Events listing

Forthcoming events
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2017

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2018

Featured Event
Louis Taylor, Chief Executive, UK Export Finance

Wednesday 06 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

Breakfast Briefing

Priorities for National, Long-Term Infrastructure

Tuesday 05 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:30

London

Breakfast Briefing
Louis Taylor, Chief Executive, UK Export Finance

Wednesday 06 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Jonathan Slater, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education

Thursday 07 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Enhancing Personal Impact & Presence

Thursday 07 September 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

Development Seminar
Heads of L&D Roundtable- From Expert to Leader

Thursday 07 September 2017, 12:15 – 14:00

London

Roundtable
Delivering on the UK’s emissions reduction targets: A collaborative approach

Thursday 07 September 2017, 12:30 – 16:00

London

Workshop
Transforming the Sustainability Landscape: Ben Ratliff, Head of Innovation, Specialist Services, DHL Supply Chain UK & Ireland

Tuesday 12 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Roundtable
Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England

Wednesday 13 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Sir Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work & Pensions

Thursday 14 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
An evening with Dr David Halpern, Behavioural Insights Team

Thursday 14 September 2017, 18:00 – 21:00

London

Alumni Network
Industry Visit: BT - The Internet of Things and what it means for the future

Tuesday 19 September 2017, 11:30 – 16:15

Ipswich

Visit
Stephen Haddrill, Chief Executive, Financial Reporting Council

Wednesday 20 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Jonathan Jones, Treasury Solicitor, Government Legal Department - The Article 50 process and The Great Repeal Bill

Thursday 21 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Women's Leadership: Courage & Presence

Thursday 21 September 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

Development Seminar
Regional Workshop: Devolution & the West of England

Thursday 21 September 2017, 17:00 – 20:00

Bristol

Evening Briefing
Tamim Bayoumi, Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy, and Review Department, International Monetary Fund

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 17:30 – 19:30

London

Evening Briefing
Government / Public Affairs Directors Roundtable: Ilan Jacobs, Director, Global Government Affairs, EMEA , Citi

Thursday 28 September 2017, 08:00 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
Commissioning Academy Alumni: Asset Based Commissioning, Better Outcomes, Better Value

Thursday 28 September 2017, 10:00 – 13:00

London

Commissioning Academy

Kevin Cunnington, Director General, Government Digital Service

Thursday 05 October 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Powerful, Persuasive Presenting

Thursday 05 October 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

Development Seminar
GDPR - What does it mean for your organisation?

Monday 09 October 2017, 14:00 – 18:00

London

Workshop
Michael Gibbons, Chairman, Regulatory Policy Committee

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Dr Peter Ammon, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Kingdom

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 12:30 – 14:00

London

Lunchtime Briefing
The Secrets of Group Dynamics: How to influence and manage people in groups

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

Development Seminar
HE Janice Charette, High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 12:30 – 14:00

London

Lunchtime Briefing
Dame Kate Barker and Dr Craig Berry, The Industrial Strategy Commission

Thursday 12 October 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
The Neuroscience of Leadership

Thursday 12 October 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

Development Seminar
HR Roundtable: Future Skills & STEM subjects

Tuesday 17 October 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
Gareth Rhys Williams, Government Chief Commercial Officer

Wednesday 18 October 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Integrating Health and Social Care

Thursday 19 October 2017, 14:00 – 17:30

London

Workshop
Early Career Network: Cross Generational Working

Thursday 19 October 2017, 18:00 – 21:00

Evening Briefing
Lesley Titcomb, Chief Executive, The Pensions Regulator

Tuesday 24 October 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
David Waboso, Managing Director, Group Digital Railway, Network Rail

Thursday 26 October 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Workings of Whitehall

Tuesday 31 October 2017, 09:00 – 17:00

London

Workings of Whitehall

Sir Ian Cheshire, Government Lead Non-Executive Director & Sara Weller CBE, Lead Non-Executive Director, DWP

Wednesday 01 November 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Networking Skills

Monday 06 November 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

Development Seminar
Prof. Roy Sandbach OBE, National Innovation Centre for Ageing: ‘Innovating for an Ageing Population’

Tuesday 07 November 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Government Digital Service: Identity Assurance in Government

Tuesday 07 November 2017, 14:00 – 17:00

London

Workshop
Meet the Author - In Conversation with Professor Binna Kandola OBE, author of 'Race in Organisations.'

