Launching our inaugural Festival of Government Property, for this first edition of the one-day event we are exploring how we can improve the profession’s diversity as well as diving into decarbonisation and the use of assets.

The festival will be hosted both in person at the LocatED offices and online, allowing participation for property professionals across the country.

There will also be an opportunity for networking at lunchtime: in person for the early careers networking , and a virtual speed network event for online delegates.

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n.b. While this event is aimed at government property professionals, we welcome those from local government and public sector organisations, and those from the private sector who work closely with government.

Agenda

10 September 2024

Start	Finish	Session
09.30	10.00	Registration and breakfast refreshments
10.00	10.15	Introduction by Lara Newman, Chief Executive
10.15	11.15	1. Networking and presentation skills workshop
11.15	12.00	2. The importance of career stories and how to tell them authentically
12.30	14.00	3. Early Career networking event (in-person) Virtual speed networking (online)
14.30	15.15	4. Decarbonising the school estate and The Net Zero Accelerator
15.15	16.15	5. ‘Fishbowl’* panel on the best use of assets
16.15	16.20	Closing remarks

*A fishbowl discussion is a technique for organising large group discussions – you have seated participants (the four of five, with one as chairperson, plus an empty seat) in the fishbowl and the audience is outside the bowl, listening. Once the fish have spoken, provoked etc, any audience member that has something to add to the discussion can join the empty chair but one of the original fishes then has to leave (they can come back at a later point!) The point being that you get as many different viewpoints and discussions going as possible.