisational values can both support and undermine wellbeing.
    2. Recognise the emotional costs of caring deeply about organisational purpose.
    3. Explore evidence-informed approaches to reduce value-related stress and sustain healthy engagement.

13:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Management and Leadership

    In a climate of tightening budgets, many organisations are struggling to meet statutory health, safety, and wellbeing requirements without compromising quality or compliance. This session explores how to prioritise what really matters, integrate wellbeing and safety obligations efficiently, and make a compelling case for maintaining essential programmes — even when resources are limited. By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

    • Identify cost-effective strategies for meeting statutory health, safety, and wellbeing requirements.
    • Evaluate where efficiencies can be made without increasing organisational risk.
    • Communicate the business value of compliance and wellbeing initiatives to secure leadership support.
    • Apply practical examples of integrating wellbeing into existing safety and HR frameworks to reduce duplication and cost.
    Chairperson
  2. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
14:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Management and Leadership
    What if your organisation’s greatest untapped power source isn’t strategy, structure, or systems, but team energy? This session reveals how team energy drives performance, connection, and innovation. ...
    Chairperson
  2. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
    Delegates will learn about the theoretical background to meaningful work and its translation into practice Delegates will be able to consider the way that job quality and meaningful work can be consid ...
15:10
  1. 40 mins
    • Management and Leadership
    We are all influenced by our line managers. They are hopefully the people in our organisation who employees are able to open up to, have those difficult work and personal conversations with, and those ...
    Chairperson
  2. 40 mins
    • Culture, Values and Engagement
15:20
  1. 40 mins
    • Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
    This session will explore what we mean by 'high functioning anxiety', who it affects and how it can be managed in the workplace. The talk will focus on the critical role talking therapies can play in ...
  2. 40 mins
    • Health and Conditions
    In this session, Dr Rachael Skews will outline some principles for how AI can be most effectively used in health interventions. Drawing on her experience as the scientific lead for innovation at Heads ...
  3. 40 mins
    • Neurodiversity

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