learning
disability
today
Conference and exhibition
Olympia Conference Centre, London
Thursday 26 November 2015
Delegates who attend this event
will benefit from:
Confirmed speakers include:
„„ Gavin Harding, Mayor of Selby
„„ Choosing from three targeted streams
to enhance their learning
„„ Tim Spencer-Lane, Law Commission
„„ Learning from national best-practice on
key themes identified by previous delegates
„„ S
imon Cramp, Committee of the Learning
Disability Alliance and Centre of Welfare Reform
„„ A
ppraising how to overcome their
biggest challenges
„„ Rob Greig, NDTi
„„ D
iscovering how to drive meaningful
outcomes
„„ Chris Haynes, Gloucestershire County Council
„„ Dr Dominic Slowie, NHS England
„„ Beverley Dawkins OBE, Generate
„„ Gary Vaux, Hertfordshire County Council
„„ Hazel Watson, NHS England
„„ Segun Oladokun, Care Quality Commission
Tickets: £30 + VAT
FREE for people with learning disabilities,
family carers and volunteer workers
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/ldt-event/home/
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10am
-10.15
Panel debates
10.45-3pm
(Auditorium –
capacity of 350)
Keynote
address
Gavin Nigel
Xavier Harding MBE,
Mayor of Selby Town
Council
Chaired by Dan Parton,
Editor, Learning
Disability Today
Best practice
workhops
(Room 1 capacity
of 150)
10.3010.45
10.4511am
11am11.15
11.1511.30
11.3011.45
12pm12.15
12.1512.30
12.3012.45
LAUNCH
Transition matters: linking
and Families Act and SEN
Professor Sheila, The Baroness Hollins,
Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry of Disability,
St George’s University, London
Segun Oladokun, Head of Adult Social Care
Inspection, London, Care Quality Commission
Simon Cramp, Member, Advisory Committee
of the Learning Disability Alliance and Fellow,
Centre of Welfare Reform
Rob Greig, Chief Executive, NDTi
Hazel Watson, Head of Mental Health and
Learning Disabilities, NHS England
Chaired by Penny Macoustra
Nicola Gitsham, Children and
Sarah McClinton, Director of
Health
Angela Boyle, Quality Lead,
Gary Bourlet, Co-Development
Chaired by Dan Parton, Editor,
Delivering supported
employment pathways
Beverley Dawkins OBE,
Chief Executive, Generate
(Opportunities) Ltd
Chaired by Jan Alcoe
Agy Pasek, Strategy and
Transformation Manager,
Gloucestershire County Council
Overcoming integration
issues between health
and social care
Exploring proposals for
the new legal framework
for Deprivation of Liberty
Safeguards
Chris Haynes, Joint Commissioner
Learning Disability Services,
Gloucestershire County Council and
Clinical Commissioning Group
Tim Spencer-Lane, Lawyer, Public
Law Team, Law Commission
The health and
wellbeing zone
Sign-up on arrival
to attend these
sessions which
supplement
our conference
programme
11.4512pm
Beyond Transforming Care:
Responding to the Green
Paper for learning disabilities
Accessing meaningful
activities
Best practice
workhops
(Room 2 capacity
of 150)
Suggested
pathways
10.1510.30
The health surgery
Sign-up on arrival for sessions running from 10.30am,
11am or 11.30am
Jim Blair, Consultant Camilla Nurse Intellectual (Learning) Disabilities,
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Isadora Gunther, Health Care Assistant, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Lloyd Page, Volunteer, Programmes Team, External Relations and
Communities, Mencap
Carol Mason, Consultant Dentist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Anneliese Rigby, Senior Staff Nurse, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Catherine Stuart, Sister, Great Ormond Street Hospital
The music box
Emma Lovell, Music
Therapist, Specialist
Learning Disabilities
Service, Hertfordshire
Partnership University
NHS Foundation Trust
Alexia Quinn, Director,
and Caroline Anderson,
UK Research and
Development, Music as
Therapy International
People with learning disabilities and family carers
Frontline professionals and practitioners from health, social care, education and the police
Commissioners and managers
We look forward to welcoming you at this year’s
Learning Disability Today – come and join us on our
15th anniversary! Here’s the latest update of what’s on…
The exhibition
Health & Wellbeing Zone
Meet with Danshell, Housing and Support Alliance,
SCIE, The Royal School for Deaf Children, The
Sheiling Ringwood, Tracscare, Tough Furniture,
The John Townsend Trust, Golden Lane Housing,
University of Hertfordshire, Insane Logic, MacIntyre,
NOCN, Sahara Care, Fragile X Society, Choice Care
Group, United Response, Motability, and more!
