AHUA Annual Conference 2010

10:00-12:30

Registration at Conference Aston's Aston Business School Conference Centre

Hotel Lounge

11.45-12.00

Welcome from Professor Julia King, Vice Chancellor, Aston University, and Alison Wild, Chair, AHUA

Conference Room 1

12:00-13:00

SESSION 1: Managing in Turbulent Times

How do you keep yourself and your team motivated? How do you stay focused on what really matters? How do you keep yourself fit for purpose?

Paul Gray and Elizabeth Walmsley of PRAESTA draw from their many years of experience supporting, coaching and listening to senior executives who have been through the rapids of financial and organisational turmoil.

Chaired by Richard Middleton

Conference Room 1

13:00-14:00

Lunch

Hotel Restaurant

14:00-14:45

SESSION 2: Keynote speaker

Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive, Universities UK

Chaired by Kevin Clarke

Conference Room 1

14:45-15:45

SESSION 3: Sponsor sessions 

Martineau: Speed dating (Overview)

Martineau's legal experts

Eversheds: Developing future university structures (Overview)

Glynne Stanfield

Mills and Reeve: Good cop, bad cop: who regulates the charity regulator?

Ted Powell

Pinsent Masons: WANTED: Self-Sufficiency and Autonomy (Overview)

Nicola Hart and Christopher Mordue

Delegates will each attend 2 sessions of 25 minutes
Refreshments will be available in break-out rooms 

Break out rooms

15:45-17:45

SESSION 4: What is HE for? 

AHUA members have always had strong and clear views on the purpose and mission of HE. In the past year this has become a very prominent, politically contested issue. At the time of the conference, politicians will be pre-occupied with being (re-) elected. So we have asked people who aim to fashion the political environment in which politicians operate (and who sometimes write their speeches) to look far and wide from their very different perspectives at what they think HE, is or should be, for.

Panel presentations and discussion (including audience questions)

Panellists: Will Hutton, Anna Fazackerley, Baroness (Estelle) Morris, Phillip Blond Chaired by Liz Winders

Conference Room 1

Drinks and snacks available post-discussion

Hotel Lounge

19:00

Drinks reception at Conference Aston's Lakeside Centre

19:30

Welcome dinner 

Locally-sourced, sustainable and Fairtrade

See booking form for menu choices
Music by Birmingham Conservatoire students

After dinner drinks available in Conference Aston's hotel bar

Lakeside Centre

From 07:00

Continental breakfast from 07.00

Full English breakfast from 07.30

Hotel Restaurant

09:00-10:00

SESSION 5: Sponsor sessions

Martineau: Speed dating (Overview)

Martineau's legal experts

Eversheds: Developing future university structures

Glynne Stanfield

Mills&Reeve: Good cop, bad cop: who regulates the charity regulator?

Ted Powell

Pinsent Masons: WANTED: Self-Sufficiency and Autonomy (Overview)

Nicola Hart and Christopher Mordue 

Delegates will each attend remaining 2 sessions of 25 minutes

Refreshments will be available in break-out rooms

Break out rooms

10:00-11:00

SESSION 6: Conference business session

AHUA members only

Chaired by Alison Wild, Chair AHUA

Sir Adrian Cadbury Lecture Theatre

11:00-11:30

Break for tea and coffee

Hotel Lounge

11:30-13:00

SESSION 7: Management challenges and development needs

Drawing on extensive conversations with Registrars and their staff, from across the spectrum, an interactive and stimulating session exploring the key people management challenges facing the Registrar community. The opportunity to reflect on best practice examples, and to explore development needs.

Conference Room 1

13:00-13:30

Lunch

Hotel Restaurant

13:30-15:30

SESSION 7: continued

Conference Room 1

15:30-16:00

Break for tea and coffee

Hotel Lounge

16:00-17:00

SESSION 8: International options and opportunities

Richard Armour

Chaired by Jon Baldwin

Conference Room 1

17:00-17:20

SESSION 9: Conference wrap-up and review

Chaired by Richard Middleton

Conference Room 1

18:15

Coach transfer to Gala dinner venue from outside Conference Aston's Aston Business School Conference Centre

Birmingham City Museum

19:00

Drinks reception sponsored by Saxton Bampfylde

Short tours of City Museum available on request

Birmingham City Museum

19:45

Gala Dinner sponsored by Serco

See booking form for menu choices

Guest speaker: Karren Brady

Introduced by Maxine Penlington

Dress code: Smart Casual

Coaches pick up at 22.30 to return to Conference Aston, where the bar will be open until 01.00; alternative recommendations for city bars or pubs will be provided in your welcome pack.

Birmingham City Council Chambers

From 07:00

Continental breakfast from 07.00

Full English breakfast from 07.30

Hotel Restaurant

Check out by 09.30

HEFCE led presentation and discussion on Financial Memorandum and charity regulation.

Networking café

Take advantage of our free WiFi and continue your conversations and networking.