Visit the CIPD stand on the Exhibition floor

In addition to content hosted and chaired by the CIPD across the main stages, visitors had the chance to chat with CIPD personnel within their stand on the Exhibition floor on stand C2.

Exclusive insights, discounts & offers

In celebration of The CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition, you can find members of our team available at stand C2 on 6-7 November. Providing both outlooks for the future of the profession and limited time offers and discounts.  Whether you hold a current CIPD membership or not, find our team on the Exhibition floor and see how we can best help you champion better working lives.

Strategic Workforce planning for talent acquisition and retention


Adam Stanbury, Director of Employer Solutions

This session will provide insights in the practical application of strategic workforce planning and the importance of building the right workforce and organisational resilience in an increasingly disruptive world of work. The talk will look at the importance of skills supply and utilisation and provide an opportunity to hear from one of CIPD’s organisational partners on their journey of discovery.

Make Work Pay - what the government's plan to create more secure work means for HR


Carl Quilliam, CIPD’s Public Affairs expert

The Labour government is proposing big changes that will impact employment law, and HR will be front and centre. Find out what the CIPD's doing, what the changes could look like, and understand when your HR team needs to be ready.

How effective HR practices can tackle socio-economic disadvantage and boost positive social mobility


Lutfur Ali, CIPD's Senior Policy Advisor

Queen Mary London has recently published research on the impact of social mobility on job outcomes. This session gave you a summary of this research as well as helping you understand the role good HR practices that can help improve job outcomes of those who come from a disadvantaged background.

How to enter, grow and progress in the People Profession with CIPD Learning



Steve George, Head of Learning

From identifying the transferable skills needed to enter the People Profession, to developing those skills through CPD tools, targeted Learning content aligned to the Profession Map, webinars, facilitated sessions, an extensive digital library and comprehensive programmes to attain thought leadership, this session explores how learning from CIPD partners with and supports our members on their career journey.

Member 2 Member Mentoring



Mark Wilson, Community Manager

Mentoring can help take your career to the next level and can be hugely valuable for both parties by improving skills, confidence and career development. In this session we will talk about the new CIPD member to member mentoring programme and some of the tools and resources available to support a mentoring relationship. So, whether you need a mentor, or want to share your expertise to support another member, it’s never been easier.

Use CIPD membership to power your work and career


Oli Howard, Head of Membership

This session covers how you can harness your CIPD membership to deliver impactful work and progress your career. It also outlines how you can get into membership and ensure you are at the grade that best reflects your career stage and experience.

Use CIPD membership to power your work and career



Nicki Townsend, End of Point Assessment Executive, CIPD

In this session, we talk about what apprenticeships are, and why are they important. We cover which apprenticeships are available for people professionals and how can people teams lead the way in using them as part of their L&D approach.

How to remain compliant and prepared with Employment Law changes.



Speaker TBC

As an HR professional, it’s your responsibility to understand the 88 employment law rights that protect employees. With no laws protecting employers, it’s essential to be confident in navigating both new and existing rights. Join us for an exclusive demo of CIPD HR-inform Pro, where we’ll showcase tools, templates, and policies to help you stay compliant. Stay ahead of the curve by gaining valuable insights into the recent changes in employment law.

CIPD HR Inform


Come and find CIPD HR Inform team members on our stand across both days of the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition. Discover the UK's leading HR platform, and how we can help you find time saving tools, the latest HR information and instant employment law support resource. 

CIPD Stand Day One


10:40 - 11:10

Strategic Workforce planning for talent acquisition and retention

11:20 - 11:50

Make Work Pay - what the government's plan to create more secure work means for HR

12:00 - 13:30

Member 2 Member mentoring

13:15 - 13:45

Use CIPD membership to power your work and career

14:00 - 14:30

How to enter, grow and progress in the People Profession with CIPD Learning

14:45 - 15:15

How effective HR practices can tackle socio-economic disadvantage and boost positive social mobility

15:30 - 16:00

Apprenticeships: the missing piece of your people development strategy

16:15 - 16:45

How to remain complaint and prepared with Employment Law changes.

CIPD Stand Day Two


09:00 - 09:30

How to enter, grow and progress in the People Profession with CIPD Learning

09:40 - 10:10

Use CIPD membership to power your work and career

11:00 - 11:30

How effective HR practices can tackle socio-economic disadvantage and boost positive social mobility

11:40 - 12:10

How to remain compliant and prepared with Employment Law changes

12:20 - 12:50

Strategic Workforce planning for talent acquisition and retention

13:00 - 13:30

Member 2 Member mentoring

13:40 - 14:10

Make Work Pay - what the government's plan to create more secure work means for HR

14:20 - 14:50

Apprenticeships: the missing piece of your people development strategy