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 17:30 – 19:30

Evening Briefing
Tell it Like Ted

Thursday 09 November 2017, 09:30 – 16:30

Development Seminar
HR Network - Brexit: Organisation Design in times of Complexity & Uncertainty - with Naomi Stanford & Claire Wightman

Tuesday 14 November 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
Public Private Procurement Forum: Contract Management & Exit

Tuesday 14 November 2017, 09:00 – 13:00

Workshop
WIG Diversity & Inclusion Conference 2017

Thursday 16 November 2017, 09:00 – 18:00

London

Conference
Take Control of Your Career

Monday 20 Nov – Tuesday 21 Nov

Development Seminar
Tony Hall, Director-General, BBC

Tuesday 21 November 2017, 17:30 – 19:30

London

Evening Briefing
HR Roundtable: Cherron Inko-Tariah MBE - The Commercial Power of Staff Networks

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
Trading creatively: harnessing the UK’s soft power potential

Thursday 23 November 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

Breakfast Briefing
Women’s Leadership: Purpose, Power and Promotion

Thursday 23 November 2017, 09:15 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Regional Transport: Driving successful delivery of a modern network across the UK

Thursday 23 November 2017, 17:00 – 20:00

Manchester

Workshop
HR Roundtable: Simon Sheppard, OD Director, Natural England - Flexible Working

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 09:00 – 11:00

Roundtable
Renato Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Thursday 30 November 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing

Annual Women's Networking Lunch 2017

Monday 04 December 2017, 12:00 – 14:30

London

Networking
Women's Seminar: Influence and Resilience

Tuesday 05 December 2017, 09:30 – 16:35

Development Seminar
Planning for Green Infrastructure

Thursday 07 December 2017, 09:30 – 13:00

Workshop
David Currie, Chairman, Competition & Markets Authority

Tuesday 12 December 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

Breakfast Briefing

2017

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

2016

Featured Event
Louis Taylor, Chief Executive, UK Export Finance

Wednesday 06 September 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

Breakfast Briefing

Gareth Davies, Director General Business & Science, BEIS

Tuesday 10 January 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Heads of Brexit Roundtable

Wednesday 11 January 2017, 12:30 – 14:00

London

Roundtable
John Whiting, Tax Director, Office of Tax Simplification

Thursday 12 January 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Ben Page, Chief Executive, Ipsos MORI

Tuesday 17 January 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Meet the Author - In Conversation with Hilary Scarlett, author of Neuroscience for Organisational Change

Tuesday 17 January 2017, 17:30 – 19:30

London

Evening Briefing
Regulatory Network: Dermot Nolan, Chief Executive, Ofgem

Wednesday 18 January 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Powerful, Persuasive Presenting

Thursday 19 January 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Moazzam Malik, British Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN and Timor Leste

Monday 23 January 2017, 17:30 – 19:30

London

Roundtable
Sir Ivan Rogers, UK Permanent Representative to the EU - Event Cancelled

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 18:00 – 20:00

London

Evening Briefing
Mark Russell, Chief Executive, UK Government Investments

Wednesday 25 January 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
D&I Network: Dr Nic Hammarling, Pearn Kandola: '9 key dos and don'ts in promoting minority employees'

Tuesday 31 January 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Roundtable

Alison Munro, Managing Director of Development, HS2

Wednesday 01 February 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
The Future of Devolution in the West Midlands – The Opportunities for Business and Government

Wednesday 01 February 2017, 17:00 – 20:00

Birmingham

Evening Briefing
WIG/Executive Action Workshop: So you want to be a Non-Executive?

