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EOA Conference 2010

Thursday 18 November 2010, Manchester Hilton Deansgate Hotel

Programme

08.30-09.00	Breakfast Briefing Registration
09.00-10.30	Coffee and conference registration
09.00-10.00	BUSINESS BREAKFAST BRIEFING Introducing and sustaining a successful employee ownership culture Chair: Malcolm Lynch, Wrigleys Speakers: Peter Johnson, UBH, Ian Henderson, Savant, Barry Wise, Aber Instruments BREAKFAST BRIEFING SPONSORED BY WRIGLEYS SOLICITORS
10.30	Conference Chair’s Welcome to Plenary Session
10.40-10.55	PLENARY - PROSPECTS FOR EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP Dr Ali Parsa, Circle
11.00-12.00	SEMINARS and ROUNDTABLES (For more information on these sessions go to our Seminars and Roundtables page) SEMINARS Seminar 1: The complete guide to employee buy-outs – Part 1: meeting the vendor’s objectives [this seminar links to the follow-up afternoon session] Robert Postlethwaite, Postlethwaite & Co, Jerry Gilbert, Abacus Design Associates SEMINAR SPONSORED BY POSTLETHWAITE & CO Seminar 2: The communications challenge - making employee ownership matter to co-owners Will Brydon, Martin Currie Investment Management, Derek Muir, Clansman Dynamics Seminar 3: The entrepreneurial firm - using employee ownership to drive innovation and creativity Mike Thompson OBE, Childbase, Tricia McGregor, Central Surrey Health Seminar 4: Developing great leaders for employee owned firms – new options for senior team development Carole Leslie, Baxendale SEMINAR SPONSORED BY BAXENDALE Seminar 5: Linking employee ownership to reward and performance Gordon Aitken, RCU, Herman Kok, Lindum Group ROUNDTABLES Roundtable 1: Handling redundancy and other recession effects in a co-owned business Discussion leader: Barry Cooke, Make Roundtable 2: Taking the business international - challenges for a co-owned business Discussion leader: Barry Spence, Cubiks
12.00	LUNCH & NETWORKING Presentation of the Philip Baxendale Awards During the lunch break delegates are welcome to attend a short presentation to the winners of this year’s Philip Baxendale Awards – created by the Baxi Partnership and supported by EOA - to reward individuals and companies excelling in employee ownership.
1.00-2.00	SEMINARS and ROUNDTABLES (For more information on these sessions go to our Seminars and Roundtables page) SEMINARS Seminar 6: Measuring ownership – using surveys to improve a co-owned business Chris Dunlop, Baxendale, Sarah Johnson, John Lewis Partnership SEMINAR SPONSORED BY BAXENDALE Seminar 7: Handling HM Revenue & Customs – how to get tax efficiencies from your employee ownership structure Graeme Nuttall, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP SEMINAR SPONSORED BY FIELD FISHER WATERHOUSE Seminar 8: A new model for small businesses? How UST created a flexible family of co-owned firms Judith Sykes, Director, MustRD, Ed McCann, Useful Simple Trust Seminar 9: Consultation and information disclosure – what should the boundaries be? Kim Steward, Eaga Partners’ Council, Keith Ballantyne, Eaga Seminar 10: Engaging co-owners effectively in continuous improvement Alan Gibson, Tullis Russell, Jason Smith, Tullis Russell Coaters ROUNDTABLES Roundtable 3: Ownership succession planning – how owners can let go Discussion leader: Steve Parfett, AG Parfett & Sons Roundtable 4: The coaching effect – improving the Board’s performance Discussion leaders: Dr Hilary Thompson, OPM, Bob Baker, OPM ROUNDTABLE SPONSORED BY OPM
2.00-2.15	COFFEE/TEA & NETWORKING
2.20-3.20	SEMINARS and ROUNDTABLES (For more information on these sessions go to our Seminars and Roundtables page) SEMINARS Seminar 11: The complete guide to employee buy-outs – Part 2: selecting the right ownership structure [this seminar is linked to the earlier morning session] Robert Postlethwaite, Postlethwaite & Co *SEMINAR SPONSORED BY POSTLETHWAITE & CO* Seminar 12: Managing growth or takeovers while keeping the co-ownership culture strong David Williams, Waitrose, Andy Woodcock, Waitrose, Anne Marie Hearne, Waitrose Seminar 13: Do trade unions and employee ownership mix? Jim McAuslan, General Secretary, British Airline Pilots Association Seminar 14: Driving leadership performance the John Lewis way Mark Wooding, John Lewis Seminar 15: Balanced performance – aligning the interests of co-owners, customers and profit Trevor Lincoln, Eaga, Byron Woodmansee, Circle ROUNDTABLES Roundtable 5: What do we want from Government? Employee owners’ messages to the Coalition Discussion leader: Nigel Mason, Employee Ownership Association Roundtable 6: Reinventing the business – how one company transformed itself to beat recession Discussion leader: Fred Bowden, Woollard and Henry
3.20-4.30	PLENARY Edward Davey MP Minister for employment relations and postal services, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills [BIS] Question Time panel session Chair: Joe Lynam, BBC Business Correspondent *Panel* Sarah Deas, chief executive, Cooperative Development Scotland Jim McAuslan, general secretary, British Airline Pilots Association [BALPA] Dr Ali Parsa, chief executive, Circle Trevor Lincoln, director, partner engagement, Eaga
4.30	Close

Programme subject to change