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CIPD Annual Conference
and Exhibition 2018
7-8 November 2018, Manchester Central
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People Profession
CIPD Annual Conference & Exhibition 2018
Join over 5,000 of your colleagues at ACE: Manchester Central, 7-8 November 2018
An award-winning conference
Join over 5000 people professionals at the 71st CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition. Explore the biggest professional issues of our time, the new role of the people profession, and how to effectively drive good work and good business.
Be inspired by the full conference programme
With 38 expert-led conference sessions, 5 dedicated content streams, 8 session formats to pick and choose, we challenge you not be inspired at the CIPD Annual Conference.
Free exhibition registration
Register for free now and meet with over 200 leading suppliers showcasing the very latest innovations. Choose from over 60 sessions in the comprehensive free learning programme and hear from leading voices in the people profession.
CIPD ACE 2018: Speaker highlights
Opening keynote: Rachel Botsman
Rachel Botsman, Best-Selling Author of ‘Who Can You Trust?’ and ‘What’s Mine is Yours’, Lecturer & Researcher at the University of Oxford delivering the Opening Keynote on ‘The New Era of Trust and Why it is Key for Success’.
Closing keynote: Sir Lenny Henry CBE
Comedian, Actor, Writer, TV Presenter, Co-founder of Comic Relief and Chancellor of Birmingham City University delivering an inspirational Closing Keynote on “demanding more diversity and true inclusion”.
Baroness Shami Chakrabarti
Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales, former Director of human rights group Liberty delivering an ACE Talk on ‘The Reputational Risks of Data Security and Employee Digital Presence’.
John Amaechi OBE
John Amaechi OBE, Organisational Psychologist, Director of the UK’s largest NHS Trust and former NBA Basketball Player. First NBA player to come out publicly and author of “Man in the Middle” delivering an ACE Talk on ‘The Ethics of People Management – from resources to human beings’.
Dr Mee-Yan Cheung Judge
Dr Mee-Yan Cheung Judge, Founder of Quality & Equality, voted one of the 25 most influential thinkers in HR by HR Magazine in 2008. Author of “Organization Development: A Practitioner’s Guide for OD and HR” delivering an ACE Talk on ‘Why Organisational Development is the Strategic Future of HR’.
Dr Yves Morieux
Dr Yves Morieux, Senior Partner & Managing Director of the Institute for Organisation at the Boston Consulting Group. Author of “Six Simple Rules: How to Manage Complexity without Getting Complicated” delivering an ACE Talk on ‘Managing Organisational Complexity – Smart Simplicity for an Agile Organization’.
Professor Arturo Bris
Prof. Arturo Bris, Professor of Finance and Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center. Ranked among the top one hundred most-read finance academics in the world. Author of ‘Blockchange!’ delivering an ACE Talk on ‘The Skills of Effective HR Leaders – developing contextual and systemic thinking’.
Dan Schawbel
Dan Schawbel, New York Times bestselling Author of ‘Back to Human’ and ‘Promote Yourself: The New Rules for Career Success’. Partner and Research Director at Future Workplace delivering an ACE Talk on ‘Back to Human – Creating Connections in the Age of Isolation’.
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