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1. Association of business psychologists
   The Association of Business Psychologists is holding it’s annual conference next month.

   It’s in Coventry from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd May, and is £295, including full-board. Alternatively, you can just go for one day. They have
   a really excellent list of speakers, from organisational and OD, to the individual and one on one coaching, from business focused subjects to
   academic orientation, both public sector and private sector, consultancies
   with their clients and client organisations themselves.

   I’ve been the past couple of years and it’s a really friendly conference,
   possibly about 150-200 delegates. Everyone was really open to talking about
   their work, none of this one-upmanship that you get at other conferences. It
   was a real mix of Biz Psychs, OD & HR professionals. The list of speakers
   include:
   FRIDAY
   Keynote Speaker – Derek Miles, Save the Children Fund
   Pauline Grant (YSC) with client Diageo – Development in the Developing World
   Sarah Roberts (Human Qualities) with client – Using Embedded Learning to
   facilitate a rapid Culture Change in Financial Services
   Gordon Barker (Lane 4) – Coaching High Achievers
   Paul Walton (Value Engineers) – Brands, Brandographics and the Management of
   Meaning

   SATURDAY
   Keynote Speaker – Professor Ivan Robertson – Well Being and High Performance
   at Work: Competing or Complementary Goals?
   Laurence Barrett (Abbey) – Leadership and Culture: Success through networked
   change
   Dr Maria Yapp (Xancam) and client Swiss Re – Teams at the Top
   Roy Childs (Team Focus) – What’s new in psychometrics?
   Dr Caroline Fisher (Fisher Consulting, USA) – Corporate Culture Matter:
   Linking Culture to the Bottom Line and Beyond
   Dr Paul Brewerton (Organisational Solutions) – Organisational Culture:
   Strategic Tool or Red Herring?
   Sarah Lewis (Jemstone Consulting)- Appreicative Enquiry as a team
   development tool
   Francesca buck (Kaisen) with client M&S – Performance Coaching at M&S: Good
   for People, Good for Business
   Andrew Ferguson (Breakthrough) – Take the Breaks Off!

   SUNDAY
   Keynote Speaker – Malcolm Stern – Conflict as a Force of Change
   Dr Maggie James (Compass Business Partners)- The Real Challenge of Leading
   People through Change
   Chris Mulrooney (Accenture)
   Adrian Starkey (SHL) with client AXA UK – Developing Leadership Fit for the
   Financial Services
   Maggi Evans (Mosaic)

   You can get more info from the ABP’s website, which is http://www.theABP.org

   hope this is useful