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Conference Welcome
Dr Simon Hyde, Chief Executive, HMC
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Chair’s Opening Address
Philip Britton MBE, HMC Chair 2025-26 and Head of Foundation, Bolton School
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Keynote 1: Success Always Comes Second
Gavin Horgan, Headmaster, Millfield School and James Guy, Olympic Swimmer
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Keynote 2: ‘Geeks like us’ How music and creativity thrive in our Schools and how we protect and nurture talent
Nicola Smith and Tom Redmond, Joint Principals, Chetham’s School of Music
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Keynote 3: Transformational change in ancient institutions
The Rt. Hon. Sir Ernest Ryder, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
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Panel Session: Solutions, not problems: independent schools for the national good
Ali Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation, Pete Kirkbride, Chief Education Officer, E-ACT, John Roberts, Founder and CEO, AO World and Dr Carl Ward, Founder and Chair, Foundation for Education Development (FED)
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Launch of IDPE report – Fundraising futures: Transforming UK schools’ philanthropy
Lou Bennett, CEO, The Institute of Development Professionals in Education (IDPE)
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Keynote 4: Leading with Learning in Mind: Putting the “Education” in Educational Leadership
Jim Heal, Professor of Evidence-Informed Educational Leadership at the Academica University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam & Co-Founder of Learning Science Partners
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Keynote 5: The heat of the moment: a firefighter’s story of life and death decisions
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, Chief Fire Officer, Neuroscientist and Author
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Closing Remarks
Philip Britton MBE, HMC Chair 2025-26 and Head of Foundation, Bolton School
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