EOA Conference 2010

Thursday 18 November 2010, Manchester Hilton Deansgate Hotel

Manchester’s Hilton Deansgate hotel was the venue for this year’s EOA national conference. More than 250 delegates, a record for the event, heard from a total of 38 speakers who featured in parallel seminar strands throughout the day. BBC Business Correspondent Joe Lynam hosted a ‘Question Time’ - style panel session to close the event, which also featured a videoed speech to the conference by BIS Minister Ed Davey MP, who thanked EOA for its ongoing advice role in the Government’s public sector mutuals initiative.

EOA is grateful to event sponsors Baxi Partnership, Wrigleys Solicitors, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Postlethwaite & Co, and OPM – all of whom ran expert sessions at the event.

Some comments from delegates who attended the conference:

  • I was particularly satisfied with the mix of different sectors, sizes and types of businesses. Lots of expertise and advice on offer.
  • The aspects of the day were the structure of alternating seminars and roundtables enabled different levels of engagement.
  • The venue and organisation of the day was excellent. The range of companies included offered ample opportunity to swap ideas.
  • The speakers were very good; inspirational! They provided good examples.
  • Speakers gave clear and refreshing presentations.
  • Extremely informative day!
  • Organisation and variety of seminars. Relevance!
  • hearing from others experience and new ways of working. Understanding the different approaches and that we are not barking up the wrong tree!
  • It was all superb.

The Conference programme

Click here to see the November 2010 conference programme.