Thursday 02 February 2017, 09:00 – 17:00

London

Development Seminar
Women's Leadership: Courage & Presence

Thursday 02 February 2017, 09:30 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Social Investment: unlocking outcomes for commissioned services

Thursday 02 February 2017, 14:30 – 18:00

Manchester

Commissioning Academy
Ambassador Series: Sir Sebastian Wood KCMG, British Ambassador to Germany

Tuesday 07 February 2017, 13:00 – 14:30

London

Lunchtime Briefing
Sir Kim Darroch, British Ambassador to the US

Wednesday 08 February 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Enhancing Personal Impact & Presence

Wednesday 08 February 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Shamik Dhar, Chief Economist and Director for Economics, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Thursday 09 February 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Ambassador Series: Jill Morris CMG, British Ambassador to Italy

Monday 20 February 2017, 12:30 – 14:00

London

Roundtable
Women's Leadership: Purpose, Power & Promotion

Tuesday 21 February 2017, 09:30 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Jacqueline Minor, Head of Representation, Representation of the European Commission in the UK

Wednesday 22 February 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
David Hill, Director, Apprenticeships Directorate, Department for Education

Thursday 23 February 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
The Secrets of Group Dynamics: How to influence and manage people in groups

Thursday 23 February 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Take Control of Your Career

Monday 27 Feb – Tuesday 28 Feb

London

Development Seminar

WIG Smart Cities Forum

Wednesday 01 March 2017, 09:00 – 13:00

London

Forum
Women's Seminar: Influence and Resilience

Thursday 02 March 2017, 09:30 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Sarah Gillett CMG CVO, British Ambassador to Norway

Monday 06 March 2017, 12:30 – 14:00

London

Lunchtime Briefing
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Monday 06 March 2017, 17:30 – 19:30

London

Evening Briefing
Leading a Technical Team: Approaches to managing specialist staff

Tuesday 07 March 2017, 09:00 – 12:00

Cheltenham

Workshop
Networking Skills

Thursday 09 March 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Health Devolution – Why Government & Business need to work together (Leeds) - POSTPONED (DATE TBC)

Thursday 09 March 2017, 17:00 – 20:00

Leeds

Evening Briefing
Sue Owen, Permanent Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport

Tuesday 14 March 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
HR Network: Brexit: HR Challenges & Opportunities: Julia Onslow-Cole, Head of Global Immigration, PwC

Tuesday 14 March 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer - Health at Work

Wednesday 15 March 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Enhancing Personal Impact & Presence

Thursday 16 March 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Industry Visit: Kuehne + Nagel – An insight into innovative and integrated logistics

Thursday 16 March 2017, 10:00 – 14:00

Feltham

Visit
Joanna Whittington, Chief Executive, Office of Rail and Road

Tuesday 21 March 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Workings of Whitehall

Thursday 23 March 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Workings of Whitehall
View from the Board: Sir John Parker, Chairman, Anglo American

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
WIG's Information & Cyber Security Conference 2017

Wednesday 29 March 2017, 09:30 – 15:30

London

Conference
The Secrets of Group Dynamics: How to influence and manage people in groups

Thursday 30 March 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Building Trust through good Governance and Diversity: Athalie Williams, CPO, BHP Billiton & Rupert McNeil, CPO, Civil Service

Friday 31 March 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing

Heads of L&D Roundtable

Tuesday 04 April 2017, 12:30 – 14:00

London

Roundtable
Graduates & High Potentials Network: Harness the power of your brain

Wednesday 05 April 2017, 18:00 – 20:30

London

Evening Briefing
Rupert McNeil, Chief People Officer, UK Civil Service: Understanding the Multi-Generational Workforce

Thursday 06 April 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Developing the Social Care Market - Learnings To Date

Thursday 06 April 2017, 10:00 – 16:00

London

Conference
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles

Wednesday 12 April 2017, 12:30 – 14:30

London

Lunchtime Briefing
HE the Hon Alexander Downer AC, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

Thursday 20 April 2017, 12:30 – 14:30

London

Lunchtime Briefing
Enhancing Personal Impact & Presence

Monday 24 April 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Heads of Brexit Roundtable

Wednesday 26 April 2017, 12:00 – 14:00

London

Roundtable

Caroline Wayman, Chief Ombudsman & Chief Executive, Financial Ombudsman Service

Wednesday 03 May 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Powerful, Persuasive Presenting

Wednesday 03 May 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Mallika Ishwaran, Senior Economist, Shell

Thursday 04 May 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Industry Visit: SAP - An insight into Digital Transformation

Tuesday 09 May 2017, 09:30 – 14:00

Feltham

Visit
Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG, British High Commissioner to the Republic of India

Wednesday 10 May 2017, 12:30 – 14:00

London

Lunchtime Briefing
WIG/Executive Action Workshop - So you want to be a Non-Executive?

