The LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition is an opportunity to focus on the issues that matter most to local communities.
Following a two-year absence, the LGA will be hosting its annual conference and exhibition in person – at the Harrogate Convention Centre, from 28 to 30 June.
As usual, we will be discussing the latest issues affecting local government with a host of top political speakers – including Michael Gove, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary; Lisa Nandy, Shadow Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary; Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat Leader; and Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey.
Other expert speakers include Lord Victor Adebowale CBE, Chairman of NHS Confederation; Polly Billington, Chief Executive of UK100; Kriss Akabusi MBE, Olympian, media personality and businessman; Nicole Jacobs, Domestic Abuse Commissioner; Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel OBE, Chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club; and Jackie Weaver, Cheshire Association of Local Councils and Ambassador, Compassion in Politics.
We will be showcasing the incredible work of councils at our ever-popular Innovation Zone (see below), celebrating the LGA’s 25th birthday, and providing plenty of networking opportunities, to meet up with old colleagues and friends from around the country.
We are laying on more workshops and parallel plenaries than in previous years, so delegates have a wider choice of subjects to engage with – from supporting Ukrainian families, cost of living pressures, maximising levelling up opportunities, rebuilding pride in council housing, and delivering a low-carbon economy, to adult social care reform and funding, corporate parenting, tackling violence against women and girls, and civility in public life.
The annual conference is also going paper-free, as part of the LGA’s commitment to reducing our carbon emissions in response to the climate emergency – so we won’t be printing conference programmes and other materials.
Instead, the programme and all the information you need can be found on the conference website (www.local.gov.uk/conference) and will shortly be available on our easy-to-use and interactive conference app.
Please follow us on social media at #LGAConf22 to keep up with the latest news and conference updates, and we will look forward to seeing you in Harrogate in June!
Innovation Zone 2022
Set within the wider LGA conference, the 2022 Innovation Zone is a lively and interactive space where delegates have an opportunity to hear presentations from individuals and organisations with innovative ideas.
The Innovation Zone will offer a range of presentations in line with our theme of ‘Resilience and renewal’, which recognises the significant challenges councils have managed in recent years while casting an eye to the future to look at how councils can and have continued to improve services and deliver positive outcomes for their communities.
More than 30 sessions will span themes including adult and children’s services, community wellbeing and health, economic renewal and growth, digital and equalities, diversity and inclusion. There will even be live drones and robots!
We will also be holding an exciting new series of ‘Spotlight on…’ sessions, offering talks that focus on big topics – such as climate change – and that aim to inspire and challenge audience members to engage with big ideas.
All presentations will offer delegates a chance to engage, learn, and think about how they might do things differently, so that councils can deliver better outcomes for the communities they serve.
The Innovation Zone programme will be available on the LGA website and on the LGA conference app in due course, so please keep an eye out for further details at www.local.gov.uk/lga-annual-conference-2022-innovation-zone.