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Join Government Skills at Civil Service Live 2009

29 May 2009

Government Skills will be at Civil Service Live at Olympia in London from 7 to 9 July 2009. Visit us on the Civil Service stand in the exhibition area; we are also contributing to the plenary and workshops.

Last year over 6,000 civil servants attended and this year the event is also open to the public and private sector, so make sure you don’t miss out.

In addition to the plenary and workshops there will be the chance to see footage from the Lions’ Lair and Civil Service Challenge, visit the Civil Service museum and interactive exhibition zone featuring over 50 organisations and departments, networking and sharing best practice with colleagues from across the UK Civil Service.

View the programme and register for Civil Service Live

Commercial opportunities are available, contact Brett Alderton

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Highlights of the 3 days include:

Day 1: 7 July 2009

Plenary

• Now is the time to invest in skills: Andrew McDonald (CEO, Government Skills) and business and government leaders
• Question Time: Does class matter in a modern Civil Service?: Sir Bill Jeffrey (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, and Civil Service Diversity Champion)
• Innovation in action: Sir Gus O'Donnell (Head of the Home Civil Service and Cabinet Secretary)

Workshops

Realising potential essential/basic skills: Steve Hare (Centre for Applied Learning)

Apprenticeships are the business: Brigid Feeny (Government Skills) and representatives from the Driving Standards Agency

Day 2: 8 July 2009

Plenary

• Operational delivery – a new profession: Lesley Strathie (Head of Operational Delivery Profession and Chief Executive, HM Revenue & Customs)
• Public services by design – Stories from the frontline: Emily Thomas (Design Council)
• Innovation: to be confirmed
• Together we are stronger: Sir Leigh Lewis (Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions)
• Skills Round table: Andrew McDonald (CEO, Government Skills), Rod Clark (Chief executive, National School of Government) and senior civil service figures discuss leadership of skills in central government

Workshops

Operational Delivery – a new profession: Gill Hammond (Operational Delivery Profession Support team), Deborah Boore (Department for Work and Pensions), Sue Glynn (Institute of Customer Service) and Ian McDonald (National Insurance Contributions Office) provide in-depth insight and progress from across government supporting the earlier plenary session.

Day 3: 9 July 2009

Plenary

• The Civil Service Challenge: Sir Gus O'Donnell (Head of the Home Civil Service and Cabinet Secretary)
• Mind your Ps and Qs!: Tim Campbell (Cabinet Office Social Enterprise Ambassador and winner of the first series of the BBC's Apprentice)
• Science and engineering in policy development and delivery – fact, fiction or the future?: Dr Tony Whitehead (Government Office of Science)
• Professionalising Policy-making: Robert Devereux (Head of Policy Profession)

Workshops

Accrediting skills the business needs: Lt Col Nick Maher (Armed Forces). The Armed Forces are at the leading edge of training and development. Share good practice on delivering qualifications through the business and how this approach can work in government in particular for those with level 2 Qualification needs.

Shifting the culture of policy making: Policy profession