Welcome from Conference Chairperson, Frank Hewitt, Big Lottery

Perspectives on the sector we’re leading

Majella McCloskey, Director CO3
Leading in Difficult Times

Jenny Irvine, Chief Executive Arc Health Living Centre and ITEC,
‘Profit, Not Without Honour’ - The third sector and service delivery

Seamus McAleavey ,Chief Executive of NICVA
‘Getting the Sector’s Positioning Right- How to build an effective place for Northern Ireland’s Voluntary Sector’

Avila Kilmurray, Chief Executive, Community Foundation for NI

Building Resilient Leadership

Brendan Clarke, CEO Open College Network NI
Creating Leaders throughout Organisations – Distributive leadership and the role of learning and development

Patricia Thompson, Metcalfe Fellow Toronto Canada and Sandy Houston, President The Metcalfe Foundation
The resource that needs protecting during tough times

Question Time panel with a panel of key figures from government and political parties

Chaired by Donna Traynor, Presenter and journalist

Panelists include Angela McGowan, Chief Economist, Northern Bank, and Simon Hamilton MLA, Chair of the Social Development Committee

Dinner Begins
Speeches by Keynote speaker
CO3
Unity Trust Bank
Followed by dinner and a glittering awards ceremony

Please note the dinner event is black tie

Meeting Challenges with great leadership - Master classes and site visits

Attend a Master class with winners of the leadership awards, on one of the following themes:
Leading Vision and Strategy
Leading Partnership and Collaboration
Leading with Political Impact

Charting the Course Plenary Session

John Hunter, former permanent secretary and chair of the Chief Executive's Forum

Oona Chatterjee, Co Executive Director Make the Road New York
Overall winner – Inspiring Leadership Voyager Awards – Thoughts for the Road