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Conference Programme
Thursday 17th November 2011
Chair: Graham Snowdon Editor, The Guardian, Work Section
Poet: Matt Harvey Poet, columnist, enemy of all that’s difficult an upsetting
9:00 Welcome
09:10 The Government’s approach to alternatives to travel and smarter working.
Includes the launch of the business-to-business ‘Anywhere Working’ initiative.
Norman baker , MP
09:50 Keynote: Science Fiction and the Future of Work
Intel’s vision for the year 2020 and the Morrow project.
Brian David Johnson Chief Futurist, Intel.
10:25 Science in Fiction: the challenges
Scarlett Thomas, Author and lecturer at the university of Kent
10:40 Q&A Session
Brian David Johnson, Chief Futurist, Intel.
Scarlett Thomas, Author and lecturer at the university of Kent
10:45 Coffee
11:20 Virtuality
Philip Ross, CEO UNWIRED and Cordless Group
THEME: The Future of London
11.50 Keynote: Shaping london
Sir Terry Farrell CBE, Farrell & Partners
Panel debate: How the city of London is changing to maintain global competitiveness
Chaired by Steven Norris, ex Transport Minister
Sir Terry Farrell CBE, Farrell & Partners
Cornelius Medvei, CEO, Eversheds
12:40 Lunch
13:45 Welcome back
13:50 Matt Harvey
THEME: Health and Wellbeing in the Wokplace
14:00 The Responsibility Deal - how big is this ‘deal’?
Jason Leek, Managing Director, Business & Industry, Compass Group UK & Ireland
14:20 Nutrition in the Workplace
Kate Cook, renowned nutritional therapist, transformation expert, author, public speaker and founder of The nutrition Coach.
14:35 Panel Session: Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace
Angus Harding, Director of Workplace Management, Nokia
Chris Hood, Workplace Program Manager, HP (invited)
Kate Cook, Founder, The nutrition Coach
Jason Leek, Managing Director, Business & Industry, Compass Group UK & Ireland
15:05 Coffee
THEME: Future of Work
15:30 Future Work: why culture change is the key
Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson, Authors Future Work
15:50 Understanding the challenges.
Implementing new ways of working. A Case Study.
Mark Meerbeek , Strategy Consultant, Microsoft
16:05 Panel debate
Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson, Authors Future Work
Caroline Waters, Director of People and Policy, BT
Merlin Koene, Unilever
Mark Meerbeek , Strategy Consultant, Microsoft
16:35 Keynote: What now? What next?
How is the digital age changing the way we work and should we be worried about it?
Richard Watson, Author, Futurist & Scenario Planner
17:00 Chairman's closing remarks
17:10 Conference closes
Networking Drinks Party
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