Take part in interactive music workshops,
promoting music as a way of developing social
and communication skills. Sign-up on arrival for
your confidential 1-2-1 health advice surgery
appointment, designed for people with learning
disabilities and family carers. And later in the day
make sure you come along to the Comedy Corner!
What attendees said at Learning Disability Today 2014:
“Felt inspired about the work to people with learning
disabilities in different aspects of their lives”
“Enjoyed it; very glad I came.
Motivated me”
12.451pm
1pm1.15
1.151.30
1.301.45
1.452pm
2pm2.15
2.152.30
2.453pm
Promoting access to health care
Sara Ryan, Senior Research Lead, Health
Experiences Research Group, University of
Oxford
Dr Michael Gill, Medical Director, Health 1000:
The Wellness Practice, Dagenham, Havering and
Redbridge (NE London) Challenge Fund Pilot
Jim Blair, Consultant Camilla Nurse Intellectual
(Learning) Disabilities, Great Ormond Street
Hospital
Chaired by Simon Cramp, Member, Advisory
Committee of the Learning Disability Alliance
and Fellow, Centre of Welfare Reform
the Care Act, the Children
reforms
Young People’s Programme Lead, NDTi
Mental Health and Disability, Department of
Think Local Act Personal
Lead, People First England
Learning Disability Today
The benefits clinic
Gary Vaux, Head of Money
Advice Unit, Health and
Community Services,
Hertfordshire County Council
Commissioning forum
for outcomes based
services
Helen Toker-Lester, New
Devon CCG and Devon County
Council
Dr Dominic Slowie, National
Clinical Director for Learning
Disability, NHS England
The music box
2.302.45
Emma Lovell, Music Therapist,
Specialist Learning Disabilities
Service, Hertfordshire Partnership
University NHS Foundation Trust
Alexia Quinn, Director, and
Caroline Anderson, UK Research
and Development, Music as
Therapy International
3pm3.15
3.153.30
3.303.45
3.454pm
Bingo
Richard Hook, Digital Editor,
Learning Disability Today
Commissioning for
housing: Developing
person-centred housing
options
Alicia Wood, Chief Executive,
Housing and Support Alliance
Susannah Westwood, Director,
Strategic Arc
Whole lives: What
professionals need to
know to support families
Jackie Edwards, Valuing People
Family Carer Co-ordinator and
Carer Support Worker, North
Somerset Council
Effective transition
in practice
Sam Prowse, Expert by Experience,
Hertfordshire County Council
Faith Walsh, Senior Community
Learning Disability Nurse, Transition
Team, Hertfordshire County Council
Shara Watt, Team Manager, Transition
Team, Hertfordshire County Council
Comedy
corner
Lloyd Page,
Volunteer,
Programmes Team,
External Relations
and Communities,
Mencap
Programme is subject to change. Please refer to the website for regular updates. All delegates need to be over 18 years of age.
Look for signs or ask a member of staff about the Quiet Room, where you can escape the crowds.
“As a local authority learning disabilities team, we come to this
event every year as part of a team building exercise. This has been
extremely useful for us to pick up the latest ideas and is also a good
opportunity to network and find out what services are out there.”
Visitor to Learning Disability Today 2014
Interested in raising your profile to this audience?
For tailored opportunities contact Ryszard on r.holowenko@pavpub.com 01273 434959
“Great opportunity for networking, excellent
seminars/presentations”
@PavilionLDT
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