Lancashire LSIP Conference

Join employers, skills providers and local stakeholders for the Lancashire Local Skills Improvement Plan Conference.

With a packed schedule of speakers to be announced, the LSIP Conference will provide an overview of what has been achieved to tackle employers’ skills needs and what is still to come.

This one-off event at the Brockholes Nature Reserve in the heart of Lancashire will bring together people who have informed the LSIP of the county’s skills priorities and those who are working to deliver on those important needs.

As well as being an informative morning there will be an opportunity to network and meet other people involved in the LSIP programme, with breakfast and refreshments included.

Initial timings:

Agenda:
9:00 – Arrival, breakfast, and networking

9:45 – Welcome Address
Jane Cole, Chair of LSIP and President of NWLCC

9:50 – LSIP Overview

10:05 – College response to the Local Skills priorities, including LSIF projects
Fazal Dad, Blackburn College
Karen Buchanan, Burnley College
Mick Noblett, Preston College

10:30 – Work Ready Lancashire
Kay Vaughan, Inspira
Geoff Mason, Lancashire LSIP

10:45 – Break

11:00 – Building the Talent Pipeline
Paul Hannant, Lancashire Skills & Employment Hub
Ian Fraser, Graham Engineering
Mary Speakman, Code Galaxy
Sarah Hall, Blackpool & the Fylde College
Geoff Mason, Lancashire LSIP
Sara Gaskell, Lancashire Skills & Employment Hub

11:40 – Keynote Speech

Jane Gratton, Deputy Director of Public Policy for British Chambers of Commerce

12:00 – Close