ASSOCIATION OF LEARNING PROVIDERS

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2010: The Forum for Employment & Skills

14th / 15th July 2010 - Riverbank Plaza Hotel, Central London

***This conference has now finished***

ALP's Annual Conference 2010 will be one of the first set-piece events for the employability and skills sector after the upcoming General Election. Chaired over both days by the BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid, we are delighted to welcome a range of high-profile speakers to this prestigious venue to outline their vision of the landscape across the next Parliament. Speakers include:

· Lord Freud - DWP Minister for Welfare Reform

· Alex Wilson - Group HR Director for BT

· John Hayes MP - Minister for Further Education and Skills

· Simon Waugh - Chief Executive, National Apprenticeship Service

• Geoff Russell - Chief Executive, Skills Funding Agency

• Peter Lauener - Chief Executive, Young People's Learning Agency

• Chris Humphries - Chief Executive, UK Commission for Employment and Skills

• Christine Gilbert - Chief Inspector, Ofsted

• Martin Dunford - Chairman, ALP

• Darra Singh - Chief Executive, Jobcentre Plus

• Martin Doel - Chief Executive, Association of Colleges

• Judith Rutherford - Director, London Skills and Employment Board

 In addition a wide range of topical and interactive workshops will be on offer, including:

• Regional Engagement strategies - BIS / SEEDA

• Course Labelling - UKCES

• National Skills Academies: services and opportunities - NSA Network

• Performance and success measures - DWP

• Local Authority commissioning: what next? - LGA REACT Team

On the evening of the 14th there will be a drinks reception sponsored by OCR in the panoramic Thames Room, overlooking the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament, followed by a Gala Dinner. Accommodation has been held at discounted rates for delegates at the hotel, which is located in a stunning position only a short walk from Vauxhall tube on the Albert Embankment in Central London.

3 Delegate day rates for the event are as follows:

•        ALP Members £240+vat

•        Non Members £330+vat

•        Charities £260+vat 

Attendance at the Gala Dinner may be booked separately at £60+VAT (members) or £80+VAT (others).

This is set to be one of the most important events in our sector this year - book now to ensure that you and your organisation are amongst the most informed as we enter what is likely to be one of the most challenging economic climates that the sector, along with its new government, has had to face for decades.

Full details of the agenda, accommodation, speakers, workshops and an online booking facility book here.

More information on this conference can be found here where Graham Hoyle, ALP chief executive talks briefly to FE News about the forthcoming national conference next month in London. For further interviews with Graham Hoyle please click here.

We very much look forward to seeing you there!

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