Conference Programme

09:00 Tea and coffee, Registration

09.45 Chair's opening presentation

09.50 The Big Picture

Government Address: The NEET Strategy

Oliver Newton, NEET Policy Manager, DCSF

10:20 Learning & Skills Council Address: "Broadening Access through

Funding"

Dr Beverley Burgess, Young People's Partnerships & Infrastructure Director, LSC

10.50 Session Questions and Discussion

11:00 Refreshment break

11.20 Taking up the Challenge

Opportunities and challenges of the Education and Skills Bill

Bethia McNeil, Development Officer, NIACE

11.50 Demonstrating the Library offer

Claire Styles, Senior Project Manager: Young People, The Reading Agency

12.20 Partnership & the UK skills agenda

Roy Clare CBE, Chief Executive, MLA

12:50 Session Questions and Discussion

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Case Studies - LIS Services and NEETs

Initiatives with young people in Derbyshire

Will Newman , Reader/Audience Development Officer, Derbyshire County Council

14:30 Libraries as an agent of social change

John Pateman, Head of Libraries, Learning & Inclusion, Lincolnshire County Council

15.00  Refreshment break

15:20 A Lewisham Library & Information case study

John Hughes, Head of Library & Information Services, London Borough of Lewisham

15.50 Working differently with Young People in Southwark

Karl Murray, Head of Services for Young People, London Borough of Southwark

16.20 Session Questions and Discussion

16.30 Chair's Closing Remarks and end of Conference

CILIP retains the right to change the programme and speakers to reflect the latest developments.