When: Thursday 12 June – Friday 13 June 2025
Where: ICC, Birmingham
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Join hundreds of your colleagues in person for the eleventh annual Inspiring Leadership Conference at the ICC, Birmingham. The sell-out two day conference is a valuable opportunity for headteachers and education leaders to get away from school and 100% focus and reflect on leadership, and network and learn from like-minded professionals.
The Inspiring Leadership conference is renowned for its ability to inspire leaders. Your two-day ticket will give you access to a programme packed full of inspiration with renowned keynote speakers, expert practitioners and of course, you, our senior leaders – for opportunities to reconnect with existing networks and make new ones. Bringing together a powerful line-up of keynote speakers from the world's of business, sport, the arts, humanities and, of course, education, is complemented by a diverse selection of innovative and inspiring experts drawn from across the education sector.
Keynote Speakers
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Ben Hunt-Davis
Ben Hunt Davis is a renowned keynote speaker, Olympic Gold medallist and performance coach. With 20+ years of experience, Ben specialises in leadership and team development.
Ben is a best-selling co-author of the book ‘Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?’ and Olympic Gold medallist from the Sydney Olympics.
Ben tells the story of the last 24 months leading up to the Sydney Olympics and how the Great Britain Men’s Eights changed as a crew from being a regularly 7th placed boat to a winning one. The story is one of a group of individuals forged into a winning team by following a set of Performance Principles, habitually and consistently, in everything they did.
The Great Britain Men’s Eights’ collective focus, direction and drive to succeed was captured in the execution of the clear and direct question – ‘Will it make the boat go faster?’.
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Naomi Sesay
Head of Creative Equity at Channel 4, International Public Speaker, Broadcast TV Producer/Director, Entrepreneur
Using over 25 years’ experience in television and media, Naomi Sesay has devoted her career to serving as a powerful advocate for diversity and inclusion, becoming a trail-blazer for social enterprise. She is currently Head of Creative Equity at Channel 4, and was previously a senior trainer for FTSE 100 Companies.
As a Diversity & Inclusion expert, Naomi has delivered training for an array of organisations including Google, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Harvard and WPP. Naomi is also leading the build for the very first female-centric, bio designed, sustainable smart city in Sierra Leone.
An inspiring and thought-provoking speaker, Naomi challenges audiences to examine their emotional, cultural and neurological habits with the aim to create a truly diverse workforce.
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Chris Packham CBE
Broadcaster, Author and Campiagner
Extraordinarily creative and prolific, Chris Packham has led a remarkable life. He’s gained recognition as a naturalist, television presenter, writer, photographer, conservationist, campaigner and filmmaker.
Chris presents the BBC’s BAFTA award-winning long running series Springwatch and Winterwatch for which he is perhaps best known. He recently presented the multi award-winning series Inside our Autistic Minds for BBC Two and Channel 4’s Time to Break the Law.
He has also presented notable natural history series such as Earth, Nature’s Weirdest Events, World’s Weirdest Events, World’s Sneakiest Animals, Cats v Dogs, The Burrowers, Inside the Animal Mind, Operation Iceberg and Secrets of our Living Planet. He has also been a guest on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
During lockdown, he formed the free-to-view Self-Isolating Bird Club with his stepdaughter, Megan McCubbin.
Chris’ television presenting career began with the award winning ’Really Wild Show’ in 1986. He went on to present a string of other wildlife based shows including ‘Wildshots’, ‘Wild Watch’, ‘Go Wild’, ‘X-Creatures’, ‘Postcards from the Wild’, ‘Hands on Nature’ and ‘Nature’s Calendar’.
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Meet the Leader Theatre
Our second stage, held within the exhibition hall, offers a more intimate setting in which attendees can listen to debates around topical industry issues and one-to-one interviews with leaders from across the education sector.
Workshops & Masterclasses
NEW for 2024: Back by popular demand, these thought-provoking CPD workshops and masterclasses are an invaluable opportunity to hear from a range of experts, take back ideas for your school and use as part of your own career development. Whether you are a seasoned headteacher or new to your leadership role these workshops are the place for you to connect and collaborate with like-minded individuals.
“ A fantastic opportunity to give yourself space to reflect, be inspired and challenged. It is so well organised with amazing speakers who are quite diverse. You cannot help but feel valued, refreshed and inspired - a real help to enabling you to be a leader your staff deserve.”
– 2024 delegate
Booking Information
Our conference package offers school leaders the chance to attend as an individual, with colleagues or as a leadership team.
Early Bird £470 + VAT
Standard Registration - £499 + VAT
To qualify for a group booking all delegate bookings must be made at one time and one invoice will apply for the group. NB. A unique email address is required for each member of the group.
Group bookings (5 - 9) - £440 + VAT per person.
Group bookings (10 - 19) - £420 + VAT
Groups (20+) - £400 + VAT
*Only one discount can be applied at any time.
Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email which includes your receipt/invoice. Please note invoices will need to be paid to Inspiring Leadership Events Ltd. Payment details can be found on your invoice.
VAT is chargeable on the conference fee, however, this may be reclaimed from HM Revenue and Customs by schools and organisations through their normal VAT reclaim route. NB. Channel Island delegates will need to pay VAT, please click here (Section 2) to read more information on this subject.
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