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Training Conference - Building Skills for Better Futures

11 February 2026 | 09:00 - 15:30 | Eastgate, Kent

We'd love for you to join us for our first training conference in February 2026. It'll be an exciting gathering of professionals and industry experts for a day of networking and knowledge-sharing within Learning and Development!

This event is currently only open to SEC Members and tickets are free of charge. 

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Training 900 x 850 px
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Agenda

10:00 - SEC Introduction

  • Alex Tooke - Senior Training & Development Partner
  • Emma Slade - Head of Training & Development

 

Keynote speaker: Jas Rai - CEO, South East Consortium

10:30 - Closing the Feedback Gap: Culture, Communication and Retention

Francesca O'Connor - Founder, Litmus Communications and Happy HQ

 

11:30 - Networking break

11:45 - AI is "not coming, it's here”

Dr Erika Brodnock MBE – Co-Founder, Kinhub

12:45 - Lunch break

13:45 - Building Tomorrow: Shaping the Future Workforce in Social Housing

Session Host: Alex Tooke – Senior Training & Development Partner, SEC

  • Rina De-Frayne - Head of People Services and OD, Phoenix Community Housing
  • Emma Slade - Head of Training, SEC
  • Joanne Hiscock - Board Member, SEC

16:00 - Networking and Close

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