Wednesday 17 May 2017, 09:00 – 17:00

London

Development Seminar
Alison Wilcox, Group HR Director, BT: Managing the 60 Year Career (& optional Innovation Centre Tour)

Tuesday 23 May 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Breakfast Briefing
Tell it Like Ted

Wednesday 24 May 2017, 09:00 – 17:00

London

Development Seminar
Leading Through Uncertain Times

Thursday 25 May 2017, 09:30 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Michael Wignall, National Technology Officer, Microsoft - The Future of Tech

Tuesday 30 May 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
WIG Government / Public Affairs Directors Roundtable: William Tew, Head of Government Affairs, QinetiQ

Wednesday 31 May 2017, 08:00 – 09:30

London

Roundtable

View from the Board: Sir Michael Rake, Chairman, BT - Corporate Governance, Challenges in Modern Leadership & Brexit

Tuesday 06 June 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
James Landale, Diplomatic Editor, BBC News

Tuesday 13 June 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Stephen King, Senior Economic Adviser, HSBC

Thursday 15 June 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
WIG Early Careers Network: Delivering in Uncertain Times

Thursday 15 June 2017, 18:00 – 20:30

London

Evening Briefing
Establishing the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Alex Chisholm, Permanent Secretary

Tuesday 20 June 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
The Secrets of Group Dynamics: How to influence and manage people in groups

Wednesday 21 June 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Dr Catherine Raines, Director-General, International Trade & Investment, Department for International Trade

Thursday 22 June 2017, 17:30 – 20:00

London

Evening Briefing
CANCELLED: Kamal Ahmed, Economics Editor, BBC News

Tuesday 27 June 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Rod McCurdy, MD Transformation, Serco: Blended Management Teams; Integrating Private & Public Sector Expertise

Tuesday 27 June 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
Women's Leadership: Navigating the Labyrinth

Tuesday 27 June 2017, 09:30 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Mark Funnell, Deputy Director of Communications, Environment Agency - Managing Crisis Communications

Thursday 29 June 2017, 08:00 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
Enhancing Personal Impact & Presence

Thursday 29 June 2017, 09:00 – 16:30

London

Development Seminar
Latest Thinking in Commissioning Public Services

Friday 30 June 2017, 12:00 – 14:00

London

Commissioning Academy

Brexit and the UK food and drink sector

Wednesday 05 July 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
D&I Network Roundtable: Paul George, Executive Director of Corporate Governance & Reporting, Financial Reporting Council

Thursday 06 July 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
Industry Visit: BT Security Operations Centre

Tuesday 11 July 2017, 09:30 – 13:30

Sevenoaks

Visit
Funding and commissioning in complex systems

Tuesday 11 July 2017, 17:00 – 19:30

London

Evening Briefing
Rob Shaw, Interim Chief Executive, NHS Digital

Wednesday 12 July 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
Commercialising Research & Innovation

Thursday 13 July 2017, 08:00 – 10:30

London

Breakfast Briefing
Heads of Brexit Roundtable

Thursday 13 July 2017, 12:30 – 14:00

London

Roundtable
Duncan Taylor CBE, British Ambassador to Mexico

Friday 14 July 2017, 08:00 – 10:00

London

Breakfast Briefing
HR Roundtable: Strategic Workforce Planning Consultation - Cabinet Office Expert Service Seeking Private Sector Engagement

Monday 17 July 2017, 08:15 – 09:30

London

Roundtable
WIG Open Data Forum

Tuesday 18 July 2017, 09:00 – 13:00

London

Workshop
Developing the Skills base for the Industrial Strategy

Wednesday 19 July 2017, 08:00 – 10:30

London

Breakfast Briefing